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Angelina Jolie is set to receive the Performer Tribute at the 2024 Gotham Awards.

The event will take place Dec. 2 at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City. The Gotham Film & Media Institute said the Oscar winner will be honored for performance as the legendary, but troubled, opera singer Maria Callas in Pablo Larrain’s upcoming film Maria.

“Like the legendary figure she portrays, Angelina Jolie transcends mere performance to craft something extraordinary. Her interpretation captures both Maria Callas’ complexity as an artist and the cultural resonance that defines an icon,” The Gotham executive director Jeffrey Sharp said in a statement.

Maria has already done a tour of the Venice, Telluride and New York film festivals. The biopic explores the final days of Maria Callas in 1970s Paris, as she fights to get back the iconic voice she has lost.

The Hollywood Reporter‘s chief film critic David Rooney wrote...

Angelina Jolie may have missed out on a competitive Gotham Award nomination this year for her acclaimed performance in “Maria,” but the Oscar-winning actress will still participate in the upcoming ceremony.

On Thursday, the Gotham Film & Media Institute announced Jolie will receive the Performer Tribute for her performance as Maria Callas in Pablo Larrain’s upcoming film “Maria.” The actress will receive the honor at the 34th edition of The Gothams, taking place on Monday, December 2 at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City. According to a press release, “The tribute will honor Jolie’s rendition of the legendary opera singer Maria Callas.”

“Like the legendary figure she portrays, Angelina Jolie transcends mere performance to craft something extraordinary. Her interpretation captures both Maria Callas’s complexity as an artist and the cultural resonance that defines an icon,” said Jeffrey Sharp, Executive Director of The Gotham. “We are thrilled to...

Tras ‘Jackie’ y ‘Spencer’, Larraín centra la cámara en la conocida cantante. © Netflix

Ya se ha publicado el primer tráiler y póster de María, la película del director Pablo Larraín (El conde) y el guionista Steven Knight, creador de Peaky Blinders.

María narra los últimos días de vida de la legendaria soprano María Callas en el París de los años setenta, cuando se retira a la capital francesa tras una vida glamurosa y tumultuosa en el ojo público.

La película está protagonizada por Angelina Jolie (El sustituto), Kodi Smit-McPhee (Memoir of a Snail), Alba Rohrwacher (Yo soy el amor), Pierfrancesco Favino (El conde de Montecristo) y Valeria Golino (Retrato de una mujer en llamas).

Sobre el largometraje, Larraín ha dicho: «Es una imaginación creativa y un retrato psicológico de María Callas que, después de dedicar su vida a actuar para audiencias de todo el mundo, decide finalmente encontrar su propia voz,...

The first trailer forPablo Larraín’sMariastarring Angelina Jolie has been unveiled.

It premiered at Venice Film Festival and is styled as a creative imagining and psychological portrait of the legendary soprano Maria Callas. It is set in the1970s near the end of her life when shehad lost her voice and tries to regain it.

The cast includes Kodi Smit-McPhee, Alba Rohrwacher, Pierfrancesco Favino, and Valeria Golino.

Steven Knight wrote the screenplay while producers areThe Apartment, Fabula, Fremantle and Komplizen.

Netflix has US rights toMariawhile Studiocanal distributes in the UK and Ireland.

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Angelina Jolie shines as real-life opera singer Maria Callas in the debut trailer for Maria.

The film, directed by Pablo Larraín, follows the “American-Greek soprano as she retreats to Paris after a glamorous and tumultuous life in the public eye. Maria reimagines the legendary soprano in her final days as the diva reckons with her identity and life.”

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Pierfrancesco Favino, Alba Rohrwacher, Valeria Golino, Kodi Smit-McPhee and Haluk Bilginer all star.

Maria hits select theaters in the U.S. on November 27 and arrives on Netflix on December 11.

The film received an 8 minute standing ovation at a recent film festival, and THR predicts that Angelina will be nominated for an Oscar for her performance.

Watch the trailer below, and see stills from the movie in the gallery!

"I will sing when I am ready to sing!" Let her sing! Netflix has unveiled the full official trailer for the film Maria, the latest cinematic work from renowned Chilean filmmaker Pablo Larrain, continuing his series about tormented women - after Jackie and Spencer before this. This new film focuses on the beloved opera singer Maria Callas, as portrayed by the beloved actor Angelina Jolie. It premiered at the 2024 Venice Film Festival earlier this year, with stops at NYFF & London as well. And it's set for a theatrical release in November before it's streaming on Netflix in December. From acclaimed director Pablo Larraín, Maria will tell the tumultuous, beautiful, and tragic story of the life of the world's greatest female opera singer, relived, and reimagined during her final few days living in 1970s Paris. Also starring Pierfrancesco Favino, Alba Rohrwacher, Valeria Golino, Kodi Smit-McPhee, and Haluk Bilginer. With costumes by Massimo Cantini Parrini,...

Netflix has released the official trailer and poster for Maria, the drama starring Angelina Jolie. The film opens in select theaters on November 27, 2024, and launches on Netflix on December 11.

Academy Award-winner Angelina Jolie plays Maria Callas, one of the most iconic performers of the 20th century, in acclaimed director Pablo Larrain’s operatic Maria.

