Universal Makes Deal On Luc Besson-Julia Roberts SciFi Film

Universal Pictures has acquired 80% of distribution privileges around the massive project that Luc Besson will direct with Julia Roberts within the starring role. Besson presently has got the Lady within the Oscar mix, but this film seems like a more in-depth cousin to early Besson efforts such as the Professional, La Femme Nikita and also the Fifth Element. Im told that you will find serious talks happening for Jolie to star next spring inside a dramatic thriller that's rooted in true scientific elements. Bessons EuropaCorp developed it and can co-finance, and discussions happen to be going ahead having a studio for domestic distribution. The Besson film could be Jolies next being an actress, and it might come before she teams with director Ridley Scott on the historic epic about Gertrude Bell the Constant Garden enthusiast scribe Jeffrey Caine is presently spinning. Im told there is a high likelihood that both films will land in the same studio. The second film is definitely an epic adventure in regards to a British aristocrat who assisted define the present Middle East and also the edges of Iraq following the fall from the Ottoman Empire. She grew to become a seminal estimate Middle East politics throughout the run-as much as WWI, acting in roles that ranged from archaeologist to diplomat, digital photographer and spy. Jolie can also be moving rapidly on Maleficent, the Linda Woolverton-scripted revisionist undertake the Sleeping Beauty tale for Wally Disney Pictures, and she or he gets nearer to playing medical examiner Kay Scarpetta within the Fox 2000 drama in line with the Patricia Cornwell novel series. Kario Salem has completed a script he authored in close collaboration using the author, according to her best-selling novel series. Jolie gets ready for that release Within The Land Of Bloodstream And Honey, her feature directorial and screenwriting debut, that is being launched by FilmDistrict within the warmth from the Oscar race. Jolie is repped by Media Talent Group chief Geyer Kosinski and Robert Offer, and Besson by EuropaCorps Christophe Lambert.