MUMBAI: Angelina Jolie is thinking of saying ‘so long‘ to acting to spend more time with her six children.
The 37-year-old actress, who raises six children, Maddox, Pax, Zahara, Shiloh and four-year-old twins Knox and Viviennes, said that she would consider turning her back on Hollywood as her children enter their teens, it is reported.
"I think I‘m going to have to give up acting as the kids hit the teenage years because there is going to be too much to manage. If it went away, tomorrow I‘d be very happy at home," she said.
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Angelina Jolie mulls giving up acting
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Ang Lee to helm Cleopatra with Angelina Jolie in lead
MUMBAI: Ang Lee, who is awaiting the release of his latest film Life of Pi will reportedly helm the Angelina Jolie-starrer Cleopatra after talks with filmmaker David Fincher broke off. It is said that Fincher was the third filmmaker who decided to pass on the project that was in development since 2010.
In October last year, ‘Titanic‘ helmer James Cameron was attached to the project but he let it go because of his commitment to the Avatar film franchise. Later, Paul Greengrass, director of The Bourne Ultimatum was tapped but he too remained hesitant to take up the project.
The film is an adaptation of Stacy Schiff`s book Cleopatra: A Life, the story of which sees Cleopatra as a firm ruler and military tactician who embarks on a ruthless rise to power. She twice married her brothers, killing each of them as well as a sister.
Romantic alliances with the much-older Roman honchos Julius Caesar and Marc Antony helped Cleopatra solidify power, but her relations with Antony undid both of them. -
Jolie in talks to star in The Counsellor
MUMBAI: Angelina Jolie is in negotiations to star in director Ridley Scott‘s upcoming narco-thriller The Counselor.
The 36-year-old actress will most likely play a small role in the upcoming film just a few weeks after her partner Brad Pitt was said to have a discussion for another small role in the same film, it is understood.
It is possible for Jolie to join Scott‘s project as she will not begin filming her next film Maleficent until late June or early July. Scott himself has scheduled a June start for the film.
The Counselor, which is described as No Country for Old Men on steroids, follows a respected lawyer who thinks he can dip a toe in to the drug business without getting sucked down.
It is said that Michael Fassbender is being tapped to star in the male lead.
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Kahaani maker Sujoy Ghosh rubbishes talks of plagirism
MUMBAI: Sujoy Ghosh has trashed stories about his film Kahaani’s climax bearing a striking resemblance with that of the Angelina Jolie-starrer Taking Lives.
The ending of Taking Lives shows a heavily pregnant Jolie sitting alone in her house when she discovers a serial killer. She tries to escape but is overpowered by him and is punched and thrown to the ground. During the altercation, the serial killer begins to choke her and eventually stabs her in her pregnant belly with a pair of scissors.
Jolie, seemingly unharmed by the stabbing, shocks him by quickly stabbing him with the same pair of scissors. As the killer lies dying, Jolie removes a prosthetic pregnant belly, and says the past seven months have been a planned trap.
In Kahaani, the protagonist Vidya Bagchi too is heavily pregnant and in search of a man who looks like her husband Arnab Bagchi. The lady also gets into a similar act by killing the person, not with a pair of scissors, but with her hairpin.
Said Ghosh, “Since I started making Kahaani, people spoke about so many sources that it has been copied from. In this country, where people don‘t know about Satyajit Ray, Yash Chopra and Manmohan Desai, it‘s amazing to note people are aware of films made in distant land seven years ago in 2004,” adding, “ does this mean two lookalike people from different parts of the world have the same root.”
According to Ghosh, his portrayal of Vidya Bagchi was to get to the fore the prowess of Maa Durga killing the evil. “Did Jolie also play Maa Durga or was she possessed by the goddess?” Ghosh questions.
While the Jolie film received mostly poor reviews, Ghosh’s Kahaani has turned out to be a runaway hit.
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Thornton, Whitaker in Out of the Furnace
MUMBAI: Billy Bob Thornton and Forest Whitaker have signed up to play the leading villains in upcoming film Out of the Furnace.
The 56-year-old will join Christian Bale, Zoe Saldana and Casey Affleck. The film is about a man who tracks down his brother‘s killer after he is released from prison, it is understood.
Whitaker is also set to play a leading part in the Scott Cooper-directed picture while Thornton will play the leading bad guy in the project.
The actor, who was married to actress Angelina Jolie for three years, is best known for roles in Sling Blade and Armageddon. He is currently filming a part in the film Red Machine.
