There’s this cute story in Page Six today about Angelina Jolie and her drama with Mal Sirrah designer Malcolm Harris. Harris participates in “Designers For Darfur” (which gives money to Save Darfur, but not the UNHCR) but Harris has also designed a line of dresses for Mal Sirrah in which some of the proceeds go to the UN’s refugee effort. Both Harris and Angelina will be participating in events for World Refugee Day (Saturday, June 20th) and Angelina thought it would be nice to buy a few of those Mal Sirrah dresses. So what did Angelina do? She called up the designer to see if he could send some stuff over for her to purchase. That’s when Malcolm was like, “Amanda stop pretending to be Angelina Jolie, bitch! Stop wasting my time!”
FASHIONISTA Malcolm Harris hung up on Angelina Jolie — twice.
The Mal Sirrah designer didn’t believe it was Jolie on the line when she called last week to order three of his “One Dress” frocks.
Finally, she convinced him she was the real deal by explaining they were both participating in World Refugee Day on Saturday.
Jolie bought three of Harris’ dresses for $225 a pop, knowing that some of the proceeds go to the UN’s refugee effort. Harris confirmed the story to Page Six and said, “I was so flattered.”
[From Page Six]
In other Angelina Jolie news, her Wanted director Timor Bekmabetov gave an interview to some Russian news agency this week in which he discussed the Wanted sequel. The first film made $342 million worldwide, so a sequel was sort of a no-brainer. Now Timor is saying that he really hopes Angelina comes back for the sequel, which will most likely be filming later this year. But, for those of us who have seen the film (SPOILER) Angelina’s character …uh… can’t come back.
Last summer’s action thriller “Wanted” didn’t exactly leave it open for Jolie to return for a sequel, but director Timur Bekmabetov says her character could return for another round.
In an interview with Russian news site RIA Novosti, Bekmabetov says he hopes to “resurrect” Jolie’s character. The director says other characters who suffered an un-sequel friendly fate may be brought back as well.
The director reveals that preparations for the sequel will begin in July. “I think in the late autumn or winter, shooting will be performed,” Bekmambetov said. “The shooting will take place in America, India and Russia.”
[From AHN]
Unfortunately for Timor and the Wanted producers, Angelina has already given multiple interviews where she has discussed her disinterest in coming back for the sequel. Angelina even took credit in one interview for her character’s death, saying that she asked the producers and the screenwriters if they could kill off her character. I suppose some clever screenwriter could come up with some kind of flashback sequence or prequel nonsense to get Angelina back. But I doubt she’ll sign up.
Photos are stills from Wanted, thanks to Allmoviephoto.
just dip her in the water.
WANTED was horrible
This film was nothing but a flimsy, poorly developed story, glossed over with some cool action shots and a few great actors (who, by now, probably regret having starred in it anyway).
I doubt Angelina will come back just because it made a lot of money, she can afford not to. Besides *SPOILERS AHEAD* it’s kinda hard to resurrect after blowing your own brains out in order to save the world. I don’t think one of those strange wax baths will do the trick there.
If they truly wanted her back in, they’d have to do it the “he’s having a dream/fantasy” way or the flashback way. Both are very, very cheap methods (in this particular scenario) and will most likely not sit well with moviegoers.
Personally, I don’t need to have Wanted 2. In fact, I wish somebody gave me back the two hours and 10€ I spent watching it.
Wanted was a terrible movie. Angelina was not the vixen she used due to her her lack of curves. She was bony and looked frail. At this point she has succumbed to Hollywood pressure and looks like every other skank out there. Not to mention now the world is coming to see her as the manipulating bitch she is. She doesn’t draw me to a movie, she repels me. Sick of seeing this “holier than thou” cunt all over movies and magazines.
I liked Wanted.
But I also didn’t go in expecting much LOL.
Ps. Kaiser, your title total had me thinking she pulled a diva and instead, it turned out to be quite a nice little story. Good for her. I wonder what the dresses look like? Couldn’t afford them anyway 🙁 But I’m glad proceeds go to a nice cause.
Oh god, that film was an atrocity. I loved all the flashy action stuff…but honestly…a MAGIC LOOM???? You can’t make shit like that up and sell it to me in an action film with a straight face…a magic effing loom…give me a break. I’d kinda forgotten about it – but now my anger is once more stirred…
A MAGIC LOOM..sigh…
I thought it was pretty bad too, but I liked some of the action sequences. Angelina, while still fierce, didn’t look her best in this film.
HAHAHAHA@ Zoe (The Other One): That is totally what I was thinking when that popped up in the movie. A magic what? LOOM???? Are you kidding me? It took me so out of the film that I couldn’t enjoy it any more. I looked over at my sister and she mouthed “A motherf**king LOOM??”.
Hee hee.
PS Her arms look ghastly in that header picture. She looks like a skeleton that’s been propped up to look like it’s lounging then covered in a thin film of rubber skin. Yuck.
