Angelina Jolie is to star as Marilyn Monroe in a new film, having beat out both Scarlett Johansson and Christina Hendricks for the role, according to the Daily Mail. Andrew O’Hagan, who wrote the book “The Life And Opinions Of Maf The Dog, and of His Friend Marilyn Monroe,” revealed the news at the Edinburgh Book Festival last weekend. George Clooney is being lined up to play Frank Sinatra, who gave Monroe the pet Maltese terrier that she named Mafia as a joke reference to the crooner. The dog’s name was later shortened to Maf, or Maf Honey. The book tells the story of the last two years of Monroe’s life, and is written from Maf’s perspective.