Angelina Jolie steps into a fierce new role as production begins Sunnya dark and emotional thriller directed by Eva Sørhaug.
Jolie, 50, stars as a woman drawn into the violent world of organized crime as she struggles to protect her sons and herself from a violent drug kingpin.
After a devastating event shakes her life, the mobster has only hours to figure out how to escape forever. The film is described as being in the spirit of classic mafia stories, but with a female-driven edge at the center.
The project is moving forward just days after a milestone for Jolie’s family, when her son Pax turned 22.
Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt adopted Pax in 2006 from Vietnam shortly after the birth of their daughter, Shiloh.
He spent his early childhood at the Tam Binh Orphanage outside Ho Chi Minh City, where life was structured and limited.
Reflecting on that period, Jolie once shared that Pax “used [three and a half] years of his life in one place, in one room, in this one little iron bed with 20 other children, and he had no choice for himself to do things, without freedom.”
She remembered how drastically life changed for him after joining their family.
“And suddenly here he is in a very free situation with new brothers and sisters and a mother and father,” she said at the time.
Jolie added that he quickly embraced his new world, explaining that “he’s learning English and he’s so loving and he’s wild and free because he suddenly has freedom.”
With Sunny now in motion, Jolie returns to the type of intense, layered character that has long defined her career.
And as production gets under way, her family milestone adds a personal moment of reflection along with a major new professional chapter.
