Angelina Jolie is Wanted
Angelina Jolie, James McAvoy and Morgan Freeman in will be starring in the film adaptation of Top Cow’s Wanted mini-series for director Timur Bekmambetov, according to Universal Pictures.
Variety reports Jolie took on the role after the screenplay, written by Michael Brandt and Derek Haas, was rewritten for her by Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life writer Dean Georgaris.
The Mark Millar / J.G. Jones mini-series, according to Millar’s agent, was sold to Universal before the final chapters were even plotted.
Wanted begins shooting in May.