Pablo Larraín, the acclaimed Chilean director behind such films as Jackie and Neruda, is set to delve into the life of the legendary opera singer Maria Callas in his upcoming biopic, Maria. The film will star Angelina Jolie as Callas, with Rufus Sewell as her former lover, Aristotle Onassis. Maria will explore Callas’s rise to fame, her tumultuous relationship with Onassis, and her eventual decline. The film is expected to be a sweeping epic, capturing the glamour and excess of Callas’s world, as well as the personal toll that her career took on her.
“Maria” Release Date
The movie “Maria” premiered earlier today at the Venice Film Festival, and will release on Netflix later this year. Stay tuned for further updates!