Saturday, November 19, 2011

Angelina Jolie Joins "Gertrude Bell"

Gearing up for her next iconic female lead, Angelina Jolie has signed on to star in "Gertrude Bell," a biopic about a pioneering figure in the Middle East.

Under the possible direction of Ridley Scott, the project will be developed with his Scott Free Productions, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

As for Bell, she has been described as "the female Lawrence of Arabia for the impact the English woman had in the Middle East and her work in establishing what would become the modern framework for Jordan and Iraq."

"The With a passion for archeology and languages, she wrote about her adventures in the Ottoman Empire and desert kingdoms, traveling in not only a predominantly male world but one whose culture and religion was very alien to the British Empire,? the magazine added.

Source: http://celebrity-gossip.net/angelina-jolie/angelina-jolie-joins-gertrude-bell-562963

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