Cleopatra in the News: Are Angelina Jolie & James Cameron Making a Film on Cleopatra?

There has been much talk about the dream team, Angelina Jolie and James Cameron, making a 3D film about Cleopatra. Producer Scott Rudin has bought the rights to Stacy Schiff‘s book Cleopatra: A Life, and wants Jolie to star as the sexy heroine. Rudin says the film is “being developed for and with Jolie.” Schiff, the author of the biography, has already given her blessing saying, “physically, she’s the perfect look.”

On December 7, 2010 when MTV asked Jolie if she will be playing Cleopatra she replied, "I hope to one day."

However, on December 14, 2010 at the California Hall of Fame, Cameron said that he has decided not to pursue making Cleopatra, but instead to focus on his upcoming project, Avatar 2.

While Cameron may be out, rumor now has it that real-life lover to Jolie, Brad Pitt, may be in!

We'll see what happens...