X-Men: Dark Phoenix Targets Angelina Jolie for Mystery Role
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- Published on Saturday, 10 June 2017 10:30
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X-Men 7, officially titled X-Men: Dark Phoenix, is going to be one of three X-Men movies Fox is releasing in 2018. With production needing to get underway relatively soon in order for the movie to hit its November 2, 2018 release date, some casting rumors are starting to surface. If this particular rumor is true, Fox is going after some A-list talent in the form of Angelina Jolie for an unspecified role in X-Men: Dark Phoenix.The news comes courtesy of Jeff Sneider, who dropped the revelation very subtly on the latest episode of Meet the Movie Press. While talking about Universal's possible plans of nabbing Angelina Jolie for the lead role in The Bride of Frankenstein, Sneider also slipped in that she appears to be in contention for a part in X-Men: Dark Phoenix. Here's what he had to say about it. "I think Angelina Jolie needs to reassert her commercial viability and needs to do a big movie. And if it's not Dark Phoenix, which I don't think it will be, Then I think that she should do Bride of Frankenstein."Whether it is X-Men 7 or Bride of Frankenstein, Jeff Sneider certainly doesn't seem to be wrong about Angelina Jolie being in need of reasserting her commercial viability. In recent years she has taken more to directing, but since she didn't act in the fairly successful Unbroken, which she helmed, she hasn't been in a commercially successful movie in quite a while. Something like X-Men could put her right back in the spotlight, but, according to this, it probably won't happen. Fox can look at whoever they want, but that doesn't mean they are going to sign on the dotted line. Look at what happened with Marvel when they were trying to get Joaquin Phoenix to play Doctor Strange.At this point, outside of knowing that X-Men: Dark Phoenix is going to be taking another stab at the beloved Dark Phoenix storyline from the comics, which was first attempted (very poorly) in X-Men: The Last Stand, details have been pretty scarce. We know that Sophie Turner is coming back as Jean Grey and it seems likely that Michael Fassbender will be back as Magneto, as well as James McAvoy as Professor X. It also seems more than likely that Tye Sheridan (Cyclops), Alexandra Shipp (Storm) and Kodi Smit-McPhee (Nightcrawler) will reprise their roles from X-Men: Apocalypse as well. It is also rumored that the role of Rogue may be getting recast in this movie. Even with a cast like that, a big name like Angelina Jolie couldn't hurt anything.The movie does need a director right now, so maybe they can double up and lock her down for that as well? Though, it has been reported that long time series producer and writer Simon Kinberg is possibly going to make his directorial debut on X-Men: Dark Phoenix, so Angelina Jolie directing is a huge stretch. But after what Patty Jenkins did with Wonder Woman we can't say something like that is impossible. You can check out the full bit from Meet the Movie Press for yourself below, with the Angelina Jolie talk kicking in at around the 5:00 mark.
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DARK UNIVERSE Reportedly Wants The Rock For THE WOLFMAN & Angelina Jolie For BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN
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- Published on Thursday, 01 June 2017 10:50
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It seems Universal is still high on getting Dwayne Johnson and Angelina Jolie on board to play The Wolfman and the Bride of Frankenstein, respectively, in their Dark Universe. More past the jump...Though we have heard whispers of this before now, a new report suggests that Universal is still high on getting a couple more massive stars added to their Dark Universe.According to THR, the studio is eager to sign Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson up as The Wolfman, and Angelina Jolie as The Bride of Frankenstein, which is to be the next film in the burgeoning classic monster franchise. No negotiations have taken place yet (as far as we know, anyway) so we'll have to take theses potential castings as rumor for the time being.At any rate, not convincing Johnson and Jolie to join the fun may be the least of Universal's worries, as a separate source indicates that Warner Bros. is "mulling over" legal action for the rights to the Dark Universe brand.More on all of this as we have it, but in the meantime be sure to share your thoughts in the usual place.
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Angelina Jolie Talks About Teaming Up With Ireland's Cartoon Saloon
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- Published on Saturday, 20 May 2017 16:31
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Hollywood superstar Angelina Jolie has spoken about how "proud" she is to have worked on a new major animated feature 'The Breadwinner' with the Irish company, describing it as a "beautiful film with this timely and very important subject matter." The first teaser trailer for Cartoon Saloon’s new feature 'The Breadwinner', which Angelina Jolie worked on as an executive producer, has just been uploaded onto social media sites.Based on the award-winning, best-selling young adult novel by Deborah Ellis, 'The Breadwinner' is directed by Cartoon Saloon’s Nora Twomey, co-director of 'The Secret of Kells' alongside Tomm Moore. The film is about Parvana, a young girl living under the Taliban regime, who cuts her hair and disguises herself as a boy in order to provide for her family after her father is imprisoned.Of her involvement with the film due out later this year, Jolie has this to tell us, “I am proud to be a part of this beautiful film with this timely and very important subject matter. Millions of girls around the world have to grow up before their time, working to provide for their families at a very young age and in difficult circumstances."They have the strength to do what no one should ask little girls to do. I hope this film is able to bring this discussion to a broader audience."She adds, "As much as it is an important and very meaningful film, it also stands on its own as a great piece of art. Director Nora Twomey and her team have done something very special. They have breathed life into the characters and paid respect to the subject matter and to a country where women often struggle.”A powerful and riveting story of self-empowerment and imagination in the face of oppression, 'The Breadwiner' boasts the breathtaking hand-drawn animation that has made Cartoon Saloon one of the world’s most well-loved and respected animation studios.
