Angelina Jolie is in negotiations to play Patrizia Reggiano in Ridley Scott’s upcoming drama about the family Gucci fashion family. Patrizia was convicted of plotting the murder of her ex-husband Maurizio Gucci. ** Kristen Bell will star opposite Christina Aguilera in the musical drama Burlesque, which also features Cher’s return to the big screen. ** Liam Neeson will play an ex-con who’s an expert on escapes in The Next Three Days. Russell Crowe also stars in the thriller as a teacher who gets the ex-con’s help to rescue his imprisoned wife. ** Adrien Brody will play a mercenary in Predators, about a group of elite warriors who are hunted by members of a merciless alien race.