Jolie to play widow of journalist Daniel Pearl

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Actress Angelina Jolie will star in
a movie as the widow of murdered Wall Street Journal reporter
Daniel Pearl, trade paper Daily Variety reported in its
Thursday edition.

“A Mighty Heart,” adapted from Mariane Pearl’s memoir of
the same name, will begin shooting within the next five weeks,
the paper said. The book details Pearl’s search for her
husband, who was abducted and beheaded by militants in Pakistan
in early 2002.

“I am delighted that Angelina Jolie will be playing my role
in the adaptation of my book,” Daily Variety quoted Pearl as
saying. “I deeply admire her work and what she is committed
to.”

English filmmaker Michael Winterbottom, famed for such
war-based films as “Welcome to Sarajevo” and “The Road to
Guantanamo,” will direct. Jolie’s boyfriend, actor Brad Pitt,
will serve as a producer of the project, which is set up at
Paramount Vantage, the art-house arm of Viacom Inc.’s Paramount
Pictures.