American actress Angelina Jolie will play in the biopic directed by Pablo Larrain about the famous singer Maria Callas.
Written by Steven Knight (Peaky Blinders, Serenity, Who Wants to Be a Millionaire) and produced by Fabula Pictures, The Apartment Pictures and Komlizen Film, based on true stories, Mary is a feature film about the turbulent, beautiful and tragic The world’s greatest opera singer, reimagined and reimagined in her final days in 1970s Paris. Director Pablo Larrain enjoys the opportunity to take on the project:
The opportunity to combine my two deepest and most personal passions, film and opera, was a long-awaited dream. Doing this with Angelina Jolie, a supremely daring and inquisitive artist, is an exciting opportunity. A real gift.
Pablo Larraín of The Spencer directed the biopic Maria, about the life of American-born Greek soprano Maria Callas, as his next feature film, which will star Academy Award winner Angelina Jolie .
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Biopic of Maria Callas with Angelina Jolie
Realizing the role she has landed, actress Angelina Jolie promises to pay homage to the one that has been nicknamed the “Opera Bible”or even “Callas”:
I take the responsibility for the life and legacy of Maria Callas very seriously. I will give everything in my power to meet this challenge. Pablo Larrain is a director I have long admired. To be able to tell Steven Knight’s story of Mary with him is a dream come true.