Angelina Jolie has just signed a massive multi-year contract!
At a press conference on Friday, corporate producer Fremantle announced that the 46-year-old actress had signed a three-year foreign management deal with them.
Jennifer Mullin, Fremantle’s global chief executive, said in a press release that the company was “thrilled” to marry Jolie, “joining artistic forces in the next stage of her ordinary career as a producer, director, actress and humanitarian. “
Mullin added: “Fremantle and Angelina share the hobby and ambition of telling compelling stories from around the world, for everyone in the world. We embrace the artistic independence of our partners and look forward to working with Angelina to provide a hard and exclusive narrative. “content to a global audience. “
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Jolie, an Oscar winner and special envoy for the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), explained what she expects at most from the partnership.
“Having the freedom to tell stories and provide them to a global audience is at the heart of this agreement with Fremantle,” Jolie said, according to the press release. team that has a foreign perspective. “
According to the statement, as part of the deal that begins immediately, Jolie will expand documentaries, original series and feature films that are “sophisticated, tough and geared to everyone. “She will direct, produce and act on the projects, depending on her goal.
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“Angelina Jolie and Fremantle are part of a world in vital storytelling, championing the varied and underserved voices of the world,” the press release added.
In May, Jolie will direct and produce the feature film Bloodless in Italy. The screenplay is based on the best-selling novel by Alessandro Baricco.
Other people who are lately working with Fremantle on projects include Saverio Costanzo, Alice Rohrwacher, Tebogo Malope, Michael Winterbottom, Kenneth Branagh, Kirill Serebrennikov, Shira Haas, Steven Knight, Afua Hirsch, Felix van Groeningen and Luca Guadagnino, according to the press release. .