Did Angelina Jolie just pass on Wanted 2?

Sources are reporting that Angelina Jolie has turned down the offer to participate in a second installment of the Wanted series. Since she has denied the request, the studio plans to just ditch the entire idea rather than try casting a new lead role or focus on lead James McAvoy. Director Timur Bekmambetov has stated what a high level he put the first movie on and topping it would be a tall challenge, but co-creator Mark Millar had expressed that the scope of this film would be greatly increased. Also, earlier this month Millar had indicated that the Wanted 2 script was almost done.

Jolie made a statement regarding the first Wanted film saying, “In the original, she doesn’t kill herself. I actually changed the ending. If she was to find out she had killed people unjustly and was a part of something that wasn’t fair, then she should take her own life.”

Jolie will be seen in theaters later this summer in a new action thriller entitled “Salt” and is slated to star in a new sci-fi thriller project called “Gravity” by director Alfonso Cuaron.