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Angelina and Jennifer go head to head
Angelina Jolie and Jennifer Aniston are pitted against each other with their films releasing on the same day.
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- Published: 23:06 June 16, 2008
- Image Credit: Gulf News Archive
- Angelina Jolie won an Academy Award for her performance in Girl, Interrupted.
Angelina Jolie and Jennifer Aniston are sharing a play date.
Brad Pitt's partner Jolie and ex-wife Aniston will go head-to-head at theatres on October 24, when both have a movie coming out. Jolie stars in Clint Eastwood's missing-child drama Changeling while Aniston is part of an ensemble cast in the romantic comedy He's Just Not That Into You.
Aniston probably will win the dollar battle because her film debuts in nationwide release, while Changeling starts in just a few cities to build critical buzz before going wide October 31.
Running for Oscar
But Jolie, an Academy Award winner for Girl, Interrupted, likely will lead the acclaim game. Well received by critics in its premiere at the Cannes Film Festival in May, Changeling has put Jolie in the running for a best-actress Oscar.
Set in the 1920s and ‘30s, Changeling is based on the true story of a single mom in a nightmare battle with corrupt Los Angeles police trying to cover their mistakes in the investigation surrounding her missing 9-year-old son.
The commercial prospects for He's Just Not That Into You are bolstered by an all-star cast including Ben Affleck, Scarlett Johansson, Drew Barrymore and Jennifer Connelly. Directed by Ken Kwapis, the movie focuses on the mixed signals men and women send in relationships.
Pitt and Jolie hooked up after co-starring in the 2005 hit Mr. and Mrs. Smith as his marriage to Aniston was unraveling.
Universal Pictures is releasing Changeling and Warner Bros. is distributing He's Just Not That Into You.
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