Salma Hayek, Demian Bichir to star in Angelina Jolie’s directorial ‘Without Blood’

By PTI

LOS ANGELES: Hollywood star Angelina Jolie is ready to direct her “Eternals” co-star Salma Hayek and Demian Bichir in her upcoming movie “Without Blood”.

The characteristic movie is Jolie’s fifth effort as a director and her first challenge beneath a brand new pact with TV large Fremantle.

According to Deadline, the film is at present being shot within the Puglia and Basilicata areas of southern Italy.

Jolie has penned the movie and can be producing.

It relies on Alessandro Baricco’s worldwide bestselling novel of the identical identify.

It is a fable set within the aftermath of an unidentified battle in a farmhouse deep within the Italian countryside.

“I’m honoured to be here in Italy to bring this very special material to film, and to have been entrusted by Alessandro Baricco with the adaptation of his book — with its unique poetry and emotion and way of looking at war, and the questions it poses about what we search for after trauma or loss or injustice,” Jolie mentioned.

“Without Blood” is produced by Fremantle, Jolie Productions, Fremantle-backed The Apartment Pictures and De Maio Entertainment.

Jolie has beforehand directed movies “In the Land of Blood and Honey”, “Unbroken”, “By the Sea” and “First They Killed My Father”.