Angelina Jolie signs on to produce and star in The Kept

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Angelina Jolie Signs On To Produce and Star in The Kept

Deadline reports that Maleficent star and Unbroken director Angelina Jolie has signed on to both star in and produce the adaptation of the 2014 frontier novel The Kept.

Based on the novel by James Scott, the story takes place in the winter of 1897 in upstate New York as a killer moves upon an isolated farm. Midwife Elspeth Howell arrives home to find her husband and four of her kids have been murdered and she is wounded by the killer, with her 12-year-old son Caleb coming out of hiding and finding his wounded mother and tending to her until she is well enough for them both to find the killer.

The film adaptation will be written by Alice Birch, most known for the 2016 acclaimed British drama Lady MacBeth, and produced by Jolie for Imperative Entertainment alongside Dan Friedkin and Bradley Thomas, while Imperative Head of Film Jillian Apfelbaum will oversee the production.

The concept has potential to be a great role for Angelina.