Angelina Jolie takes on lead role in dark survival thriller 'Sunny'

Angelina Jolie has secured her next major film role, signing on to star opposite Charlie Plummer in Sunny.

The upcoming project happens to be a dark survival thriller directed by Yellowjackets filmmaker Eva Sørhaug.

Production is already underway.

Jolie plays a gangster who becomes the target of a violent drug kingpin, forcing her into extreme measures to protect herself and her two sons.

Sørhaug developed the story herself before William Day Frank penned the script.

In addition to leading the film, Jolie is producing alongside Gramercy Park Media’s Nathan Klingher, Nickel City Pictures’ Mark Fasano, and A Higher Standard’s Jeffrey Greenstein, in association with Choice Films.

Fasano said audiences will be “shocked by what [Jolie] brings with this riveting character,” calling the mother-at-war narrative a brutal portrait of survival.

Klingher added that Jolie has made the character “uniquely her own,” praising the film’s intensity and the “impressive” attention to detail brought by both Jolie and Sørhaug.

The project follows Jolie’s acclaimed performance in the 2024 psychological drama Maria, in which she portrayed iconic opera singer Maria Callas.

The biopic, written by Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight, is currently streaming on Netflix in the UK.