Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie to debut films at Venice Film Festival
nme.comAngelia Jolie and Brad Pitt will both debut in two new films at this year’s Venice Film Festival.The ex husband and wife will appear in separate films at the 2024 edition of the event.
Jolie will appear in Chilean director Pablo Larraín’s biopic Maria. In this, Jolie stars as famed opera singer Maria Callas.The film, written by Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight, also stars Kodi Smit-McPhee and Pierfrancesco Favino.Pitt, meanwhile, will appear with George Clooney in Wolfs, Jon Watts’ action drama about two lone wolf fixers who have both been given the same job.
This film will compete at the festival out of competition.Other films that were announced for the competition yesterday (July 23) included Luca Guadagnino’s QUEER, which stars Daniel Craig and Omar Apollo in his first film role.
You can watch the full list of film announcements here:Il Presidente #PietrangeloButtafuoco e il Direttore @AlbertoBarbera2 presentano la #BiennaleCinema2024 #Venezia81 (Lido di Venezia, 28 agosto > 7 settembre 2024).LIS → https://t.co/5H1nJYxHsk English translation and IS → https://t.co/GbRYNstubJ https://t.co/Hfh6k3s9Oc— La Biennale di Venezia (@la_Biennale) July 23, 2024In other Pitt and Jolie news, the pair’s daughter Shiloh has revealed that “painful events” led to her recent name change.Shiloh, who is the third-eldest child of the former Hollywood couple, applied for a name change on her 18th birthday this year (May 27).
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