Angelina Jolie wrapped on Maria, Pablo Larrain’s Maria Callas bio-pic, last year. I believe the production got a SAG-AFTRA waiver during the strike. That means that the film is ready to premiere at some of the summer film festivals. It’s been long rumored that Maria will have its film festival debut in Venice. Three weeks ago, Variety exclusively reported that Maria and Joker 2 will both get splashy premieres in Venice. Now the Hollywood Reporter is suggesting that a terrible alternate scenario might play out: that Maria will premiere in Venice, but so will Wolfs, the action-comedy with Brad Pitt and George Clooney.
Running into an ex at a party can be awkward. But imagine if the party is the Venice Film Festival and the exes are Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie. That potentially incendiary meet-cute could well happen, as both are starring in films that seem to be probable contenders in Italy.
Pitt’s movie, Wolfs, doesn’t sound much like festival fodder — it’s a buddy comedy about rival crime-scene “fixers” who are both called to remove the same dead body, directed by the guy who made Spider-Man: Far From Home, Jon Watts — except that Pitt’s buddy in the film is George Clooney, a part-time Italiano who gets lots of love in Venice.
Jolie, meanwhile, is starring in Maria, a drama about opera singer Maria Callas that couldn’t sound more like a festival flick if it were shot in Budapest by an experimental Chilean auteur (which it was: Pablo Larraín, a former judge on the Venice jury). The festival won’t announce its picks for weeks, but a veteran awards consultant tells THR there’s every reason to expect that Pitt and Jolie will both end up in La Serenissima. “If you’re the festival, you’d do everything you could to make that happen,” he says. “You’d have the whole world watching.”
Still, even if they both come to Italy, it doesn’t have to be awkward for the two stars. “The festival can keep them apart,” says the consultant. “You can bet both Pitt’s and Jolie’s people will make sure they never get near each other.”
“That potentially incendiary meet-cute” – they’re literally suing each other over Brad trying to attach a nondisclosure agreement to the sale of Jolie’s half of Chateau Miraval, an NDA which would have legally silenced her on Brad abusing Jolie and their children. But go off, I guess. As I said, I’m all but certain that Maria will premiere in Venice. That’s been known/prognistacated for weeks. But I will be so upset if the Venice Film Festival’s organizers try to bring Brad Pitt and George Clooney there to promote their dumbass movie. If it happens, it will be one of the most blatant stunts in film festival history. Second only to that Johnny Depp bullsh-t in Cannes last year.
The photos in this post are from 2010 – Angelina filmed The Tourist in Venice that year. Brad and the kids were there the whole time.
Photos courtesy of Avalon Red.
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- 38683, VENICE, ITALY – Wednesday March 17, 2010. Angelina Jolie is all smiles while riding down the Venice canal in a water taxi, filming scenes for her upcoming film “The Tourist”. The dramatic thriller co-stars Johnny Depp and will be released sometime next year. **FEE MUST BE AGREED PRIOR TO USAGE** **E-TABLET/IPAD & MOBILE PHONE APP PUBLISHING REQUIRES ADDITIONAL FEES**,Image: 524303105, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: WORLD RIGHTS, DIRECT SALES ONLY UNLESS STATED OTHERWISE IN CAPTION – Fee Payable Upon Reproduction – For queries contact Avalon.red – sales@avalon.red London: +44 (0) 20 7421 6000 Los Angeles: +1 (310) 822 0419 Berlin: +49 (0) 30 76 212 251 Madrid: +34 91 533 4289, Model Release: no, Credit line: PacificCoastNews.com / Avalon
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- 38687, VENICE, ITALY – Wednesday March 17, 2010. Angelina Jolie is spotted filming a scene with Johnny Depp for their upcoming film “The Tourist”. The pair shot a scene where Depp climbed aboard a water taxi in which Angelina was riding in. The filming was allegedly shut down early for the day, as too many fans surrounded the set, prohibiting the production to run safely. **FEE MUST BE AGREED PRIOR TO USAGE** **E-TABLET/IPAD & MOBILE PHONE APP PUBLISHING REQUIRES ADDITIONAL FEES**,Image: 524303282, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: WORLD RIGHTS, DIRECT SALES ONLY UNLESS STATED OTHERWISE IN CAPTION – Fee Payable Upon Reproduction – For queries contact Avalon.red – sales@avalon.red London: +44 (0) 20 7421 6000 Los Angeles: +1 (310) 822 0419 Berlin: +49 (0) 30 76 212 251 Madrid: +34 91 533 4289, Model Release: no, Credit line: PacificCoastNews.com / Avalon
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- 38903, VENICE, ITALY – Wednesday March 24, 2010. Angelina Jolie and her son Knox check out the view from her balcony in Venice, Italy. Angelina, who is in Venice filming the upcoming movie “The Tourist”, held her son Knox tightly while on the balcony of their Venice apartment. **FEE MUST BE AGREED PRIOR TO USAGE** **E-TABLET/IPAD & MOBILE PHONE APP PUBLISHING REQUIRES ADDITIONAL FEES**,Image: 524306773, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: WORLD RIGHTS, DIRECT SALES ONLY UNLESS STATED OTHERWISE IN CAPTION – Fee Payable Upon Reproduction – For queries contact Avalon.red – sales@avalon.red London: +44 (0) 20 7421 6000 Los Angeles: +1 (310) 822 0419 Berlin: +49 (0) 30 76 212 251 Madrid: +34 91 533 4289, Model Release: no, Credit line: PacificCoastNews.com / Avalon
