As we reported earlier this month, Angelina Jolie was rumored to be in talks to star as Cleopatra in a big screen biopic based upon the Egyptian queen’s life. And today, the story went from being a rumor about talks to confirmation that Jolie will indeed play Cleopatra.
So what do you do after directing the Oscar-winning The Social Network, and wrap up your American version remake of The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo? If you’re David Fincher, you may well direct Angelina Jolie in a Cleopatra biopic.
Oscar winning director James Cameron might move from the seas of Pandora to the pyramids of ancient Egypt with his next project. According to Deadline, there’s a tantalizing possibility that the director might take on the upcoming film adaptation Cleopatra, which is based on the book by Stacy Schiff entitled Cleopatra: A Life. If that wasn’t interesting enough, Angelina Jolie is attached to play the title role.
This weekend Angelina Jolie will turn into the female version of Jason Bourne for her new film Salt. The movie that was originally a vehicle for Tom Cruise is a far cry from the Oscar winning actress’s next project. Jolie is set to star in the latest biopic centering on the Egyptian queen Cleopatra. News first broke regarding her involvement with the project in early June and while out promoting Salt, she’s adding more fuel to the fire.
There are a few roles that most Hollywood actresses would kill to get and Cleopatra is one of them. The Egyptian queen has been the subject of many books, plays, and films including the infamous Elizabeth Taylor version, and she’s headed back to the big screen. According to USA Today, the rights to the upcoming biography, Cleopatra: A Life have been bought by film producer Scott Rudin with Angelina Jolie as the front runner to play the queen.
So what ever happened to Steven Soderbergh’s planned adaptation of the Michael Lewis book Moneyball which was supposed to be written by Aaron Sorkin and star Brad Pitt as Billy Beane, the Oakland A’s manager who used non-traditional statistical systems to build the cheapest winning baseball team alongside Demetri Martin? It got inexplicably canceled a couple of months ago, with no explanation. That is until just now.
So what’s the big secret behind why the movie didn’t get made Mr. Soderbergh? Continue Reading
Our favorite Aussie Hugh Jackman, is a busy man! With his highly anticipated Wolverine prequel set for release in May, and his new Oscar hosting gig set for February, he’s got a lot on his plate. According to Variety, this busy schedule may have forced the actor to pull out of talks to star in Steven Soderbergh’s developing project, Cleo. Jackman was eyeing a part in the 3-D musical, which would have placed him as Marc Antony, opposite Catherine Zeta-Jones‘ Cleopatra.
E! Online is reporting that everyone’s favorite sultry cat eyed beauty Catherine Zeta-Jones, 39 is up for the role of Cleopatra in the Steven Soderberg remake of a movie of the same name. She won an Oscar for her role as Velma Kelly in “Chicago” so there is no uncertainty about her qualifications for starring in a musical or, according to E-Online, “a 3-D live-action, rock-musical extravaganza”. That sounds a little more exciting to those of us who are turned off by the very word “musical”.
