Callas

It looks like Angelina Jolie wants to get serious about her acting career again by signing on to play Maria Callas, the famously tragic opera star who was known for her great talent, temperamental behavior and doomed love affair with Greek shipping tycoon Aristotle Onassis, who left her when he married Jacqueline Kennedy. Jolie, who was last nominated for a best actress Oscar in 2009, will star in the film, “Maria.” The director of “Maria” is Pablo Larrain, who has an affinity for making films about famous, suffering…

Angelina Jolie is set to play opera singer Maria Callas in a new drama from Chilean film-maker Pablo Larraín.Maria will tell “the tumultuous, beautiful and tragic story of the life of the world’s greatest opera singer, relived and re-imagined during her final days in 1970s Paris” with a script from Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight, who last collaborated with Larraín for Princess Diana drama Spencer.“I take very seriously the responsibility to Maria’s life and legacy,” Jolie said in a statement. “I will give all I can…