Chilean filmmaker Pablo Larraín is perhaps one of the most versatile filmmakers we have. His career includes the political marketing drama, “No,” the surrealist biopic, “Neruda,” the psychological horror and Stephen King adaptation, “Lisey’s Story” series, and the searing relationship drama, “Ema” to name just a few. But in his ascendence to Hollywood and working with some of the best actresses in the world, he’s also pivoted to some incredible artful films about the complicated lives of various famous female figures: Natalie Portman in “Jackie” about Jacqueline Kennedy, “Spencer” with Kristen Stewart about Princess Diana, and now his latest, “Maria,” starring Angelina Jolie.

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The Playlist’s critic at the 2024 Venice Film Festival did not appreciate Pablo Larrain’s “Maria” as much as this pundit, but there are few awards observers who don’t believe the film’s star, Angelina Jolie, isn’t in the running for her third Best Actress nomination. The 2020 Best Supporting Actress winner portrays the legendary Opera diva Maria Callas in her final days in 1970s Paris. Netflix, who acquired the movie after Venice, released the first teaser trailer which you can find embedded in this post.

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In a movie you could see happening from a mile away, it appears Netflix has assigned a release date for the forthcoming biopic, “Maria,” and put it smack dab in the middle of awards season. It looks like Netflix is hoping for some gold to come its way with the Angelina Jolie film.

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According to Variety, the recently debuted “Maria” is set to hit theaters for a short awards run on November 27 before it hits the streaming service on December 11.

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TORONTO – Perhaps it’s the subject matter she has gravitated to or the glare of the global spotlight, but it is embarassing how little respect Angelina Jolie has received as a filmmaker. Three of her first four narrative films as a director, “Unbroken,” “In The Land of Honey,” and “First They Killed My Father,” have demonstrated considerable cinematic skills. And, yet, when female directors are touted or pitched for projects you never hear her name.

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Why must talented women die of a broken heart? The myth goes that it was heartbreak that killed Amy Winehouse, Judy Garland, Edith Piaf, and countless more women who once vibrated with rare genius but whose emotional ache led to lonely, tragic deaths. Pablo Larraín’s “Maria” does very little to dispel this myth.

If “Jackie” and “Spencer” saw the Chilean director try his hand at vastly well-known stories about vastly well-known women, the final entry in his trilogy of biopics tackles a tale less familiar to general audiences.

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Pablo Larraín is clearly not afraid of doing biopics about powerful women. After earning acclaim on smaller international films, the filmmaker really broke out in a big, big way with 2016’s “Jackie.” From there, he went on to direct 2021’s “Spencer,” and he’s now prepping the release of “Maria.” These three films will end up making a trilogy of sorts. 

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With its Venice premiere coming up, we finally get our first clip from “Maria,” starring none other than Angelina Jolie as the title character, Maria Callas.

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Chilean filmmaker Pablo Larraín is in the sweetest of positions. He doesn’t really do one for them or one for him since all his films are artful and uncompromising, but he does have this kind of track going where he does dramas with American stars—most of them non-traditional biopics (“Jackie,” with Natalie Portman, “Spencer,” with Kristen Stewart) and then goes off and makes less commercial work that is more personal and without major stars (“No,” “El Conde,” but even the former starred Gael Garcia Bernal).

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After being one of Hollywood’s most famous actresses in the ’90s and ’00s, Angelina Jolie rarely appears onscreen anymore. Since 2010, she’s starred in just eight live-action films and only four since 2015. EW reports (via Vogue) that the actress explained her career pivot at the launch of her new fashion line Atelier Jolie.

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In an interview to help the launch of her environmentally conscious fashion line, Jolie said that she’s used clothing as an alternative way to work out her complicated feelings after a personally difficult past decade.

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Warner Bros. has landed a package deal that features two Oscar-winning actresses attached to a brand new action project that will be helmed by Kiwi director Roseanne Liang (“Shadow In The Cloud“) with Halle Berry and Angelina Jolie set for “Maude v Maude.”

READ MORE: ‘Maria’: Angelina Jolie Will Play Opera Singer Maria Callas In Pablo Larraín’s Upcoming Biopic

Deadline reports that the film is a “Bond vs.

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With “Neruda,” “Jackie,” and “Spencer,” Pablo Larraín has explored the limits and possibilities of the biopic. Now he’ll do it again with a new female subject, and Angelina Jolie set to star.

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The Hollywood Reporter reports that Larraín’s next film is “Maria,” about famed opera singer Maria Callas, with Jolie starring.

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It’s difficult to determine precisely what genre Angelina Jolie’s upcoming movie “Without Blood” is. Based on Italian novelist Alessandro Baricco’s novel of the same name, the film follows a young girl over decades as she grabbles with the complex realities of war, trauma, and violence in an unnamed 20th-century country. So, which genre is it? A war film? A modern fable? In Variety’s piece about the upcoming film, Jolie has an answer of her own.

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Earlier this year, Angelina Jolie signed a three-year overall with British multinational distribution company Fremantle. And now, Deadline reports that the first project of that exclusive deal is in production with Selma Hayek and Demián Bichir as the leads.

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“Without Blood,” based on Allesandro Boricco‘s 2002 novel of the same name, is a revenge fable that takes place in a farmhouse after an unidentified conflict in the Italian countryside.

