Angelina Jolie to Play a Real Cut-Up

Angelina Jolie is going to see a lot of dead people in an upcoming film role—and no, it won't be in a Sixth Sense sequel. Variety reports that the superstar mega-mom has signed on to star as opera-loving medical examiner Dr. Kay Scarpetta in a big-screen adaptation of authoress Patricia Cornwell's hugely popular series of novels. The film will draw from elements in several of the novels rather than adapt a particular installment, but since there are 16 Scarpetta novels to date, it's suspected that a franchise, along the lines of Matt Damon's Bourne series, is being planned. Jolie, who's currently filming the…
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