It can’t get much worse for Jennifer Aniston. First Angelina Jolie steals Brad Pitt from her, and now he’s given Aniston’s dream movie role to his new partner. Angelina will play Marian Pearl, the wife of murdered American journalist Daniel Pearl, in “A Mighty Heart.” It’s the part Jen hoped would win her an Oscar. Brad is producing the movie with Angelina in the lead, even though he and Jen originally planned to make it with their own production company, Plan B.

“A Mighty Heart” is Mariane Pearl’s agonizing account of her husband’s 2002 kidnapping by Pakistani militants, who later broadcast his execution on the Internet. “I am delighted that Angelina Jolie will be playing my role in the adaptation of my book,” Pearl said yesterday. “I deeply admire her work and what she is committed to.” Pitt kept rights to the film after breaking up Plan B, the production company he founded with Aniston. He took “Heart” and other titles to Paramount, while Aniston remained at Warner Bros. “The film will focus on the deep collaboration between people around the world in search of Daniel in 2002,” Pitt said in a statement yesterday. “We hope the film can increase understanding between people of all faiths and portray the story and the people involved as honestly as possible without anger or judgment.

Team Jolie just scored another touchdown. Can you hear that knocking sound? Yeah, it’s Jen banging her head against the wall. Harder than ever.

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