According to People , Jolie and her four children dressed elegantly at Alice Tully Hall at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts. This was the first time Jolie and her children attended the premiere of Maria . Before that, she and Pax Thien were present at the Toronto Film Festival on September 9 to promote the war-themed project Without Blood , which she directed.
Maria marks Angelina Jolie’s return to the big screen after three years of filming Eternals . The film revolves around the life of the world’s greatest opera singer – Maria Callas – and recreates her final days in Paris in the 1970s. The project received an eight-minute standing ovation at the 2024 Venice Film Festival on August 29 (local time). The film will be released in select theaters in the US on November 27 and will be available on Netflix on December 11.
In an interview with the Hollywood Reporter at the end of August, the star said that her two eldest sons, Maddox and Pax Thien, joined the film crew as assistant directors. In addition to working on set, the two often showed affection for Jolie by making tea for their mother to drink or giving her a hug of encouragement. To prepare for the role, the star practiced singing for nearly seven months, learning six famous songs by the famous singer. During that time, Pax and Maddox were always by their mother’s side, preventing strangers from entering the area where she filmed the opera singing scene.
Angelina Jolie , 49, was born into an artistic family in the United States. She first appeared on screen with her father, Jon Voight, in the film Lookin’ to Get Out (1982) and began acting in 1993 with Cyborg . The actress has won three Golden Globes and an Oscar.