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From 2011 to 2017, Angelina Jolie directed four feature films, earning acclaim for almost every one of them. However, since 2017, the actress-turned-filmmaker has been picking more mainstream acting roles, recently appearing in Marvel Studios’ “Eternals,” for example, and has yet to return to the director’s chair. But apparently, that’s about to change.

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According to Deadline, Angelina Jolie has signed a new three-year deal with Freemantle to produce a number of films and TV series that will be released globally.

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Recently, it was reported that Marvel Studios’ newest feature, “Eternals,” is already getting banned from certain countries due to its inclusion of LGBTQ characters. Typically, we’ve seen studios make edits to films in the past so that certain international territories will approve them. Still, it seems as if Disney/Marvel Studios is staying firm and will not cut scenes featuring Brian Tyree Henry’s gay superhero character, Phastos.

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The broad and common critique of Marvel movies, generally, is that they are often anonymously made, cookie-cutter in shape, and—if created by an indie auteur—set up in a way that generally strips that filmmaker of their voice or any discerning identity. In some regards, Chloé Zhao’s “Eternals” seems engineered as an exact rejoinder to this criticism. If Marvel is generally boxing in their filmmakers (so some claim anyhow), then they’ve allowed Zhao, an Oscar winner for this year’s “Nomadland,” to do whatever she wants.

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Scores of women, both famous and non-famous, have accused disgraced mogul and convicted rapist Harvey Weinstein of rape and sexual assault since dual bombshell exposes on his alleged conduct dropped in the fall of 2017. That list includes megastar Angelina Jolie, who, in a new interview, is speaking out about her experiences with the Miramax co-founder and the personal turmoil that followed her ex-husband Brad Pitt’s decision to work with the producer on a pair of projects years later.

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Chloé Zhao‘s plan for “Eternals,” her first entry into the MCU and follow-up to last year’s Best Picture-winning “Nomadland?” Go big and go home. Using Jack Kirby‘s obscure mid-1970’s as her source material, Zhao aims for her Marvel film to capture both the cosmic scale of Kirby’s comics and the intimate, family-like bond between this new group of heroes.

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After “Nomadland” picked up Best Picture, Best Actress for Frances McDormand, and Best Director for Chloé Zhao at the Oscars last month, it’s safe to say that Zhao will be able to do whatever she wants as a director for quite a while. Next up, however, is her foray into the Marvel Cinematic Universe, with her take on Jack Kirby‘s “Eternals.”

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Kirby’s comic series follows a group of immortal humanoid aliens sworn to protect Earth from danger.

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In a rapid-fire six-year period, tall, square-jawed Midwestern writer/director Taylor Sheridan became the auteur of Forgotten America, with all the good and bad baggage that brand carries. 2015’s drug cartel movie “Sicario” is grim and problematic, but hyper tense thanks to Denis Villeneuve. 2016’s “Hell or High Water” good ol’ boys Western crime thriller was nominated for Oscar’s Best Picture and Best Screenplay.

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When Taylor Sheridan‘s name is attached to a project, genre fans take notice. The writer/director’s grim blend of noir and western tropes makes him of American cinema’s most distinctive voices right now. His debut screenplay for Denis Villeneuve‘s 2015 film “Sicario” first put moviegoers at attention, and his follow-up “Hell Or High Water” notched him several nominations for best screenplay. “High Water” and Sheridan’s directorial debut, 2017’s “Wind River,” are arguably the last decade’s best Western films.

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Taylor Sheridan is one of the most respected filmmakers working in Hollywood today. His unique brand of storytelling, typically focused on violence amongst everyday people in rural areas, has struck a chord with a ton of film fans, after seeing his writing in projects such as “Hell or High Water,” “Wind River,” and “Yellowstone.” Now, he is set to return with a new feature, “Those Who Wish Me Dead,” which is arriving on HBO Max next month.

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In an absolutely stacked cast, Angelina Jolie still might be the biggest name attached to the forthcoming Marvel Studios film, “Eternals.” For decades now, she’s been an A-lister that has shown up in acclaimed dramas, as well as the occasional popcorn franchise flick. But even for her, “Eternals” is a big deal. And according to a new interview with Vogue, she explained why she signed on to be a superhero in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

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Believe it or not, it’s been four years since we’ve seen a new feature directed by Taylor Sheridan. After wowing audiences as a screenwriter, Sheridan broke out as a filmmaker with the 2017 film, “Wind River.” That thriller caught the attention of many film fans, but then it’s been fairly quiet for Sheridan, in terms of features. Well, thankfully, that’s drought is coming to an end this year with “Those Who Wish Me Dead,” his new neo-Western that is arriving in May.

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Over the past decade, Angelina Jolie has consistently alternated between starring in films and directing films. And with four narrative features and a documentary under her belt, it appears that Jolie’s directorial career isn’t slowing down anytime soon. Now, she has signed on for her next directing gig, an upcoming biopic titled “Unreasonable Behaviour.”

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According to Deadline, Jolie has signed on to direct “Unreasonable Behavior,” a biopic about famous British war photographer, Don McCullin.

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Within 10 seconds of the trailer for “Come Away,” you can tell the film is full of magic. And that means literally full of magic, as the film tells the story of two young children, Alice and Peter, who experience life in much the same way as their fairy tale namesakes. However, the film is far from a lighthearted experience, as there are plenty of real-world issues worrying the young children.

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