Newlywed Angelina Jolie is keeping busy behind the camera these days, Voice of America News reported.
The Academy Award winning actress and director has been tapped to direct "Africa," which tells the story of paleontologist and conservationist Richard Leakey and his battle against ivory poachers that threaten the elephant population in Africa. Leakey served as the head of Kenya's Wildlife Conservation and Management Department from 1980s to 1990s, and he made it a priority to stop poachers in Africa.
In a statement, Jolie said the conflict left Leakey with a "deeper understanding of man's footprint" as well as a "profound sense of responsibility" for everything that surrounds him.
The script for the feature film was written by Oscar Award winner Eric Roth, who wrote the scripts for "Forrest Gump" and "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close" movies, as well television shows "Luck" and "House of Cards," according to Entertainment Weekly.
Roger Deakins was also tapped as the film's cinematographer. Deakins worked with Jolie on "Unbroken," according to Yahoo News quoting a Variety report. Jolie will also serve as a producer on the film, along with David Ellison, Dana Goldberg and Jon Peters.
"Africa" is from Skydance Productions, which is also behind "Star Trek 3" and the recent "Terminator" and "Mission: Impossible" films.
It will be Jolie's fourth directorial effort, following her highly-anticipated film, "Unbroken," which is scheduled to hit movie theaters on Christmas Day. "Unbroken" is based on the story of Olympian and World War II prisoner of war Louis Zamperini.
The actress is currently busy directing the drama film, "By the Sea," in which she stars opposite husband Brad Pitt. Universal announced in July that it has acquired the rights to distribute the movie, which Jolie wrote herself, worldwide.
Jolie's directorial debut was the Bosnian war drama, "In the Land of Blood and Honey."
Meanwhile, the actress's decision to reveal that she went under the knife for a double mastectomy procedure had resulted in a surge of women wanting to undergo tests to see if they have genetic breast cancer, according to Fox News.
The 39-year-old Hollywood star and active human rights campaigner announced in May last year that she decided to go through with the procedure after she tested positive for a mutation of the BRCA1 gene, which increases the risk of breast cancer.