Angelina Jolie is reportedly set to play Cleopatra in a new movie she is developing about the legendary Egyptian queen.
The Tomb Raider star is set to follow in the footsteps of Dame Elizabeth Taylor by playing the ancient beauty in a new film based on author Stacy Schiff's biography Cleopatra: A Life.
Producer Scott Rudin has confirmed that the project is "being developed for and with Jolie", according to USA Today.
Catherine Zeta-Jones is also in talks to play the Egyptian ruler in a 3D musical to be directed by Steven Soderbergh, with Hugh Jackman as Cleopatra's lover Marc Antony.
Jolie hasn't been seen on the big screen since her Oscar winning turn in Changeling back in 2008, she appeared in Wanted the same year, but it back this summer with Salt.
Directed by Phillip Noyce the movie follows CIA officer Evelyn Salt (Jolie) who finds herself on the run as she tries to clear her name after being accused by a defector of being a KGB sleeper agent.
The actress is curretnly workingon The Tourist which sees her star alongside Johnny Depp.
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