Angelina Jolie to play evil queen in 'Beowulf'

[Placebo]

Actress Angelina Jolie will reportedly play an evil queen in the epic "Beowulf," to be directed by Robert Zemeckis and distributed by Paramount and Warner Bros.

Jolie joins actors Ray Winstone, Anthony Hopkins, Brendan Gleeson and Robin Wright Penn, Daily Variety said, and the screenplay is by Roger Avary and Neil Gaiman.

"Beowulf" is one of the oldest epics in early English and one of the most important works in medieval English.

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I love Beowolf, I hope they pull it off well!

[Shakespeare]

1. Grendel's mom?! She's a total badass!!

Probably the best "no one messes with my kid" portrayal in all of literature. This could be fun....

[In_The_Wind]

2. She is an incredibly HOT & talented actress!

I'll look forward to seeing this movie!

[bridgit]

3. poor kid, now that's type casting...

:shrug:

[jpgray]

4. No Seamus Heaney jokes about "bonelappings", please

:spank:

[Fleshdancer]

5. Wow. Beowulf the movie?

It's hard to imagine it as a movie. I hope they do it justice.

[Orsino]

6. Check out 13th Warrior...

...and don't miss Chrichton's Eaters of the Dead, on which it was based.

[China_cat]

9. At least it's not Beowulf, the Musical.

[davidinalameda]

7. I love her

she's a chick I'd switch for

and it sounds like it's going to have a great cast

but where's Tom Hanks--I thought he did every Robert Zemeckis movie

:shrug:

[caty]

8. The version she is in

is computer animated. The actual movie has already been made:

http://www.beowulfandgrendel.com/

http://www.beowulfandgrendel.com/site/framestestvertical.html

http://filmforce.ign.com/articles/643/643054p1.html

[Book Lover]

10. Um, the Queen isn't evil in the poem

Unless they change Grendel's mother from a monster into this queen, which would suck. And Beowulf isn't one of the most important works in Middle English; it is Old English.

Ye gods, I already hate this movie and I'm just reading the press release...

[Placebo]

11. I read it so long ago...

I'm trying to remember if there was an evil queen, I don't think there was, hmm...

[Book Lover]

12. Online-Literature.com link

http://www.online-literature.com/anonymous/beowulf/

Enjoy!