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Angelina Jolie film to receive Stanley Kramer award
MUMBAI: The Producers Guild of America will honour Angelina Jolie‘s Bosnian war film In the Land of Blood and Honey with the 2012 Stanley Kramer Award at the Guild‘s annual awards ceremony on January 21.
The award was established in 2002 following the death of legendary director and producer Stanley Kramer and recognizes a motion picture, producer or other individual whose ‘achievement or contribution illuminates provocative social issues in an accessible and elevating fashion‘.
Films that had earlier received the Kramer award wereThe Great Debaters, An Iconventient Truth, Hotel Rwanda and Antwone Fisher.
Last year, Sean Penn became the first individual to receive the award.
In the Land of Blood and Honey, which marks Jolie‘s directorial debut and opens in select theaters Dec. 23, follows the story of a Muslim woman and Serb policeman who are dating when the Bosnian war breaks out, and what ensues when she is taken to a Serbian rape camp where he is now in charge. Jolie both directed and penned the script, and primarily cast Bosnian actors.
“In the Land of Blood and Honey is an extraordinary film that portrays a complex love story set against the terrors of the Bosnian war, especially towards women. This film truly embraces the legacy of Stanley Kramer,” PGA presidents Hawk Koch and Mark Gordon said.
Jolie and Graham King‘s GK Films partnered in financing and producing the film, which FilmDistrict, a sister company of GK Films, is distributing in the U.S.
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Angelina Jolie film lands in legal hassle
MUMBAI: Angelina Jolie‘s first directorial project has been named in legal documents filed in federal court by Croatian journalist and author James J Braddock.
The journalist claimed that he published an article about a woman raped by soldiers before Jolie wrote a similar story for In the Land of Blood and Honey.
“The Subject Work‘s main female character is subject to continuous abuse and rape by soldiers and officers in the camp. In addition to being raped continuously by soldiers and officers, she is forced to become a servant at the camp headquarters, a duty assumed by very few of the captives,” the lawsuit stated.
“The Motion Picture‘s main female character is also subject to continuous rape by soldiers and officers in the camp and subsequently becomes a servant at camp headquarters,” it continued.
The film tells the love story between a Serbian soldier and a Muslim woman during the Bosnian war. Braddock found similarities in his work and Jolie‘s.
Three weeks before the premiere of the film‘s premiere , the lawsuit threatens to prevent it from ever seeing the light on the big screen.
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Jolie in a biopic by Ridley Scott
MUMBAI: Ridley Scott will soon direct Angelina Jolie for his forthcoming film Gertrude Bell, a biopic of a pioneering figure in the Middle East in the early 20th Century. The project is being developed by Scott‘s Scott Free Productions.
Bell, who worked for British intelligence during the first World War, was described as a ‘key asset‘ in helping dismantle the Ottoman Empire and also founding Iraq that won her admiration of many a Arab. She had a passion for archaeology and languages and wrote about her adventures in the region.
Jolie, 36, whose directorial debut In the Land of Blood and Honey hits theaters next month, has a number of acting projects in development.
The actress last starred in The Tourist opposite Johnny Depp.
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FilmDistrict to release foreign-language version of Jolie film
MUMBAI: FilmDistrict has given an indication that it would release the foreign-language version of Angelina Jolie‘s directorial debut In the Land of Blood & Honey so that audiences can fully experience the director‘s version.
The film will have subtitles; however, it is uncertain which version of Jolie’s film would release in the US.
“I‘m honoured that FilmDistrict has chosen to release the film in the United States in the original Bhs-language version. It was always my hope that US audiences would have the opportunity to experience this version,” Jolie remarked.
It has been reported that the 36-year-old actress shot her war love story in English and Bosnian/Croatian, doubling up scenes in a mixture of languages.
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Sarajevo fest honours Angelina Jolie
MUMBAI : The Sarajevo Film Festival has conferred Angelina Jolie with a special honour for her cinematic and philanthropic works in Bosnia. The 36-year old Jolie received the Honorary Heart of Sarajevo award at the closing ceremony of the Festival.
The actress‘ directorial debut, The Land of Blood and Honey has been shot in Bosnia. “I love this country. I was honoured to have a chance to meet everybody. This movie was a chance to bring attention to the situation that happened so long ago, and I hope that it brings attention and more dialogue to remind people what everybody here went through,” Jolie has been quoted as saying.
Festival director Mirsad Purivatra praised Jolie for her cinematic achievements and also for her global humanitarian efforts.