Archive for March, 2007

Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt return to big screen for Wanted and State of Play

Wednesday, March 21st, 2007

According to the news, Hollywood Celebrity couple Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt are reportedly going to return to the big screen starring in separate movies. AFP agency claims that Angelina Jolie is set to play a killer in an action movie called Wanted while Brad Pitt will play the role of an investigative journalist in the movie called State of Play.The movie is the US movie adaptation of hit British TV mini-series State Of Play and Brad Pitt’s version of the project will start filming in November and will be directed by the moviemaker Kevin Macdonald.

Angelina Jolie Universal Pictures’ action adventure film, Wanted (which is due to begin shooting in Eastern Europe in May) is an adaptation of a novel with the same title. The actress will star alongside James McAvoy and Morgan Freeman with Timur Bekmambetov as director.

In other Celebrity news, Angelina Jolie adopted a three-year-old boy Vietnamese boy named Pax Thien and promised to become a stay-at-home mother.

Jennifer Hudson to play Aretha Franklin in a biopic?

Saturday, March 17th, 2007

Jennifer Hudson

The Queen Of Soul Aretha Franklin revealed according to the reports that Jennifer Hudson would be ideal choice to play her in an upcoming film based on her life. Franklin’s life which is all in a book is set to debut as a theater production in the coming months but rumors of Jennifer Hudson, (who among American Idol performances she sang Aretha Franklin’ “Baby I Love You”) playing the music legend in the film adaptation are all over the media.

Jennifer Hudson won an Academy Award, a Golden Globe, a BAFTA, and a SAG Award for her role as Effie White in the movie musical Dreamgirls. In other Celebrity new, Jennifer Hudson will represent a perfume of One of the the world’s largest direct seller of cosmetics Avon Products Inc..

Halle Berry signs for Who is Doris Payne

Tuesday, March 13th, 2007

Halle Berry

According to the news, one of the most desired Hollywood actresses Halle Berry will be seen in the movie Who is Doris Payne having an different role, a woman who spent 75 years robbing jewelry stones. Halle Berry reportedly signed for the real-life story of Doris Payne (who is still in jail), a story which was written by TV writer Eunetta T. Boone. No other details are known but hopefully we will soon have some fresh news about the movie.
In other movie news, Lionsgate is set to move forward with the movie project Tulia with Halle Berry starring as a lawyer. Tulia is based on real-life events surrounding the arrests of 46 black men during a Texas drug bust and production begins May 1 in Louisiana.

She was a jewel thief for six decades and worked all over the world. Doris is a magnificent woman and she’s incredibly intelligent. I aim to tell her story the way it is. It will explore claims she has a mental disorder but I hope to leave it up to the audience to decide whether Doris is a hero or a villain. There’s no way she shouldn’t be punished but it is important to state Doris never physically hurt anybody. She made her living stealing from the rich and from stores.
- Moviehole quoted Berfield -