The film follows the American-Greek soprano as she retreats to Paris after a glamorous and tumultuous life in the public eye. Maria reimagines the legendary soprano in her final days as the diva reckons with her identity and life.

Written by Steven Knight, the movie has been rated R by the MPA for some language including a sexual reference.

In addition to Angelina Jolie, the cast includes Pierfrancesco Favino, Alba Rohrwacher, Valeria Golino, Kodi Smit-McPhee, and Haluk Bilginer.

Juan De Dios Larraín, Jonas Dornbach, Lorenzo Mieli, and Pablo Larraín are the producers. The film’s cinematographer is Ed Lachman,...

The final days, hours, and minutes in the life of Greek opera singer Maria Callas are reimagined to vivid effect in Pablo Larraín’s latest biopic in miniature, “Maria.” As the third and last film in his trilogy of doomed historical women, following “Jackie” and “Spencer,” “Maria” stars Angelina Jolie in the title role. It’s one that demanded seven months of training in the art of opera singing — though what’s ultimately in the Venice world premiere out this fall from Netflix is vocally a blend of Jolie’s more nascent chops with Callas’ iconic and inimitable pipes. Watch the trailer for the film below.

Jolie is widely tipped as a Best Actress Oscar nominee for her role as a pill-swilling, self-pitying, vocally fraying Maria Callas in a drama with dialogue that bites, thanks to screenwriter Steven Knight behind the wheel of Callas’ demise. When Callas’ sister (Valeria Golino...

“Maria” is ready to sing.

On Thursday, Netflix released the first trailer for Pablo Larrain’s “Maria” starring Oscar winner Angelina Jolie as the legendary opera singer Maria Callas. A regular on the film festival circuit since its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival in August, “Maria” will enjoy a limited theatrical release in late November before hitting Netflix on December 11.

The third film in Larrain’s unofficial trilogy on prominent women of the 20th century following “Jackie” (about Jacqueline Kennedy) and “Spencer” (about Princess Diana), “Maria” follows “the American-Greek soprano as she retreats to Paris after a glamorous and tumultuous life in the public eye.” The film, which unfolds over Callas’ final days, “reimagines the legendary soprano in her final days as the diva reckons with her identity and life.” Callas died in 1977 at the age of 53.

“This film is my most personal work yet. It is a...

Actress Angelina Jolie, stars in the new feature “Maria”, directed by Pablo Larraín, opening November 27, 2024. Plus take a look at her posing for “The Hollywood Reporter”, wearing Jean Carol, photographed by Blair Getz Mezibov:

“…’Maria’ is a biographical psychological drama film about opera singer ‘Maria Callas’, set during Callas' final years in the 1970’s when she was living in Paris…

“…starring Jolie in the title role, with Valeria Golino as her sister ‘Yakinthi’ and Haluk Bilginer as ‘Aristotle Onassis’…

“…in the third and final film in director Pablo Larraín’s trilogy of iconic women, succeeding ‘Jackie’ and ‘Spencer’…”

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Angelina Jolie: a name that rings like a clarion call in the world of action-adventure cinema! If Hollywood had a Hall of Fame for butt-kicking heroines, she’d be the first inductee, no questions asked. From her iconic role as Lara Croft in Tomb Raider to Mr. & Mrs. Smith, the mother of six has gracefully danced through the action genre like a ballerina in combat boots.

Angelina Jolie in Original Sin (2001) | Credit: MGM Distribution Co.

But let’s not forget that the actress, 49, is more than just a fierce femme fatale; she’s tempted audiences in films like Changeling, and Original Sin. Nonetheless, it’s the latter that landed her in a bit of a pickle. Well, it all started when she made some comments regarding his co-star Antonio Banderas’ ex-wife that didn’t sit too well with the public.

Angelina Jolie and the Sizzling Scandal of Original Sin

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Between Jackie, Spencer, and, now, Maria, Pablo Larraín has thrice committed the cardinal sin of taking a female icon of the 20th century and, in an attempt to hold a mirror up to her multitudes, flattened her into the equivalent of a kitschy postage stamp. Though his sense of style seems like an attempt to absolve him of indulging in the generic tendencies of the biopic, his dependence on repeating the same ideas with the same self-seriousness does a disservice to his supposed goal of bestowing a sense of agency on complex, hyper-surveilled icons of femininity. Too often, as in Maria, he conflates a woman moping around empty rooms to brash music with a more tactile notion of interiority or complexity.

So it’s a shame that Angelina Jolie—portraying Callas in the final week of her life, living somewhat isolated in an opulent Paris apartment—is relegated to playing by the Larraín rulebook.