Zoe (the other one): Thank you for reassuring me that my decision to skip “Wanted” was a good one, LOL.
I am with Anna here, how exactly is she gonna ‘come back’ from blowing her own head off?
So I’m guessing not alot of yall saw Timur Bekmambetov’s other films?
Codzilla – LOL seriously, I’ll watch any old crap if you call it a ‘movie’ but THIS…I know movies are way subjective, but if you had NO brain or ALL of the brains in all of the world, you’d still probably fail to ‘get’ it.
Like, *EEEEEK* spoiler alert and whatnot – but HELLO…a MAGIC LOOM is what tells them who needs to be killed. Or something. A MAGIC LOOM.
Who thought that up? Did someone get PAID to write it? Were they under the influence of meth? How in the name of all that is holy did they get Jolie and McAvoy to star in it? Were they drugged and kidnapped? HOW did it make 324 mill? Were people paying to see it because they didn’t understand how truly awful a film can be?
Shit…I’m ranting now. Apologies ‘Wanted’ fans *chuckle*…Wanted Fans…like there are any.
Hash Browns – dude, a mother effin LOOM. Who knew…
I used to work in a theater that showed ‘limited’ release films and saw his movies night watch and day watch and I FREAKING LOVED THEM!!! They are ultra fantasy highly stylized.
And if you think the loom of fate was silly, can you digest the chalk of fate? a piece of ordinary looking chalk that could rewrite history? Or Yegor’s ball of destruction? a plastic Christmas ornament attached to a rubber band.
Angelina looks f–king HOT in every single one of these pictures.
Those tatooes mess up her whole look.
Yegor’s Ball Of Destruction sounds like it’s a far more sensible proposition than the bloody MAGIC LOOM.
As for the history re-writing chalk…it sounds realistic when compared to that magic loom. Are you sure it wasn’t a documentary?
Made by a lunatic.
High on illegal substances.
Is English his mother tongue? I shall google it…wait please…Right, I see from his Wiki entry he is from Kazakhstan. I think I have found the root of this MAGIC LOOM issue. I think that an economy translator has been bought in to translate the screenplay into English and perhaps the words ‘Magic Loom’ in Russian (or Kazakh) can be easily, yet WILDLY and ERRONEOUSLY, translated in English. Maybe he meant ‘crazy scary Russian mafioso gang’…or…’malevolent space beings’. Cos really, there is no WAY it was MEANT to be a magic loom.
Coddie… I dunno, don’t you want to see how a magic loom was shoehorned in? (no doubt to weave the fabric of time or something).
I’m liking the sound of the chalk of fate. Any little movement could smudge or erase an event or timeline; very clever.
I liked the movie. It was fun. My husband thought the curving the bullets part was stupid.
But it was supposed to be like a comic book type story. You watch for the action and special effects.
Ana – but what about the MAGIC LOOM?!? Surely you were slightly irritated by it? No?
It’s just me that’s so violently annoyed by it isn’t it?!
Zoe, I will try to explain this the best I can.
I was intrigued with the concept because imagine a world where there aren’t psychics that could tell us whats going to happen, but rather an impartial decider. Our fate (that isn’t decided by us, or someone else that can be manipulated, bought off, or someone who isn’t operating for personal gain,) that we have no control over, but are aware that everything is decided before hand. So that if you go back and try to change it, you screw up the way history is to be. and that things happend for a reason that you cant see yet. Sloan was aware that the time of assassins was up, but had other plans and tried to change the way things were meant to be, Fox honestly believed with her life in the power of the Loom of Fate. And so she carried out the looms final orders. Regard less if it meant ending her own life.
The similar concept in Night Watch trilogies. You have to have a real stretch of imagination and to believe in a concept of fate to watch these movies…
And let me clarify the Chalk of Fate, It works for the person seeking it for just reasons, but backfires with unintended consequences when used improperly.
LOL.
Well, to be fair to the writer and what not, I figured it was no worse than the Greek mythology of the Fates’ loom.
Oh STOP with your sense making and clarifications! I like to remain utterly ignorant of the whole shenanigan so I can just bark ‘MAGIC LOOM’ at people randomly…
Your explanation does actually make sense…not enough to make me rewatch and rejudge the movie tho…that’d ruin all my fun LOL!
I can’t read your name I think it is Zoe (The Other One)
I didn’t give it too much thought actually. I mean they could curve bullets for crap’s sake! haha.
“Oh STOP with your sense making and clarifications! I like to remain utterly ignorant of the whole shenanigan so I can just bark ‘MAGIC LOOM’ at people randomly…”
That made me laugh out loud!
Horrible! Angelina sucked in that movie.
Ana – the curvin’ bullets was a little bit much I’ll agree…but HELLO…then the magic loom steps into the fray and honestly…all bets are off. Magic Loom wins.
Haha okay you got me! I’m gonna remember this the next time I watch the movie!
Unless Angelina is playing a phycho twit, then she is never any good in her movies, and her accents are horrible.
