Angelina Jolie considering acting in Maleficent 2
Los Angeles Feb 23 (IANS) Actress-director Angelina Jolie is reportedly thinking of reprising her role as the vengeful fairy in Disneys Maleficent 2.
Jolie who was able to command $20 million in addition to profit participation for 2014 s Maleficent will reportedly return to high-profile fare in the wake of her publicised split from actor-producer Brad Pitt first announced in September 2016.
According to sources close to Jolie she is mulling a number of acting offers including reprising her role in Maleficent 2 and is in active development on two large-scale Universal projects: An adaptation of Simon Sebag Montefiore s Catherine the Great and Potemkin: The Imperial Love Affair and World War II espionage drama The Spy Who Loved (based on Clare Mulley s 2013 book) reports hollywoodreporter.com.
She is also reportedly prepping what may be her next directorial: An adaptation of Alessandro Baricco s 2004 novel Without Blood. She has also signed on as a producer on Disney children s film The One and Only Ivan.
Her most recent film and directorial First They Killed My Father was screened in Cambodia on February 18.
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