{"id":104576,"date":"2022-10-22T08:40:10","date_gmt":"2022-10-22T08:40:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/angelina-jolie-to-star-in-pablo-larrains-new-film-about-maria-callas\/"},"modified":"2022-10-22T08:40:10","modified_gmt":"2022-10-22T08:40:10","slug":"angelina-jolie-to-star-in-pablo-larrains-new-film-about-maria-callas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/angelina-jolie-to-star-in-pablo-larrains-new-film-about-maria-callas\/","title":{"rendered":"Angelina Jolie to Star in Pablo Larra\u00edn’s New Film About Maria Callas"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\tAngelina Jolie will star in Oscar-nominated director Pablo Larra\u00edn’s next movie, a biopic about famous opera singer Maria Callas.<\/p>\n

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\tTitled \u201cMaria,\u201d the film \u201ctells the tumultuous, beautiful, and tragic story of the life of the world’s greatest opera singer, relived and re-imagined during her final days in 1970s Paris,\u201d according to its logline. Steven Knight (\u201cSpencer,\u201d \u201cPeaky Blinders,\u201d \u201cEastern Promises\u201d) wrote the script.<\/p>\n

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\tCallas was an American-born Greek soprano singer and one of the most famous opera singers of the 20th century. She was born in Manhattan and received her opera training in Greece when she was 13 and later moved to Italy for her career. Throughout the years, she dealt with near-sightedness that left her nearly blind and multiple scandals in her personal and professional life. She had an intense rivalry with Italian opera singer Renata Tebaldi, plus an affair with Aristotle Onassis (who later married Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, who coincidentally was the subject of Larra\u00edn’s movie \u201cJackie).<\/p>\n

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\t\u201cHaving the chance to combine my two most deep and personal passions, cinema and opera, has been a long-awaited dream,\u201d Larra\u00edn said. \u201cTo do this with Angelina, a supremely brave and curious artist, is a fascinating opportunity. A true gift.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\t\u201cI take very seriously the responsibility to Maria’s life and legacy. I will give all I can to meet the challenge. Pablo Larra\u00edn is a director I have long admired. To be allowed the chance to tell more of Maria’s story with him, and with a script by Steven Knight, is a dream,\u201d said Jolie.<\/p>\n

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\tLarra\u00edn’s previous two biopics, last year’s \u201cSpencer\u201d starring Kristen Stewart as Princess Diana and 2016’s \u201cJackie\u201d with Natalie Portman as Kennedy Onassis, both garnered best actress nominations for its two leading ladies. The acclaimed director also received an Academy Award nomination for best foreign language film for his 2012 Chilean historical drama \u201cNo,\u201d the first nod for the country.<\/p>\n

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\t\u201cMaria\u201d is produced by Juan de Dios Larra\u00edn for Fabula Pictures, Lorenzo Mieli for The Apartment Pictures, a Fremantle Company, and Jonas Dornbach for Komlizen Film.<\/p>\n

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\tJolie is repped by WME and attorneys Robert Offer and Lindsey Strasberg at Sloane, Offer, Weber and Dern.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n