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- 38929, VENICE, ITALY – Thursday March 25 2010. Angelina Jolie tightly holds her daughter Vivienne on the balcony of their Venice apartment. Angelina, who is in Venice filming the upcoming movie “The Tourist” with Johnny Depp, looked relaxed and happy as she cuddled and kissed her daughter. Photrograph: PacificCoastNews.com **FEE MUST BE AGREED PRIOR TO USAGE** **E-TABLET/IPAD & MOBILE PHONE APP PUBLISHING REQUIRES ADDITIONAL FEES** UK OFFICE:+44 131 557 7760/7761 US OFFICE:1 310 261 9676,Image: 524307260, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: WORLD RIGHTS, DIRECT SALES ONLY UNLESS STATED OTHERWISE IN CAPTION – Fee Payable Upon Reproduction – For queries contact Avalon.red – sales@avalon.red London: +44 (0) 20 7421 6000 Los Angeles: +1 (310) 822 0419 Berlin: +49 (0) 30 76 212 251 Madrid: +34 91 533 4289, Model Release: no, Credit line: PacificcCoastNews.com / Avalon
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- 38687, VENICE, ITALY – Wednesday March 17, 2010. Angelina Jolie is spotted filming a scene with Johnny Depp for their upcoming film “The Tourist”. The pair shot a scene where Depp climbed aboard a water taxi in which Angelina was riding in. The filming was allegedly shut down early for the day, as too many fans surrounded the set, prohibiting the production to run safely. Photograph: © PacificCoastNews.com **** **E-TABLET/IPAD & MOBILE PHONE APP PUBLISHING REQUIRES ADDITIONAL FEES** UK OFFICE:+44 131 557 7760/7761 US OFFICE:1 310 261 9676,Image: 534146827, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: WORLD RIGHTS – DIRECT SALES ONLY – Fee Payable Upon Reproduction – For queries contact Photoshot – sales@photoshot.com London: +44 (0) 20 7421 6000 Los Angeles: +1 (310) 822 0419 Berlin: +49 (0) 30 76 212 251, Model Release: no, Credit line: PacificCoastNews.com / Avalon
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- Johnny Depp and Angelina Jolie on set of “The Tourist” on March 17 2010 in Venice. Picture by Imago/,Image: 544844231, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: UK ONLY – Fee Payable Upon Reproduction – For queries contact Photoshot – sales@photoshot.com London: +44 (0) 20 7421 6000 Florida: +1 239 689 1883 Berlin: +49 (0) 30 76 212 251, Model Release: no, Credit line: Imago / Avalon
Meet- cute? We are talking about a victim being forced to meet the abuser for publicity.
According to court documents, Angie has a restraining order taken against Brad. Hopefully that is valid internationally and not only in US.
Plus, Angie is there for a potential academy award movie while Brad is there for a cheap comedy.
And with Angie’s friend Salma’s CAA power, I don’t think they will allow the organisers to premiere the movies same day.
Restraining orders aren’t valid out of the country that issued them.
ETA: it’ll be impossible to enforce them anyway.
George Clooney is a producer on Wolfs. I feel like he would read the room and not pull a stunt like this. He’s gotta know that his movie is not a festival movie and Angelina’s is. Plus I would think that he has enough sense to know that if this were to happen, the abuse would get brought up and he would get dragged into it somehow. It would be a bad look, especially given the work that Amal does. I may be naive, but I think Clooney is just too smart to start a shit storm like this and will be throwing his weight around to keep it from happening.
If Clooney was smart he wouldn’t work with the child strangler
Brilliantly said.
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This would be a terrible idea for Brad to agree to, but he is probably too stupid and narcissistic to understand that.
Imagine if the kids (some or all) showed up to support Angie but not him. The headlines wouldn’t be Brad v. Angie. Thy would be about why his children want nothing to do with him.
OMG now I’m into it.
I for one would LOVE that for him.
Actions, meet consequences.
Is it illegal for Italian actors to be cast in Italian roles? Please no, George Clooney as a part-time Italiano who gets lots of love in Venice. I foresee a fake mustache, a lot of arm waving and a cutesy accent.
The article is referring to the fact that he lives in Italy much of the time and they love him there. Not that he will be playing a role as an Italian.
All they have to do is hire that security lady from Cannes. Tell her Brad is secretly a POC.
I’m sure, given her previous behavior in Cannes, that she would have beaten Angelina, not Brad. She has a problem not only with skin color, but also with gender, and Angelina once played Mariane Pearl.
Gross framing.
The jackass is going to do everything he can to put himself in Angie’s path, including arriving a week early.
Gross vile little man still stunting abusing his abuse victims. Angelina needs to get a foreign restraining order against her abuser stalker