Netflix Acquires Pablo Larraín’s ‘Maria’ Starring Angelina Jolie For U.S. Distribution
Netflix has acquired for U.S. distribution Pablo Larraín‘s biopic “Maria,” starring Angelina Jolie as the legendary opera singer Maria Callas, .
“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. “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 film was written by Oscar nominee and “Peaky Blinders” scribe Steven Knight, who previously penned Larraín’s film “Spencer.”
Edward Lachman (“El Conde,” “Carol”) serves as cinematographer.
“Maria” is produced by Juan de Dios Larraín, Lorenzo Mieli and Jonas Dornbach.
“We are delighted that Pablo Larraín’s extraordinary piece of filmmaking, ‘Maria,’ with its incredible performance by Angelina Jolie, has found its US home at Netflix,” Fremantle’s Andrea Scrosati said. “I know they will give it the best possible support and we are grateful to Glen and his FilmNation team for spearheading the sale.”
“I’m excited that we are continuing to work with Pablo and Fabula — this is our seventh project with them, most recently with ‘El Conde’ and they are producing the upcoming ‘In Her Place,’” Netflix’s film chairman Dan Lin said in a statement.
“Pablo continues a remarkable streak of exploring iconic women through film, this time with the incredible Angelina Jolie as Maria Callas.”
