• Angelina Jolie Attached To Star In Ridley Scott's 'Gertrude Bell'

    By Angie Han November 17th, 2011

    Angelina Jolie's last live-action acting job was the disappointing The Tourist, but the actress-filmmaker is now poised to star in a new project that sounds much more intriguing. Titled Gertrude Bell, the biopic centers around the woman who's been described as "the female Lawrence of Arabia" for her role in helping to establish the modern…

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  • Ridley Scott Goes Head To Head With Werner Herzog In Heated Gertrude Bell Biopic Race

    By Russ Fischer March 31st, 2011

    It's like the space race all over again, only with a lot less tension, and sand instead of stars. Is there really enough interest in writer/political officer/archaeologist Gertrude Bell that development on parallel film projects is warranted? Not to diminish her accomplishments -- she was quite a woman -- but it seems strange nonetheless. And…

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