Brad Pitt clarifies retirement remarks; Julia Roberts schemes in 'Mirror Mirror' trailer; and more

brad-pitt-south-korea.jpgAPBrad Pitt speaks Tuesday in Seoul, South Korea.

Relax, Brad Pitt fans. He doesn't know when he'll quit acting, after all.

The 47-year-old star made headlines this week after telling Australia's "60 Minutes" that he planned to retire from acting in three years and focus on other parts of the business.

"I am really enjoying the producing side and development of stories and putting those pieces together. And getting stories to the plate that might have had a tougher time otherwise," he said. "So ... You know, I have gotten away with a few things in writing and I have been p----d off about a few things."

But at a news conference in South Korea on Tuesday to promote his latest film, "Moneyball," Pitt was reported as saying, "I wasn't actually putting an exact deadline on my expiration date, but I see it coming."

"I just have other interests and I do quite enjoy the production side," said Pitt, who had smaller roles on television and in film until his breakout performance in "Thelma & Louise" in 1991.

Pitt has produced or executive produced more than a dozen films in the last five years, from the 2006 documentary "God Grew Tired of Us," about three Lost Boys of Sudan, to this year's "Moneyball" and "Tree of Life," in which he also appeared.

Current producing projects include "The Normal Heart," an HIV/AIDS-related drama starring Mark Ruffalo; "Undaunted Courage," a TV miniseries about ex! plorers Lewis and Clark; and the real-life drama "Twelve Years a Slave," about a free man sold into slavery in the mid-1800s and starring Chiwetel Ejiofor ("2012") and Michael Fassbender.

He also produces and stars in next year's "Cogan's Trade" and "World War Z," and Terrence Malick's "Voyage of Time," due in 2013.

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