Angelina Jolie Might Play the Bride of Frankenstein

This is a very extreme MIGHT as the news comes by way of a passing comment in a longer article.  Over on THR they have an article up about big studios doing “favors” for Hollywood stars.  Basically it means studios risking large sums of money to fund passion projects for big stars who might return the favor by starring in a studio film.  It’s an insightful article, well worth a read.

The part that concerns us in all of this is a brief passage where they talk about Universal funding Angelina Jolie’s new film “By the Sea.”  Here’s the aforementioned passage:

But even if Universal loses tens of millions of dollars on By the Sea, the studio is gambling that by backing Jolie Pitt’s artistic whim, she will be amenable to starring in its tentpole Bride of Frankenstein, which is part of the Monster’s universe from producers Alex Kurtzman and Chris Morgan, or a long-hoped-for sequel to Wanted. Either of those films could end up raking in far more in profits than Universal will lose on By the Sea.

By the sounds of things it seems like they may try and leverage their partnership with Jolie in one of two directions.  A sequel to “Wanted” seems like a long shot and especially weird that Angelina Jolie would be involved with it, but then again, that film made a ton of money so it’s not out of the realm of possibility.  Seeing Jolie in a monster movie would be far more interesting and if they’re going after a big name star like Jolie for a role that was rather small in the original film then I have to imagine they have some big plans for the Bride.

What do you think? Could you see Angelina Jolie playing the Bride of Frankenstein? Let us know below.