Actress Angelina Jolie will play an expert on arms trafficking
Hollywood studios Paramount Pictures are preparing a film inspired by the life of Kathi Lynn Austin, an American expert in arms trafficking, reveals the specialized daily varietthere. Angelina Jolie will lend her features to this woman who had the opportunity to carry out many field missions before working for the United Nations Security Council.
Untitled for the moment, the feature film will tell the stalking of a weapons dealer inspired by Victor Bout. Ex-officer of the KGB, he has already served as a backdrop to the character held by Nicolas Cage in Lord of War Andrew Niccol (2006).
The film could give rise to a franchise and should be akin to a female version of the saga Jason Bourne with Matt Damon.
The writing of the script will begin at the end of the strike of the American writers. Kathi Lynn Austin will publish her memoirs next year.
At the poster of the epic drama The Legend of Beowulf Robert Zemeckis, Angelina Jolie is currently shooting in The Changeling under the direction of Clint Eastwood.
