Even though it has been some time since the Academy Award-winning actress starred in a big blockbuster film -- her last leading role was in 2010's The Tourist -- Jolie still manages to earn $20 million with residuals and endorsement deals for companies like Louis Vuitton.
Frazer Harrison/Getty ImagesDisney’s Maleficent has suddenly become a family affair.
Pax and Zahara Jolie-Pitt are joining sister Vivienne Jolie-Pitt in the Sleeping Beauty spin toplined by mother Angelina Jolie.
An insider confirmed the casting news that was first reported by Us Weekly.
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The project marks the first onscreen roles for Pax, 8, and Zahara, 7, as well as for 4-year-old Vivienne. The three tabloid fixtures, the offspring of Jolie and Brad Pitt, follow in the footsteps of sibling Shiloh Jolie-Pitt, who appeared as a baby in David Fincher‘s The Curious Case of Benjamin Button alongside her father.
Pax and Zahara’s roles in Maleficent will be non-speaking.
THR reported Vivienne’s casting in August. She plays the toddler version of Elle Fanning‘s Princess Aurora. That role is a speaking role.
The Robert Stromberg-helmed film, which is currently shooting, will bow March 14, 2014.
