Angelina Jolie to play Kay Scarpetta in Action Franchise

Oh, Angelina. I still love you and your tattoos...

I've been hearing whisperings about this news, but it looks as though Angie may actually bring Patricia Cornwell's fictional character, Kay Scarpetta to the big screen.

Source: LosAngelesTimes.com

The other was Patricia Cornwell, one of the world's most commercial authors.( Words )
"When Angelina came out of left field last year, I was floored," she says. And then it took months of protracted negotiations to get the two in a room together. "I think meeting the head of the KGB might have been easier," Cornwell says. "It was all hush-hush." Finally, Jolie's "Salt" trailer, then located on Long Island, was deemed the spot. Cornwell suggested that she herself fly her proposed suitors -- Gordon, Kosinski and Fox 2000 executive Carla Hacken -- out to the set in her helicopter, an option that got derailed by the weather, so instead they all trekked out from Manhattan in a limo.

"[Angelina] had pithy things to say about what she wanted to do. She was direct and goal-oriented," says Cornwell, who adds that she was particularly impressed by Jolie's demeanor. "She waited on everyone, getting them their lunch, while her own staff was seated. She was aware intuitively how other people were feeling and wanted to make them comfortable. It was not typical for people of her stature."

As Cornwell succinctly notes about dealing with celebrities: "Usually, it's all about them."

This could be quite the cinematic franchise:  Patricia Cornwell has written 17, count 'em, books based on the medical examiner character of Kay Scarpetta.   I can't think of anyone else who could pull this off, can you?

As always, Team Jolie.  (That just made me laugh--can you even picture Aniston in a role like this??)