Actress Angelina Jolie, stars in the new feature “Maria”, directed by Pablo Larraín, opening November 27, 2024 and poses for “The Hollywood Reporter”, wearing Jean Carol, photographed by Blair Getz Mezibov:

“…’Maria’ is a biographical psychological drama film about opera singer ‘Maria Callas’, set during Callas' final years in the 1970’s when she was living in Paris…

“…starring Jolie in the title role, with Valeria Golino as her sister ‘Yakinthi’ and Haluk Bilginer as ‘Aristotle Onassis’…

“…in the third and final film in director Larraín’s trilogy of iconic women, succeeding ‘Jackie’ and ‘Spencer’…”

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They say that in life there are three guarantees: death, taxes, and that if there is a complicated woman in need of a stylishly done, painstakingly constructed biopic, then Pablo Larraín is the man to make it. Having sensitively explored the grief of Jackie Kennedy in the wake of JFK's death with 2017's Natalie Portman starrer Jackie, and then made a haunting portrait of Princess Diana's vulnerability with Kristen Stewart in 2021's Spencer, Larraín has enlisted the services of Angelina Jolie to help tell the story of fêted opera singer Maria Callas in the aptly titled Maria. Check out the first teaser for the film below:

"Maria, what do you want to sing?" asks a pianist as Jolie's Maria looks out on a grand, empty music hall. From there, we get shots of Callas – in black and white, on vintage film, in a plethora of gorgeous outfits...

Angelina Jolie stars as Maria Callas in the latest aching biopic from Pablo Larraín. Check out the Maria trailer.

Pablo Larraín truly is the king of biopics about sad women. His 2016 film Jackie, starring Natalie Portman as Jackie Kennedy, captured Jackie’s grief perfectly and in 2021, Larraín explored Princess Diana’s complex inner state with Spencer. Of course, the director has done a lot of other, equally excellent films but his latest, Maria, feels like the third part in an unofficial trilogy of films about women grieving.

Take a look at the Maria trailer.

Maria is set in picturesque Paris and explores some of the final years of opera singer Maria Callas’ life. The film had its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival where it was warmly received. Maria will also screen as part of the BFI London Film Festival in October.

Here’s a short and sweet, official...

Angelina Jolie‘s transformation into Maria Callas is on full display in the new teaser for Maria!

The film, directed by Pablo Larraín, follows the “American-Greek soprano as she retreats to Paris after a glamorous and tumultuous life in the public eye. Maria reimagines the legendary soprano in her final days as the diva reckons with her identity and life.”

“What do you want to sing?” a voice says, as Angelina responds at the end of the video: “Not today.”

The teaser also includes clips of the legendary singer’s final days in Paris during the ’70s.

Keep reading to find out more…

Pierfrancesco Favino, Alba Rohrwacher, Valeria Golino, Kodi Smit-McPhee and Haluk Bilginer all star.

Maria hits select theaters in the U.S. on November 27 and arrives on Netflix on December 11.

Check out some of the first photos from the film!

Watch the teaser trailer…...

Netflix has shared the official teaser trailer for Maria, the drama film starring Angelina Jolie and opening in select theaters on November 27, 2024. It launches on Netflix on December 11.

Academy Award-winner Angelina Jolie plays Maria Callas, one of the most iconic performers of the 20th century, in acclaimed director Pablo Larrain’s operatic Maria.

The film follows the American-Greek soprano as she retreats to Paris after a glamorous and tumultuous life in the public eye. Maria reimagines the legendary soprano in her final days as the diva reckons with her identity and life.

Written by Steven Knight, the movie has been rated R by the MPA for some language including a sexual reference.

In addition to Angelina Jolie, the cast includes Pierfrancesco Favino, Alba Rohrwacher, Valeria Golino, Kodi Smit-McPhee, and Haluk Bilginer.

Juan De Dios Larraín, Jonas Dornbach, Lorenzo Mieli, and Pablo Larraín are the producers. The film’s cinematographer is Ed Lachman,...

"Maria - what do you want to sing?" Netflix has revealed their beautiful teaser trailer for the film Maria, the latest film from acclaimed Chilean filmmaker Pablo Larrain, continuing his series about tormented women - after Jackie and Spencer before this. This film focuses on the beloved opera singer Maria Callas, as portrayed by the beloved actor Angelina Jolie. It premiered at the 2024 Venice Film Festival earlier this month, and it's set for a theatrical release in November before it's streaming on Netflix in December. From acclaimed director Pablo Larraín, Maria will tell the tumultuous, beautiful, and tragic story of the life of the world’s greatest female opera singer, relived, and reimagined during her final few days in 1970s Paris. Also starring Pierfrancesco Favino, Alba Rohrwacher, Valeria Golino, Kodi Smit-McPhee, and Haluk Bilginer. With costumes by Massimo Cantini Parrini, sets by Guy Hendrix Dyas, and Ed Lachman as Dp.

The emotional teaser trailer for the upcoming Netflix film Maria has been released. The trailer proudly displays the movie as an official selection in this year’s festival circuit, which includes the Venice Film Festival, the Telluride Film Festival, the New York International Film Festival and the BFI London Film Festival. The film stars Angelina Jolie as the titular character — Maria Callas. She is joined by Pierfrancesco Favino, Alba Rohrwacher, Valeria Golino, Kodi Smit-McPhee and Haluk Bilginer in the cast.

The official synopsis reads,

“Academy Award®-winner Angelina Jolie is Maria Callas, one of the most iconic performers of the 20th century in acclaimed director Pablo Larrain’s operatic Maria. The film follows the American-Greek soprano as she retreats to Paris after a glamorous and tumultuous life in the public eye. Maria reimagines the legendary soprano in her final days as the diva reckons with her identity and life.”

Pablo Larraín,...

