First look: Angelina Jolie in "Maria"

[melancolour]

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Angelina Jolie will star in Maria, a biopic of ‘La Divina’, the legendary opera diva Maria Callas

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[scriptedending]

Oh and Netflix snapped this one up

Starring Academy Award winner Angelina Jolie, Maria is a creative imagining and a psychological portrait of Maria Callas. The film takes place in the ’70s near the end of Callas’ life. A story about a woman that lived from the ’20s to ’70s, a woman who burned her voice, her life,… pic.twitter.com/zRr0fht7eB
- Netflix (@netflix) August 28, 2024

so it will probably get a good push in actress

[nyse]

Unless the film gets near universal acclaim, I honestly could see her getting snubbed entirely just based on the fact that the Academy has been enjoying eating Brad’s ass these last several years.

[theharleyquinn]

I wouldn't be surprised if he and his buddies run a countercampaign

[steffi_333]

He and George will make Oceans 62 or whatever brain dead sequel they’re on now.

[archersangel]

It's "a creative imaging" means that's it's 80-90% made up.

Could've not used a real person as the basis & would've turned out the same.

[syvlie0o0]

I mean weren't Jackie and Diana the same? Just basically Larrain imagining shit they would do?

(I hated both those movies)

[archersangel]

I didn't know the same person did those too. Reminds me of that fictional biopic Blonde about Marilyn Monroe.

[jojito]

Blonde was super disrespectful though.

[_kleptomane]

But then the story wouldn’t be as engaging. I’ve never understood this opinion, that if something is only inspired or loosely inspired by a main pop culture figure that then it’s somehow tainted or immediately disrespectful. I’ve always approached work like this as the character studies that they are, with a foundation of a vibe or person I’m familiar with than then goes on to do some sort of visual essay with. No different than an inspired retelling of the Iliad or something. Mind you, it doesn’t always work like with Blonde, but more often than not to me they tend to be quite good.