Angelina Jolie Pitt casting local talents in Cambodia for her next movie
Angelina Jolie Pitt has been in scouting locations
in Cambodia for her next film, "First They Killed
My Father," which she is casting entirely with
local talent.
In a statement Thursday to The Associated Press,
Jolie Pitt said she has spent the last week doing
research and pre-production on the film before
beginning shooting in Cambodia in November.
She said she's striving, through meetings with
Cambodians, to ensure the movie about the
deadly Khmer Rouge regime is "accurate and
faithful" to the 1970s events.
Jolie Pitt is collaborating with Cambodian
author and human rights activist Luong Ung,
who said the film "will be made with
Cambodians as a symbol of dignity and an act of
memory." The two wrote the script together,
adapted from Ung's 2000 memoir.
Jolie Pitt has said her 14-year-old Cambodia-
born son, Maddox, is heavily involved in the
movie, which is told from a child's perspective.
"First They Killed My Father" is planned for
release by Netflix in late 2016. Jolie Pitt's
upcoming film, "By the Sea," in which she co-
stars with Brad Pitt, will be released Nov. 13.
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