Angelina Jolie is opera icon Maria Callas in the first trailer for “Maria,” Pablo Larraín’s latest biopic. Netflix has debuted the first trailer for the acclaimed film, which premiered at the Venice Film Festival and received an eight-minute standing ovation, launching Jolie and the feature into the awards race.

The actor plays the American-born Greek soprano Callas, who died from a heart attack at the age of 53. As suggested by the time-spanning trailer, “Maria” will cover the life story of the singer. Along with Jolie, the cast also includes Valeria Golino (“Rain Man”), Kodi Smit-McPhee (“The Power of the Dog”), Haluk Bilginer (“Winter Sleep), Alba Rohrwacher (“My Brilliant Friend”), Pierfrancesco Favino (“World War Z”), Jeremy Wheeler (“The Crown”) and Rebecka Johnston (“Midsommar”).

“Maria” is directed by Pablo Larraín (“El Conde”) and written by “Peaky Blinders” creator Steven Knight. The pair previously teamed up on “Spencer,” the Princess Diana feature...

Angelina Jolie goes through all the emotions in the first teaser trailer for Maria, which sees the actress portray the legendary but troubled opera singer Maria Callas.

The film, directed by Pablo Larraín (Jackie and Spencer), follows the “American-Greek soprano as she retreats to Paris after a glamorous and tumultuous life in the public eye. Maria reimagines the legendary soprano in her final days as the diva reckons with her identity and life,” the logline reads.

“What do you want to sing,” a voice says, as Jolie responds at the end of the video, “Not today.” The teaser also features glimpses of Callas’ final days in 1970s Paris, from personal moments to her performing onstage.

Pierfrancesco Favino, Alba Rohrwacher, Valeria Golino, Kodi Smit-McPhee and Haluk Bilginer round out the cast. The film was produced by Larraín, Juan De Dios Larraín, Jonas Dornbach and Lorenzo Mieli.

The Hollywood Reporter‘s chief...

Nachdem „Maria“ mit Angelina Jolie als Maria Callas bei der 82. Mostra zu den meisterwarteten Titeln gezählt hatte, gibt es jetzt endlich einen ersten Trailer des neuen Films von Pablo Larraín, der in Deutschland im Verleih von Studiocanal am 6. Februar 2025 in die Kinos kommen wird.

Angelina Jolie als Maria Callas! Allein dieser Gedanke lässt die Herzen höherschlagen: Eine echte Die spielt eine echte Diva. „Maria“, eine Koproduktion mit Komplizen Film als deutschem Partner, ist der Abschluss von Pablo Larraíns Trilogie über tragische Frauenikonen des 20. Jahrhunderts (davor waren „Jackie – Die First Lady“ mit Natalie Portman und „Spencer“ mit Kristen Stewart) – und was für ein Abschluss! Zur Besetzung von „Maria“ gehören außerdem Pierfrancesco Favino („Adagio – Erbarmungslose Stadt”, „Der Kolibri – Chronik einer Liebe”), Alba Rohrwacher, Haluk Bilginer („Winterschlaf”), Kodi Smit-McPhee („The Power of the Dog“, „Elvis”) und Valeria Golino („The Morning Show“, „Porträt einer jungen Frau in Flammen”). Das Drehbuch stammt vom Oscar-nominierten...

Angelina Jolie has transformed into the role of a lifetime, portraying legendary opera singer Maria Callas for Pablo Larraín’s latest biopic, “Maria.”

After Larraín helmed “Spencer” and “Jackie,” the auteur is now taking on the Greek opera star whose own life mirrored the dramatic tragedies she also brought to the stage. The film is set during the last days of the chanteuse’s life in 1977. She died of a heart attack at age 53.

“Maria” concludes Larraín’s biopic trilogy. To note, Callas and Jackie Kennedy both shared a lover in Aristotle Onassis, portrayed by Haluk Bilginer in “Maria.” Onassis famously left Callas to marry Kennedy.

Callas was a world-famous soprano singer and infamously had a feud with Renata Tebaldi. The Greek-American singer suffered from near-sightedness throughout her life and was referred to as La Divina or “The Divine One.”

Per the official synopsis, the film explores the life of the legendary,...

Angelina Jolie’s Maria earlier received an eight minutes of standing ovation at the 81st Venice International Film Festival, moving her to tears. She plays the role of opera singer Maria Callas in Pablo Larraín’s film. For her role, Jolie went through intense preparation, as she took Italian classes, voice lessons, and singing lessons. It was clear that she wanted to make a strong comeback into Hollywood.

Angelina Jolie as Maria Callas in Maria (2024) | Credits: Netflix

An insider close to the Eternals actress shared that she took on the career-defining role to gain back her top spot in the industry. She not only has to go up against other established stars like Scarlett Johansson but also fan-favorite youngsters like Zendaya and Sydney Sweeney.

Angelina Jolie Fancies A Strong Hollywood Comeback With Maria Angelina Jolie in a still from Maria | Credits: Netflix

With her versatile performance in both drama and action-adventure,...

