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Two of Hollywood’s brightest stars are aligning for a new movie.
On Tuesday,Deadlinereported thatAngelina JolieandHalle Berryare both attached to star in an upcoming action movie titledMaude v Maude.
Warner Bros. acquired the project after it won a bidding war for the movie over the weekend.
The outlet reported that the project has been described as a “James Bondvs.Jason Bourne”-type action thriller with filming expected to take place in locations around the world, citing an insider on the project.
Though both Jolie, 47, and Berry, 56, have been acting since the late 1980s and early 1990s, the stars have never worked together.
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Jolie and Berry will each work as producers on the movie in addition to their starring roles, Deadline reported. The actresses began making plans as far back as Jan. 2022 to produce projects a variety of movies with women in lead roles on screen and behind the camera, according to the outlet.
Both actors are action genre mainstays, with Berry starring in theX-Menmovies, as well asKingsman: The Golden Circle(2017) andJohn Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum(2019). Jolie’s action blockbuster credits include her 2000sTomb Raidermovies, as well as her 2005 spy movieMr. and Mrs Smithand her role as Maleficent in Disney’sMaleficentseries.
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Berry last appeared in her directorial debutBruised(2020) and inMoonfall(2022); Jolie most recently starred as a firefighter in the action filmThose Who Wish Me Dead(2021), as well as the superhero Thena in Marvel Studios’Eternals.
Jolie recently directed a new movie titledWithout BloodstarringSalma Hayek. The actress is alsogearing up to play opera singer Maria Callasin director Pablo Larraín’s next film,Maria.
source: people.com