I didn’t go to see Wanted expecting anything but a slam-bang action film and that’s exactly what Wanted is, no more, no less.
Evidently a lot of people liked it. $341 million at the box office ain’t exactly chump change.
I actually thought the curving bullets part was the only extraordinary feature in that movie that was cool.
As for hatsumomog’s argument about also needing to stretch your imagination for the Nightwatch trilogy, buddy, that’s a completely different thing. I don’t have the energy to go into details but from a strictly film critical point of view, the Nightwatch movies are infinitely better because they have proper structure, sound explanations within their own universe, well-rounded characters for the most part and a fascinating and endearing plot. Wanted had none of that.
The movie sucks and so does she……
Will no one comment on Angie’s disgusting arms? Fine. I’ll do it:
HER ARMS LOOK GROSS!
She was good in Changeling someone, to be fair. Either that or I was being distracted by Michael Kelly stealing every scene or the horrible Guy Pierce impression the bad cop kept doing.
Angelina is awesome. I love the dress story. She sounds like a cool person in real life.
First of all, thats a horrible picture of her, skinny ass arms..and I didn’t see the first Wanted..got really bad reviews, so I won’t waste my hard earned money on this one either!
Mairead: “Weave the fabric of time” — LOL! You and Zoe are killing me over here.
Cheyenne: Terrible movies make loads of money on a regular basis. “Wanted” is just one of many unfortunate examples of this phenomenon.
Zoe, thank you for giving me something to laugh about today, your post had ROTFLMFAO. I thought I was the only one put off by that MAGIC F-KING LOOM theory, lol. But I must admit, the father, son angle of the movie was quite interesting.
damn a lot of bitchiness on here today
Love the story from Page 6, cute
Kaiser_theass… always spinning stories….. and ofcourse all the bitter hens come out to rant
You know what I wasn’t really paying attention to the movie, so in the back of my head I thought the whole loom thing was a cover operation. So it really was just supposed to be a loom that wrote people’s names. Wow, I’m glad I didn’t give it much thought.
Anyhow I love James Mcavoy, it was worth watching just for him.
Wanted was a fun movie.. it was not trying to be an Oscar contender. Angelina had a supporting role in the film, yet all the promotion centered on her.. Why because she is kick ass that is why. They need her to return. To the nasty people who feel the need to call her names every chance you get. suck it. She did not write the script. She is the actor doing the part the way the director wanted it done. She even cut her part down. And to “Cathy” she draws you in some way because you can’t stop commenting about her. I can’t comment on the actors that I don’t like. I don’t follow them, don’t watch their movies, don’t read about them and don’t feel the need to say how much I hate them on every post about them.. I guess Cathy you are taking unique route.. You read about her, comment on her, follow everything she does and says.. Interesting.. I wonder what you and others would do if you liked her..
You talk about her, but you have such a filthy mouth.. Angie has nothing on you.
Wanted was awful but I wouldn’t mind another Lara Croft.
And since we’re talking about AJ’s arms too, I would kill to have those slender arms.
I didn’t really dig the movie at all, but said magic loom was my fay part. I’m all the hell about the textile arts!! 🙂
Love her, but Wanted was pretty awful from what I can remember. I must admit I wasn’t exactly sober while watching it and I don’t quite remember the ‘MAGIC LOOM’, but I think I will now have to rewatch it when it turns up on SKY movies just so I can laugh at it.
Some hilarious comments in an AJ thread for once, now that makes a nice change lol.
I didn’t give much thought to the loom either, was kinda occupied with drooling over the Scot 😉
I heard she actually hurt the movie and looked ridiculously thin and fragile for an action part.
I know of some people who didn’t watch the film because she was in it and they are tired of getting the same 2 expressions (=her “acting”).
I was one of them and I LOVE action films.
Nice to know that Angelina pays for her outfits instead of expecting freebies from designers.
LOL @ Bodhi – that’s your dream film then – action and textile arts! hehehe.
I’m pretty sure it’s been documented that Jolie was grieving for her mother during filming of Wanted and had dropped a lot of weight. She looked ill in that film – not the kind of arms to aspire to, really.
I’d also like to know how they’re going to ‘bring back’ her character. I don’t think they can without killing the franchise credibility. Maybe they’ll accept it and break for Megan Fox or some other substitute. I’d hope not though. And no Sienna Miller either, thanks.
I liked Wanted but it’s not something I really watch over and over – there was far too much posturing and aggrandizing of a lifestyle of violence for me to like it beyond the cool stunts.
I’d see 2 for Jame McAvoy (who’s fun two watch in terms of both a physical and dramatic performance) but that’s about it. That said, if it was a choice between that and Bourne 4 – it’d Bourne 4 every time.
I’m glad I’m not the only one with a thing for McAvoy. He’s so different and his teeth look a little scraggly but I’ve fallen for him hard!
And in Penelope (a movie I thought was cute but almost didn’t watch) he was simply adorable!
I just went over that similar worry for myself a few nights ago. The video clip helped me loads.thanks alot : )!