Angelina Jolie, Halle Berry to Star in Movie "Maude V Maude"

Oscar winners Angelina Jolie and Halle Berry will team up in the action-thriller movie "Maude v Maude".

Roseanne Liang is on board to direct the pic from a script by Scott Mosier. Despite the details being kept under wraps, but an insider describes the movie as a “Bond vs. Bourne” type of global action thriller.

Berry and Jolie will also produce alongside Berry’s producing partner Holly Jeter via their banner HalleHolly, along with Jeff Kirschenbaum and Joe Roth who will produce through RK Films. Mosier and Liang will exec produce.

While Berry and Jolie have had careers that have spanned three decades, this will be the first time the acclaimed duo to worked together. Both are veterans of the genre, though; Jolie starred as the title character in the hit action thriller "Salt", and Berry played Jinx in the blockbuster Bond installment "Die Another Day". 

Other action-heavy credits include Berry starring in "John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum" and the X-Men movies, while Jolie’s credits include starring in "Mr. & Mrs. Smith" as well as originating the role of Lara Croft in "Lara Croft: Tomb Raider".

Warner Bros. has landed the pic following an intense multi-studio bidding war that went into the weekend. 

The package hit the market last week and wrapped over the weekend, with Warner Bros getting aggressive and putting in the winning bid. Since taking over as co-studio heads, Michael De Luca and Pam Abdy have been pushing to get more movie star-centric packages into their slate. Once this package with two of the bigger stars in the last two decades came together, it was too hard to pass up.

Berry and Jeter joined forces in January 2022 with plans to produce an array of projects from hard-hitting dramas to light-hearted comedies, action, horror, and more with a focus on elevating complex, strong, women and women of color in leading roles both in front of and behind the camera. 

Berry is currently filming Lionsgate's "Never Let Go" with her and Jeter exec producing. Alex Aja is directing the pic, with 21 Laps producing.

As for Jolie, the Oscar-winner recently directed "Without Blood" starring Salma Hayek and Demian Bichir. Next up, Jolie will star in the biopic Maria centering opera singer Maria Callas to be directed by Pablo Larrain.