Actress Angelina Jolie, starring in the new feature “Maria”, directed by Pablo Larraín, opening November 27, 2024 in theaters, followed by streaming December 11, 2024 on Netflix, poses for the latest issue of “The Hollywood Reporter”, wearing Jean Carol photographed by Blair Getz Mezibov:

“…’Maria’ is a biographical psychological drama film about opera singer ‘Maria Callas’, set during Callas' final years in the 1970’s when she was living in Paris…

“…starring Jolie in the title role, with Valeria Golino as her sister ‘Yakinthi’ and Haluk Bilginer as ‘Aristotle Onassis’…

“…in the third and final film in director Larraín’s trilogy of iconic women, succeeding ‘Jackie’ and ‘Spencer’…”

Click the images to enlarge…...

Angelina Jolie is Maria Callas in Maria!

The film hits select theaters on November 27, and arrives on Netflix on December 11.

The movie was directed by Pablo Larraín, and written by Steven Knight, and also stars Kodi Smit-McPhee, Alba Rohrwacher, Pierfrancesco Favino, and Valeria Golino.

Keep reading to find out more…

In the movie, Angelina Jolie is Maria Callas, one of the most iconic performers of the 20th century. The film follows the American-Greek soprano as she retreats to Paris after a glamorous and tumultuous life in the public eye, and reimagines the legendary soprano in her final days as the diva reckons with her identity and life.

Angelina Jolie is also opening up about the challenging and revealing process of finding her voice for the role.

See the first photos inside…...

Angelina Jolie says Maria, her latest movie where she plays the world’s greatest opera singer, is about an artist faced with creative struggles and doubt.

“Towards the end of her life of her life she had highs and the greatest highs, were where she could really feel she was connecting, and she had times where she felt she couldn’t, and it really broke her and she felt she wasn’t able to connect,” Jolie added when introducing a private screening at the Toronto Film Festival on Sunday.

Pablo Larrain’s biopic Maria, based on true accounts, tells the tumultuous, beautiful and tragic story of the life of the world’s greatest opera singer, relived and reimagined during her final days in 1970s Paris.

Jolie, introducing the film, said Callas passed away during “darker times in her life.” So the film’s lead welcomed the Toronto audience and screening,...

It was Paul Reubens’ second turn at bat.

The actor, then 35, had already rocketed to fame as Pee-wee Herman, the bicycle-obsessed man-child from 1985’s Pee-wee’s Big Adventure — the feature debut from Tim Burton, who is back in cinemas this weekend with Beetlejuice Beetlejuice.

For his sophomore outing, 1988’s Big Top Pee-wee, Reubens relocated his alter ego from suburbia to a pastoral setting, where Pee-wee cared for talking animals while working on cutting-edge agricultural experiments like hot dog trees.

Burton did not return to direct; instead it was Randal Kleiser behind the camera, back at Paramount for the first time since directing the studio’s 1978 smash, Grease.

“I had a ball making that movie,” says Penelope Ann Miller, who played Pee-wee’s fiancé Winnie, on THR‘s It Happened in Hollywood podcast. “I loved Winnie, the prude little school teacher, who wouldn’t let him touch her and loved egg salad,...

At the Academy Awards ceremony held earlier this year, Emma Stone was awarded her second best actress Oscar, a mere seven years after winning her first. You might think that winning multiple acting Oscars would be an extreme rarity, but you would be wrong. Stone became the 45th performer ever conferred more than one.

Why do I bring this up? Because if anyone thinks that Angelina Jolie cannot win the best actress Oscar at the next Academy Awards ceremony because she already won once before — in a different category, mind you, best supporting actress, for Girl, Interrupted, which came out exactly 25 years ago — then I’ve got news for you: think again.

Jolie has certainly made a strong case for herself with a daring, tour de force performance as the legendary but troubled opera singer Maria Callas in Maria, the final installment of Chilean filmmaker Pablo Larraín’s unofficial trilogy...

Actress Angelina Jolie, the star of the new feature “Maria”, directed by Pablo Larraín, poses for the latest issue of “The Hollywood Reporter”, wearing Jean Carol photographed by Blair Getz Mezibov:

“…’Maria’ is a biographical psychological drama film about opera singer ‘Maria Callas’, set during Callas' final years in the 1970’s when she was living in Paris…

“…starring Jolie in the title role, with Valeria Golino as her sister ‘Yakinthi’ and Haluk Bilginer as ‘Aristotle Onassis’…

“…in the third and final film in director Larraín’s trilogy of iconic women, succeeding ‘Jackie’ and ‘Spencer’…”

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Angelina Jolie plays opera singer Maria Callas in her upcoming film with Pablo Larraín, Maria. The film premiered at the 81st Venice International Film Festival, where it received eight minutes of standing ovation, moving Jolie to tears. The Eternals actress revealed that the role made her discover one thing about her voice.

Angelina Jolie in a still from Maria | Credits: Netflix

Jolie shared that a past lover had not been nice about her singing voice, which made her deeply insecure. However, she discovered that her voice made her the right person to portray Callas in the film. Jolie also wrote and directed the war film, Without Blood, which will premiere at the Toronto Film Festival next week.

Angelina Jolie Found Her Past Lover’s Opinion On Her Singing Voice To Be Not True After Maria Angelina Jolie in a still from Maria | Credits: Netflix

Angelina Jolie took months to master...

On the heels of a Venice world premiere, FilmNation has closed deals across Europe for Maria, starring Angelina Jolie as revered operatic soprano Maria Callas.

