Angelina Jolie Returns To Acting With Maleficent Part 2

Angelina Jolie is reawakening her role as the main villain in a second Maleficent movie.

Jolie has been spending a lot of time behind the camera, however, it seems as though her filing for divorce from Brad Pitt has led her back in front of the camera.

“I am now the breadwinner for the family, so it’s time,” Jolie told Deadline at a reception during the Telluride Film Festival. Jolie took “over a year off” because of her “family situation.”

“When they can have — when I feel it’s time for me to go back to work, I’ll be able to go back to work,” she says to THR. “I’ve been needed at home. I hope [to work again] in the months to come.”
 

She also said her return to acting is also the result of not having “anything to direct that I feel passionate about like [First They Killed My Father].”

 

“At some point, I’ll probably just direct. If I’m allowed to.” “But you just don’t know if you can have a career as a director. You don’t know how things are going to be received.”

 

While sequels don’t always live up to the original, Jolie seems excited about the next Maleficent movie.

“We have been working on the script, and this is going to be a really strong sequel,” she said.
First They Killed My Father directed by Angelina Jolie is set to debut on Netflix Sept. 15, 2017.