Angelina Jolie as Maria Callas. the first pictures have been revealed

We haven’t seen him on screen since The Eternals in 2021. But in a few months, Angelina Jolie will return to the cinema. In the biography Maria The 48-year-old actress will play the famous Greek singer Maria Callas. The first two images have already been revealed, this Monday, October 9.

“I will give everything to face the challenge. Pablo Laraine is a director I have admired for a long time. To have the opportunity to tell Mariah’s story with her, based on Stephen Knight’s script, is a dream come true,” Angelina Jolie enthused in a press release released on Monday. Variety in October 2022. An excitement shared by director Pablo Larran. “Having the opportunity to combine my two most personal passions, cinema and opera, has been a dream for a long time. And to do so with Angelina, an incredibly bold and curious artist, is a fascinating opportunity. A real gift.”

Filming was delayed due to the strike

A film based on true events Maria will tell the stormy and tragic story of the life of the world’s greatest opera singer in the last years of her life in Paris in the 1970s. Filming of the biopic began, delayed for some time due to the screenwriters’ strike in Hollywood. at the beginning of October. It is expected to last eight weeks and take place in Paris, Greece, Budapest and Milan, reports Hollywood Reporter .

In addition to Angelina Jolie, Italian actress Valeria Golino will step into the shoes of Jackie Kennedy, for whom Greek shipowner Aristotle Onassis left Maria Callas and married in 1968. Pierfrancesco Favino (Adagio, Hummingbird), Alba Rohrwacher (The Chimerahas, Hungry hearts), Haluk Bilginer (Winter sleep), and Kodi Smit-McPhee (Dog power, Elvis) complete the cast.

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