Angelina Jolie choose Matera for her new film "Without Blood"

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Angelina Jolie is set to wear multiple hats for her upcoming film ‘Without Blood’ as she will write, direct and produce the feature which stars Salma Hayek Pinault and Demian Bichir, reports ‘Variety’.

Jolie is making the film with super-indie Fremantle, with which she struck a three-year international filmmaking agreement in March. ‘Variety’ further states that the principal photography of the film already has begun in the Puglia (Apulia) and Matera (Basilicata, region of southern Italy), as well as in Rome.

The film, Angelina Jolie’s fifth directorial, is based on the international-bestselling novel of the same name by Italian writer Alessandro Baricco, and set in the aftermath of an unidentified conflict. It’s billed as exploring “universal truths about war, trauma, memory and healing.” Hayek Pinault and Bichir will star alongside an international cast and production team.

“It was Jolie herself who chose Matera – said Domenico Bennardi, Mayor of the City – and the most suitable locations for the scenic adaptation during the inspections carried out last March (strictly on high heels despite the slippery chianche). The film set will be set up in the heart of the Sassi which once again will be an extraordinary film showcase for tourists and we hope for as many international productions as “The Apartment” which has produced highly successful films, including: The Hand of God, the TV series, The brilliant friend, The new Pope by Paolo Sorrentino, My name is Francesco Totti, just to name a few“

Talking about her film Angelina Jolie said in a statement accessed by ‘Variety’, “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.”

The film is produced by Fremantle; Jolie’s production banner Jolie Productions; Fremantle-backed The Apartment Pictures, founded by Lorenzo Mieli; and De Maio Entertainment, founded by Lorenzo De Maio. The pic will be distributed worldwide by Fremantle.

This is not the first time that Angelina Jolie and Salma Hayek are working together. For the unversed, both of them have worked together in Marvel’s Eternals. It also marked their MCU debut.