Celebrity actress and United Nations goodwill ambassador Angelina Jolie continued to stay busy promoting her feature-film, directing debut In the Land of Blood and Honey, the story of a Serbian man and Bosnian woman who meet on the eve of the 1992-'95 Bosnian war.
Jolie also maintained a brisk career pace as Deadline reported today on the extended talks between the celebrity actress and French filmmaker and producer Luc Besson to star in his next thriller.
Besson, whose political drama The Lady is generating plenty of awards attention, did not reveal details about the movie except that his production company EuropaCorp developed the script and planned to co-finance the movie.
In addition to the mew Besson thriller, Jolie also continued talks to headline director Ridley Scott’s biopic of British blue blood and World War I spy Gertrude Bell as well as Maleficent for Disney and a drama based on Patricia Cornwall's popular character Kay Scarpetta for Fox.
Earlier, FilmDistrict confirmed plans to release In The Land Of Blood And Honey in the Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian language per Jolie's wishes.
Film District releases In the Land of Blood and Honey Dec. 23 in the U.S.