Angelina to Make Her Directorial Debut with Bosnian War Passion Project
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Well I certainly didn’t see this one coming. Angelina Jolie’s next film will be a love story set during the Bosnian War that raged for three years from 1992-1995, and became a stain on the early years of the Clinton administration. Here’s the kicker though, she will NOT be acting in the film at all, she will instead be writing the script herself, as well as produce and direct the film, making it her “directorial debut.” The announcement was made on the GK Films blog (via FirstShowing), which is the production company producing the film. This is surprising because it is kind of out of left field. She hadn’t made any sort of hints in interviews for her most recent films that she had any interest in directing this soon. And there was no reason to speculate because of the endless amount of projects she is attached or rumored to star in. But alas, here we are. I think it’s great, actually, and I’m excited to see what she does with this project.
The film is a completely original concept, from Jolie’s mind, and will focus on a Serbian man and a Bosnian woman who meet on the eve of the war and the effect the war has on their relationship. It is being reported that the actors cast in the film will be mainly compromised of various ethnicities from the region of the former Yugoslavia (below Hungary and Austria), seemingly to convey the most authentic story possible.
The current speculated start time for production is as early as this fall. We’ll keep you posted when an official title and casting are announced.
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