The international sales agent inked deals with Studiocanal for the U.K., Germany and Poland, Arp for France, and 01 Distribution for Italy, where Callas became an opera legend. There are also deals with Sun Distribution for Latam, Spain, Portugal and South Africa, Pathe for Switzerland, The Searchers for the Benelux, among other territories picked up.

Based on true accounts, Maria tells the tumultuous, beautiful and tragic story of the life of the world’s greatest opera singer, relived and reimagined during her final days in 1970s Paris. The Venice Film Festival world premiered Maria with an eight-minute standing ovation that included Jolie and Pablo Larraín in the audience.

Following its debut on the Lido, the film will stream on Netflix at an undisclosed date in the U.

FilmNation Entertainment has sold key international territories on Pablo Larraín’s “Maria,” starring Angelina Jolie, which had its world premiere in the main competition section of the Venice film Festival.

The international buyers are Studiocanal, Arp (France), 01 Distribution (Italy), Latin America/Spain/Portugal/South Africa (Sun Distribution), Switzerland (Pathe), Benelux (The Searchers), Czech Republic (Aqs), Greece (Faliro House), Israel (Lev), Middle East (Italia), Bulgaria/Ex-Yugoslavia (McF), Ukraine (Green Light), Baltics (Acme), and Turkey (Bir).

Netflix will release the film in the U.S., as announced this week.

The film is described as a “creative imagining” and a psychological portrait of opera singer Maria Callas. It takes place in the 1970s near the end of her life, when she has lost her voice and tries to regain it. The film is about “someone who decides to finally find her own voice, her own identity, and finally do something for herself,...

Ever wondered where the actors draw their courage from when faced with daunting new challenges? Well, sometimes, their secret weapon is closer to home than you’d think. Angelina Jolie, a name synonymous with Hollywood stardom, recently revealed how she discovered profound bravery through her sons while preparing for her role as Maria Callas (the late iconic opera singer) in the biopic Maria.

Angelina Jolie in Maria (2024) | Credit: Netflix

The flick recently premiered at the Venice Film Festival, where Jolie shared how her kids locked her in a room to create the perfect cocoon for her to hone her newfound—and nerve-racking—singing talents. The actress, who felt “so nervous” about her role, found this private sanctuary indispensable to overcoming her jitters. She underlined the immense emotional depth this role demanded.

Maria: Angelina Jolie Found Strength in Her Sons Before Playing Maria Callas

Pablo Larraín’s Maria is the newest...

Pablo Larraín’s Maria, with Angelina Jolie as the famed opera singer Maria Callas, was music to the ears of the audience seated inside Sala Grande on Thursday night. The Venice Film Festival crowd responded to the world premiere with an electric eight-minute standing ovation that saw its star in tears at one point.

It’s been a busy week on the Maria front. On Wednesday, Netflix confirmed that it had acquired distribution rights to the film. “I’m excited to partner again with the Netflix team who care so passionately about movies,” the filmmaker said in a statement regarding the deal. “This film is my most personal work yet. It is a creative imagining and psychological portrait of Maria Callas, who, after dedicating her life to performing for audiences around the world, decides finally to find her own voice, her own identity, and sing for herself.”

Angelina Jolie brought...

Pablo Larraín’s Angelina Jolie-starring Maria was met with a 10-minute ovation following its Venice Film Festival world premiere Thursday night.

The biopic of legendary opera singer Maria Callas, which is playing in Competition here in Venice, is a story about a woman who burned her voice and her life by doing what she loved. The film takes place near the end of her life.

On Wednesday, Netflix acquired U.S. rights to the Steven Knight-penned film.

This evening, Larraín and Jolie were in attendance alongside cast members Pierfrancesco Favino and Alba Rohrwacher. After the screening, the crowd inside the Sala Grande was emotional and was even chanting Jolie’s name. The two-time Oscar nominee also got emotional, shedding a tear as she walked down from the gallery to wave at the audience.

Star of ‘Maria’ Angelina Jolie gets emotional after the world premiere of the film and...

Venice Film Festival hosted the world premiere of Maria, a biopic of legendary opera singer Maria Callas directed by Pablo Larraín and starring Angelina Jolie in the title role.

Attending the premiere were members of the film’s ensemble, including Angelina Jolie, Pierfrancesco Favino, Alba Rohrwacher, Haluk Bilginer, Kodi Smit-McPhee, and Valeria Golino.

Related: ‘Maria’ Review: Angelina Jolie Hits The High Notes As Doomed Diva Maria Callas In Pablo Larraín’s Curiously Bloodless Biopic – Venice Film Festival

The film follows the reimagining of the life of Maria, the world-renowned opera diva, as the film unfolds during her final days in the Parisian opera scene of the 1970s. The screenplay is penned by Steven Knight.

Related: Venice Says Brava To ‘Maria’ With 10-Minute Ovation For Angelina Jolie’s Maria Callas Biopic

The 81st Venice International Film Festival runs from 28 August to 7 September 2024.

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Angelina Jolie hit the Lido today, ahead of the world premiere of Pablo Larraín’s Maria Callas biopic, Maria. Speaking with the Venice Film Festival press corps this afternoon, the star said that embodying the legendary opera singer gave her a “new relationship” to the term “diva.” The word “comes with a lot of negative connotations… I think (Callas) was one of hardest working people, who didn’t hurt anybody.”

