Milla currently has three movie projects coming up - The Palermo Shooting, A Perfect Getaway and Azazel. Continue reading for details.

Role: Herself (cameo)
Director: Wim Wenders
Selected Cast: Campino, Dennis Hopper, Jana Pallaske, Patti Smith
Status: Post-production; Filming completed October 2007
Release Date: USA, 2008

The Palermo Shooting is Milla’s second collaboration with German director Wim Wenders, with whom she worked on the indie drama The Million Dollar Hotel (2000). Shooting for the film began on September 17 2007 in Wenders’ hometown of Düsseldorf, Germany, from which the production will then move to Palermo, Sicily. From European-Films.net:

[Wenders'] first feature-length project since 2005’s Don’t Come Knocking is about a Düsseldorf photographer who, after going through a crisis and leaving everything he owns behind, finally finds the beauty of life and love in Palermo on Sicily. The photographer will be played by one of Düsseldorf’s most famous sons: Campino, the singer of Die Toten Hosen.

Milla makes a small cameo appearance pregnant in the film. According to Milla herself, it is a role which Wenders wrote with her in mind. From LA Times:

[The film] is as yet untitled, but the story line is based on Jovovich’s relationship with photographer Peter Lindbergh, with whom she has worked since she was a 13-year-old fashion model.

“Peter and I grew up together,” she said. Still, she wants to make sure the pregnancy does not become a selling point of the movie. “I’m not keen on having my picture taken in profile, holding my belly. It’s just, my personal life, it doesn’t have anything to do with my career. I feel uncomfortable using my life as a photo op.”

External Links: IMDb.com, Wikipedia.org

Role: Cydney
Director: David Twohy
Selected Cast: Timothy Olyphant, Steve Zahn, Kiele Sanchez
Status: Filming ongoing in Puerto Rico
Release Date: USA, 2008

A Perfect Getaway is a David Twohy-directed thriller about a honeymoon gone wrong. IMDb.com has the plot outline:

A Hawaiian honeymoon turns dangerous for two lovers (Zahn and Jovovich) when they discover they are being stalked by a pair of killers (Olyphant and Sanchez).

Production began on March 31 2008 in Puerto Rico, where most of the filming will take place. The remaining scenes will be shot in Hawaii, USA. A Perfect Getaway is slated for a 2008 U.S. release, with a precise release date pending.

External Links: IMDb.com, photos from the set at Facebook

Role: Amalia Bezhetskaya
Director: Paul Verhoeven
Selected Cast: Dan Stevens
Status: Delayed; Filming expected to begin Summer 2008
Release Date: USA, 2009

Azazel is Milla’s first collaboration with director Paul Verhoeven. Based on Boris Akunin’s 1998 detective novel by the same name, the story is set in 1876 Russia; a full plot summary of the original novel is available at Wikipedia.org. From IMDb.com:

In 1876 a young investigator with the Moscow police sets out to solve the apparent suicide of a university student, but soon lands in the middle of a far-reaching international conspiracy.

Production was intended to begin already in July 2007, but was delayed due to Milla’s pregnancy. Filming has thus been postponed to Summer 2008, with an eye for a 2009 U.S. release. The shooting for the film is according to MCNBlogs expected to take place in London, UK and St. Petersburg, Russia.

External Links: IMDb.com, Wikipedia.org