Angelina Jolie to direct her Eternals co-star Salma Hayek

• Angelina Jolie will direct her Eternals co-star Salma Hayek with Demián Bichir.
• Filming is expected to take place in southern Italy as well as Rome.
• The film will depict the narrative of a survivor, Nina, a four-year-old girl.

Angelina Jolie is getting ready to return to directing with her next film Without Blood, which she also produced and wrote. For her latest project, Jolie, who has directed films such as In the Land of Blood and Honey and First They Killed My Father, will adapt Alessandro Baricco’s novel of the same name.

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In terms of her future film’s cast, Jolie will direct her Eternals co-star Salma Hayek with Demián Bichir. The filming is expected to take place in southern Italy as well as Rome, according to reports. The film will be set in the Italian countryside and will depict the narrative of a survivor, Nina, a four-year-old girl through whom Baricco’s novel tackles war, trauma, and healing truths.

“I’m honored 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 said in a statement about her upcoming film, according to Entertainment Tonight.

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Angelina Jolie and Salma Hayek appeared to become close during the filming of Eternals and build a strong friendship. While audiences enjoyed seeing them as co-stars in the Marvel picture, it will be interesting to see them collaborate as directors and actors in the future. Other facts about the future film, such as the release date, are yet unknown.