Angelina Jolie to star in Wanted

Friday, March 23, 2007

Angelina Jolie is going to star in Wanted, the graphic novel adaptation, with James McAvoy and Morgan Freeman.It will be directed by Timur Bekmambetov and will start filming May.

McAvoy will play a young man who discovers his father is an assassin, only to learn shortly thereafter that his dad has been murdered. The youth is drafted to follow in his father’s footsteps. Jolie will play an assassin who teaches the ropes to the wannabe killer.

The script was originated by Michael Brandt and Derek Haas, and Jolie took the role after a rewrite by Dean Georgaris (Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life) to tailor the character for her.

This actually reminds me of the same plot of Alex Rider: Operation Stormbreaker, which was actually not a bad movie.

Hopefully she’ll get this done and her next film The Changeling for director Clint Eastwood, so she can get on to playing Ava in Sin City 2. Sweet!

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