It appears that Darren Aronofsky and Angelina Jolie are being reported as having plans to work together in the near future. Aronofsky has just completed initial filming on his latest, Black Swan, and is now looking to try and adapt the Ron Rash novel, Serena, with Angelina Jolie in the title role.

The project will be using a script adapted from the novel by Chris Kyle (wrote several of Kathryn Bigelow’s past work). The story is set in Depression-era 1929 and involves husband and wife George and Serena Pemberton heading down to North Carolina from Boston to try and make their fortune in timber. The title character of Serena adapts wells to the backwoods country as well as any of the locals and timbermen and in pursuit of creating their timber empire pushes the husband into further acts of cruelty to realize their dream. It is a the height of their power and growing empire that Serena realizes she cannot bear children. This revelation causes her to set out on a plan to murder the son her husband had outside their marriage. The rest of the film becomes a struggle between Serena and the “son” and of betrayal as Serena begins to suspect her husband trying to portect and save his illegitimate family.

Serena looks to have some similar themes as Paul Anderson’s There Will Be Blood and with what could be a small budget despite the period piece setting, Aronofsky may have another classic in the works to add to his body of work. All of this hinges on Aronofsky and Jolie finding financing for the project. Here’s to hoping that their search is not too long and production begins soon enough that Jolie doesn’t back out to work on another film.

Source: THR