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Zoe Saldana Understands Why Folks Feel
Disney Tapping Angelina Jolie For ‘Maleficent’ Sequel
Angelina Jolie played the title character, Maleficent.
Disney is working on a se- quel to the 2014 live action fairytale Maleficent and wants Angelina Jolie to return in the title role.
Deadline.com reported Monday that Disney is eager to capitalize on the worldwide appeal of the first film which cost $180 million to make but grossed a total of almost $760 million globally.
The website says the stu- dio plans to keep Jolie 'in the loop' and Linda Woolver- ton, who wrote the screen- play for the first film. She's only made one live action se- quel - and that was for Lara Croft: Tomb Raider, starring in The Cradle Of Life.
It Would Have Been Cheaper
She Was Not Right For Nina Simone Role
To Keep Her: Chris Rocks
Zoe Saldana has taken a lot of heat for her portrayal of Nina Simone in the upcom- ing biopic Nina — at least, for her physical portrayal of the jazz icon.
Now that the film — which has been on the shelf for years — may finally see the light of day, the actress is addressing the controversy.
Speaking to InStyle mag- azine, Saldana admits that she understands why people have an issue with her play- ing Simone — but still de- fends herself against
Wife Wants Big Chunk
Forest Whitaker In Talks To Star In Star Wars Movie
Chris Rock and soon-to- be ex wife Malaak.
starred with him in Top Five, which he also directed.
Chris' rep strongly de- nied claims he had anything more than a working rela- tionship with Rosario.
The divorce had already gotten messy days after it was announced in Decem- ber, as documents obtained by TMZ saw Chris com- plaining that his ex was pre- venting him from seeing his daughters.
He already has an Oscar on his mantle (for the 2006 film The Last King Of Scotland) and a long list of movies he has committed to, including a remake of The Crow and the drama The Story Of Your Life.
But it appears that Forest Whitaker also wants to feel the power of the force.
On Monday Variety re- ported the 53-year-old veteran actor is in talks to take a role in Lucasfilm’s Star Wars' an- thology film Rogue One, which will hit theaters almost a year after Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens.
It is not known what role Forest could take. Disney and Lucasfilm had no com- ment on the casting.
Oscar winning actor, For- est Whitaker.
The film stars Felicity Jones, Riz Ahmed, Diego Luna and Ben Mendel- sohn. Gareth Edwards is the director.
The plot of Rogue One was revealed at April’s Star Wars Celebration convention in Anaheim, California.
ZOE SALDANA AND NINA SIMONE
naysayers. “I didn’t think I was right for the part, and I know a lot of people will agree, but then again, I don’t think Elizabeth Taylor was right for Cleopatra either,” she said in the interview.
Chris Rock filed for di- vorce from wife Malaak Compton-Rock in Decem- ber.
On Monday the New York Post - which claims to have seen the couple's di- vorce filing - revealed the 46- year-old mother-of-two is seeking a large chunk of the 50-year-old actor's estimated $70 million fortune to main- tain her lifestyle.
It was also noted that their prenup had expired as they had been married for 20 years prior to the filing.
Malaak spends most of her time caring for the cou- ple's children - 13-year-old Lola Simone and 11-year- old Zahra Savannah.The mother-of-two runs a group called The Angel Rock Proj- ect, and spends her free time on the charity circuit.
Chris and Malaak mar- ried in 1996 after the pair met at the Essence Awards.
The actor filed for divorce in December 2014 amid ru- mors he was dating actress Rosario Dawson, who co-
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