Maria, a creative imagining and a psychological portrait of the eponymous legendary opera singer, takes place in the 1970s near the end of Callas’ life. It’s a story about a woman who lived from the ’20s to the ’70s, burning her voice and her life by doing what she loved.

This is the third portrait of a famous woman as seen through Larraín’s lens, following 2016’s Jackie and 2021’s Spencer, both of which also premiered in Venice.

On Wednesday,...

Angelina Jolie detailed her preparation to play opera icon Maria Callas in Pablo Larraín’s “Maria” at its Venice Film Festival press conference, saying she trained for “almost seven months.”

“Maria” reunites Larraín and writer Steven Knight — whose last project, “Spencer,” bowed in Venice in 2021 — and tells the “tumultuous, beautiful and tragic story of the life of the world’s greatest opera singer, relived and reimagined during her final days in 1970s Paris.”

“Everybody here knows, I was terribly nervous,” she said of learning to sing opera. “I spent almost seven months training because when you work with Pablo you can’t do anything by half. He demands, in the most wonderful way, that you really do the work and you really learn and train.”

Jolie said she “had not sung in public” before, which added to the pressure when filming packed theater scenes at Paris’ La Scala theater.

“My...

Vor seiner heutigen Weltpremiere auf der Mostra in Venedig hat sich Netflix die Rechte an Pablo Larrains Maria-Callas-Biopic „Maria“ u.a. für die USA gesichert.

Netflix hat sich die Rechte an „Maria“ gesichert (Credit: Fremantle)

Netflix hat sich die Rechte an Pablo Larrains „Maria“ für die USA und Lateinamerika gesichert, der heute im Rahmen der Mostra in Venedig seine Weltpremiere feiern wird. Wann der Streamer das Maria-Callas-Biopic mit Angelina Jolie in der Hauptrolle, an dem Komplizen Film als Koproduzent beteiligt ist, dort starten wird, ist nicht bekannt.

Nach dem Vertragsabschluss mit Netflix erklärte Larrain: „Ich freue mich, wieder mit dem Netflix-Team zusammenzuarbeiten, das sich so leidenschaftlich um Filme kümmert. Dieser Film ist mein bisher persönlichstes Werk. Es ist ein kreatives und psychologisches Porträt von Maria Callas, die, nachdem sie ihr Leben den Auftritten vor Publikum auf der ganzen Welt gewidmet hat, schließlich beschließt, ihre eigene Stimme, ihre eigene Identität zu...

Acclaimed film director Pablo Larraín is set to premiere his upcoming biopic “Maria” at this year’s Venice International Film Festival which began today. The film tells the story of legendary opera singer Maria Callas and will star Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie in the lead role. “Maria” focuses on the later years and career of Callas’s life in the 1970s when her powerful singing voice began to decline.

Callas is regarded as one of the most famous opera singers of the 20th century. During her career, she enthralled audiences worldwide with her talents but in her later years struggled with declining health and isolation in Paris, France where she lived until passing away in 1977 at age 53. The film explores this challenging period as Callas grapples with the loss of her voice and attempts to rediscover her singing abilities while living in seclusion.

Director Larraín described “Maria” as his “most...

Make way for Angelina Jolie on Netflix! The Academy Award-winning actress brings her most recent buzzy movie to the streaming service after a hiatus from the screen since 2021's Marvel Cinematic Universe title Eternals, and it's surely going to be an event.

On Wednesday, Aug. 28, Netflix picked up the rights to Jolie's upcoming film Maria, ahead of its Aug. 29 premiere at the Venice Film Festival. The film comes from director Pablo Larraín, who has directed such Academy Award-nominated films as Jackie, Spencer, and El Conde.

Maria was written by Stephen Knight, who's known as the creator of Peaky Blinders and the writer of many movies, including the aforementioned Spencer. Knight also created and wrote Netflix's Emmy-nominated limited series All the Light We Cannot See.

In the movie, Jolie plays the world renown opera singer Maria Callas, who passed away at the age of 53 in 1977 while in Paris. Maria looks...

Netflix has snared the U.S. distribution rights to “Maria,” the Pablo Larrain-directed biopic of the legendary opera singer Maria Callas starring Oscar winner Angelina Jolie in the title role, on the eve of the film’s world premiere Thursday at the 81st Venice International Film Festival.

The Chilean-born Larrain is perhaps best known in America for directing the historical bios “Jackie” (Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis) in 2016 and “Spencer” (Princess Diana) in 2021. It’s the second film he’s directed that’s gone to Netflix, the first being last year’s “El Conde,” which received an Oscar nomination for Best Cinematography.

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“Maria” is described as “a creative reimagining and a psychological portrait of Maria Callas.” The film takes place “in the ’70s near the end of Callas’ life (she died in 1977 at 54). The description continues, “It’s a story...

In a big move by new head of film Dan Lin that bolsters Netflix’s awards season roster, the streamer has snapped up US rights to Pablo Larraín’s Maria starring Angelina Jolie ahead of Thursday’s world premiere in Venice.

Chilean auteur Larraín directed from a screenplay by Steven Knight in what is styled as a creative imagining and psychological portrait of the legendary soprano Maria Callas, set in the 1970s near the end of her life when she had lost her voice and tries to regain it.

