Angelina Jolie is riding high off her success as a director in her debut with “In The Land of Blood and Honey” and is now eyeing to return to film as an actress, after a two year hiatus, and has made a decision out of her grab bag of projects and the sultry eyed actress is teaming with Disney to portray ‘Meleficent’ with director Robert Stromberg helming the project.
Source: THR
“I haven’t acted in two years, and I haven’t done anything else since this [Land of Blood and Honey]. The next thing I am looking at is a Disney movie,” said the world-famous actress…
…Malificent has gained momentum in recent weeks with Robert Stromberg brought on as director. Stromberg was the production designer on Avatar and Alice in Wonderland, as well as on Disney’s upcoming Oz the Great and Powerful…
…Jolie has long been toying with the idea of playing the famous sorceress in the Sleeping Beauty fairy tale. In an interview with THR last December, she also revealed her children want her to make the movie and even call her “mom-elicent.” She’s also eager to make a live-action family film after her experience voicing the Kung Fu Panda franchise…
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“The best thing to find that balance is to do something that is just for children,” Jolie said at Saturday’s midafternoon press conference in Berlin….
Gotta love how kids make parents do all sorts of things they wouldn’t normally. I like the idea of her playing Meleficent a great deal and hoped that either she or Charlize Theron would take on the role. Hopefully she doesn’t let her children influence her career detrimentally. I don’t need her pulling an Eddie Murphy and lose most of my respect. Can’t wait for production to begin and see how she looks in the iconic role.
