Angelina Jolie in talks for Marvel debut with ‘Eternals’
LOS ANGELES: Angelina Jolie is getting ready to kick butts in the world of superhero movies.
The Oscar-winning actress is in talks to star in Marvel Studios’ “The Eternals”, a superhero team adventure feature being directed by Chloe Zhao.
Jolie has chosen the Marvel project based on the Jack Kirbycreated title about superpowered and near-immortal beings known as Eternals and a more monstrous offshoot known as the Deviants that were created by the cosmic beings called Celestials.
While details about the movie have not been officially disclosed, sources tell The Hollywood Reporter that one aspect to the story involves the love story between Ikaris, a man fuelled by cosmic energy, and Sersi, who gets his kicks by moving amongst humans. It is unclear who Jolie will play. Marvel had no comment.
Zhao, an award-winning indie director behind the critical hits “The Rider” and “Songs My Brothers Taught Me”, will helm from a script by Matthew and Ryan Firpo.
While this will be Jolie’s first superhero movie, it is not her first comic book movie — she starred in the 2007 adaptation of Mark Millar’s “Wanted”.
Jolie is currently working with Marvel’s parent company Disney on the upcoming “Maleficent: Mistress of Evil”, which was recently moved up to a release date this autumn from spring 2020, and on the animation/ live-action hybrid “The One and Only Ivan”, which she is also producing. The actress’ upcoming projects also include “Come Away”, a fantasy drama from Brenda Chapman.
Jolie is represented by UTA and Sloane Offer.