The new feature is produced by Aircraft Pictures’ Anthony Leo and Andrew Rosen, Cartoon Saloon’s Tomm Moore and Paul Young, and Melusine Productions’ Stephan Roelants. It is executive produced by Jolie Pas Production’s Angelina Jolie, Jehane Noujaim, Karim Amer, Mimi Polk Gitlin, Jon Levin, Regina K. Scully, Frank Falcone, Mary Bredin with Cartoon Saloon’s Gerry Shirren and GKIDS’ Eric Beckman and David Jesteadt. WestEnd Films is handling international sales.An official Ireland-Canada-Luxembourg co-production, 'The Breadwinner' is being produced with the participation of the Irish Film Board, Telefilm Canada & The Film Fund, Film Fund Luxembourg, The Harold Greenberg Fund, Shaw Rocket Fund, the Ontario Media Development Corporation and the BroadcastingAuthority of Ireland along with Gaia Entertainment and the Artemis Rising Foundation.Published by Groundwood Books, 'The Breadwinner' novel has been in print for over 15 years and is recommended reading in numerous schools throughout the U.S., Canada and Europe. Author Deborah Ellis recently completed “My Name is Parvana,” the fourth book in the series which has cumulative sales exceeding 2.5 million copies across 25 languages.To date, Ellis has donated more than $1 million from her book royalties to the charity Canadian Women for Women in Afghanistan. The book was recently endorsed by Nobel Prize Laureate Malala Yousafzai, who told the New York Times, “’The Breadwinner’ reminds us how courageous and strong women are around the world.”
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Angelina Jolie took drug tests in order to get cast in ‘Tomb Raider’
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- Published on Thursday, 30 March 2017 11:52
- Written by NY Daily News
Angelina Jolie’s rebellious past almost affected her legendary career.The former bad girl had to agree to drug tests during the filming of the 2001 film “Tomb Raider” before she got the role, director Simon West revealed in Stephen Galloway’s new biography of former Paramount executive Sherry Lansing.At the time, 24-year-old Jolie was in her wild child phase, including her relationship with Billy Bob Thornton, and executives worried about her “baggage.” “She said: ‘Look, I want to do it, but I know what my reputation is, and I'll do anything you want to prove that I'm worthy. I'll be reliable, and I'll turn up, and I'll work hard,’” West said in the excerpt of "Leading Lady" acquired by the Hollywood Reporter. “She said, ‘I don't care if the studio wants to drug test me every day.’” And that’s what they did: Then-Paramount president John Goldwyn required random drug tests — urine and blood — which Jolie continually passed.“Tomb Raider,” based off the wildly popular video game series, eventually went on to make $275 million worldwide and launched two sequels, including an upcoming spinoff starring Alicia Vikander as Lara Croft.
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'Maleficent 2' Release Date, Rumors: How Likely Will Angelina Jolie Reprise Her Role?
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- Published on Saturday, 05 May 2018 16:19
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It has been a long time since Disney's "Maleficent" hit the theaters, yet it remains to be one of the most memorable films yet, probably because it shifted the focus from the supposed protagonist to the initially thought villain, showing a deeper side to her. As such, fans are clamoring for a sequel to the movie, and it looks like the main character herself is considering her return.Many are hoping that Angelina Jolie reprises her role as Maleficent once more in the sequel.According to The Hollywood Reporter, Angelina Jolie is pondering on many acting roles this year, and one of them is reliving her role as the powerful yet kind fairy turned bad and then turned good again for "Maleficent 2." Although she has not officially confirmed this yet, it is obviously going to be met with jubilation from a huge crowd of fans.This was not the first time that Jolie was rumored to accept the role for the sequel. The Wrap has also mentioned that Linda Woolverton, who created the script for the first film, is going to write the second movie's script with the expectation that Jolie will be there again. There is no deal in place yet, however.The question on everyone's mind is this — how likely is Jolie to reprise her role? It can be recalled that she is very nitpicky when it comes to doing sequels, declining the offer for both "Salt" and "Wanted," which is probably because of what happened to the Tomb Raider franchise. If she accepts, however, then this will be a first after a very long time.She did, however, tease in the past that she could take up her staff once more, although she admits it is going to be difficult. "It's kind of hard to top her. She was pretty fun. Maybe I'll get the chance to play her again.""Maleficent" was a phenomenal success at the box office. With a $180-million budget, it was able to hit $758,536,735 worldwide, The Numbers has learned. One can expect that the sequel can, more or less, match that or even exceed it.If the rumors are true, "Maleficent 2" could possibly come between 2017 to 2019, although this year might be pushing it.
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