Angelina Jolie and Doug Liman gather for the espionage thriller full of action The Initiative

Angelina Jolie is returning to the world of high level of espionage with The initiativeA new spy thriller that sees her gather Doug LimanThe director behind the favorite by the fans Mr. and Mrs. Smith.

Universal Pictures is currently in negotiations to collect this high profile project, which has F. Scott Frazier (Clash, XXX: Xander Cage’s return) on board to write the script.

While the study is maintaining the details of the plot in narrow contains, this new film promises to be a smooth return to the roles rich in action that has made Jolie a box office with films such as Salt, The touristAND Sought after.

If the agreement with Universal passes, VP Executive of production development Jay Polidoro and director of development Tony Ducret will guide the project for the study.

The initiative It is produced by Jeff Kirschenbaum For Roth/Kirschenbaum films, which already shares a strong creative connection with Liman and Jolie. The production company had previously supported Disney Evil Franchise, where Jolie dominated the screen as a title character.

The recent series of successful projects of Liman includes Road house For Amazon MGM Studios and the next The instigations For Apple TV+. Not even he is foreign to the universal, after directing Bourne’s identity AND American Made. He is currently also collaborating with Tom Cruise In a revolutionary project that has been filmed entirely in space.

As for Jolie, he continues to expand his creative empire. He recently gained applause for his representation of the Opera Maria Callas icon to Pablo Larraín MariaAnd it will soon be seen in the bilingual drama Couture Of Alice Winocourwhich also produced. His next exit on the big screen includes the film adaptation of Anxious peopledirected by Marc Forster.

Jolie also left its mark behind the camera with projects like First they killed my fatherwhich has co-based and produced, appointed to the Oscar Uninterruptedand his next movie Bloodlessinterpreted Salma Hayek Pinault AND Demián Bichirbased on the novel by Alessandro Baricco. In addition to all this, he recently got a Tony Award as a producer for Broadway musical Strangers.