The cast includes Kodi Smit-McPhee, Alba Rohrwacher, Pierfrancesco Favino, and Valeria Golino

Larraín said,...

Netflix has picked up Pablo Larraín’s Maria, which stars Angelina Jolie as famed opera singer Maria Callas. The move comes ahead of the film’s world premiere at the Venice Film Festival on Aug. 29.

Following its debut on the Lido, it will stream on Netflix at an undisclosed date.

On Wednesday, Larraín said in a statement: “I’m excited to partner again with the Netflix team who care so passionately about movies. This film is my most personal work yet. It is a creative imagining and psychological portrait of Maria Callas who, after dedicating her life to performing for audiences around the world, decides finally to find her own voice, her own identity, and sing for herself. I’m deeply honored to tell this story and share it with audiences worldwide like Maria did with her life.”

Based on true accounts, the film Maria will tell the tumultuous, beautiful...

Netflix has acquired Pablo Larraín’s biopic “Maria,” starring Angelina Jolie as the legendary opera singer Maria Callas, for U.S. distribution.

“I’m excited to partner again with the Netflix team who care so passionately about movies. This film is my most personal work yet,” Larraín said in a statement. “It is a creative imagining and psychological portrait of Maria Callas who, after dedicating her life to performing for audiences around the world, decides finally to find her own voice, her own identity, and sing for herself. I’m deeply honored to tell this story and share it with audiences worldwide like Maria did with her life.”

The streamer won a bidding war with at least one major distributor in the run up to the festival. Netflix feels like a natural home for the movie which it will position in the awards season. The buzzy film completes Larraín’s...

In the first major acquisition of the fall festivals, Netflix has made a splash to acquire the U.S. rights to “Maria,” the biopic starring Angelina Jolie from director Pablo Larraín about the life of opera singer Maria Callas.

The film is set to premiere at the Venice Film Festival on August 29. The acquisition reunites Netflix with Larraín after he directed “El Conde” for the streamer.

Steven Knight, who also wrote Larraín’s “Spencer,” wrote the screenplay for the Callas biopic. The film takes place in the ’70s near the end of Callas’ life. Per Netflix, the film is “about someone who, after dedicating her life to audiences around the world that would listen to her, decides to finally find her own voice, her own identity, and finally do something for herself.”

Kodi Smit-McPhee, Alba Rohrwacher, Pierfrancesco Favino, and Valeria Golino also star in the film.

The film was produced by Juan de Dios Larraín,...

Netflix has acquired domestic rights to Angelina Jolie’s “Maria,” a biopic directed by Pablo Larraín about renowned and influential opera singer Maria Callas, the streamer announced on Wednesday.

The film will have its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival on Aug. 29.

The biopic, based on true accounts, will tell the tumultuous, beautiful and tragic story of the world’s greatest opera singer, relived and reimagined during her final days in 1970s Paris. The cast also includes Academy Award nominee Kodi Smit-McPhee, Alba Rohrwacher, Pierfrancesco Favino and Valeria Golino.

The script was written by Steven Knight.

The film’s producers are Juan de Dios Larraín, Lorenzo Mieli and Jonas Dornbach. The production companies are The Apartment (a Fremantle Company), Fabula, Komplizen and Fremantle.

“I’m excited to partner again with the Netflix team who care so passionately about movies,” Larraín said in a statement. “This film is my most personal work yet.

Netflix has snapped up U.S. rights to Maria, the biopic of opera singer Maria Callas, teaming Spencer helmer Pablo Larraín and Angelina Jolie, which is premiering Thursday at the Venice Film Festival.

This is Netflix’s second film with Larraín directing following last year’s El Conde, which received an Oscar nomination for Best Cinematography. The project marks the seventh production partnership between Netflix and the filmmaker’s banner Fabula, including Maite Alberdi’s upcoming film In Her Place.

A creative imagining and a psychological portrait of Maria Callas, Maria takes place in the ’70s near the end of opera legend Callas’ life. It’s a story about a woman who lived from the ’20s to ’70s — a woman who burned her voice, her life, by doing what she loved.

Oscar nominee Steven Knight (Spencer) wrote the script, with Juan de Dios Larraín, Lorenzo Mieli and Jonas Dornbach producing.

Pablo Larraín is rounding out his trilogy of iconic 20th century women, from Princess Diana (“Spencer”) to Jackie Kennedy (“Jackie”), and now Maria Callas with “Maria.” However, that was not without some trepidation from his lead actress.

The upcoming biopic stars Angelina Jolie as the ill-fated opera singer, who also shared a lover with Kennedy in shipping titan Aristotle Onassis, portrayed by Haluk Bilginer in “Maria.” Onassis famously left Callas to marry Kennedy.

Callas was a world-famous soprano singer and infamously had a feud with Renata Tebaldi. The Greek-American singer suffered from near-sightedness throughout her life and was referred to as La Divina or “The Divine One.” She died at age 53 in 1977. “Maria” will debut at Venice 2024 after being announced in 2022.

Jolie spent six months training to portray Callas, including learning how to sing and working with Oscar winner John Warhurst for her vocal portrayal of the opera star. Director...