Football to Movie: Cristiano Ronaldo 'to star in TV drama with Angelina Jolie'

Footballer Cristiano Ronaldo is reportedly signed up to star with Angelina Jolie in a TV drama about Syrian refugees.

The Real Madrid footballer was named as one of the high-profile cast members secured to start filming Hayat Koprusu in April.

Director of the upcoming TV series Eyup Dirlik told website Turkish Football: "We will begin filming in the first week of April, the series is about the plight of a refugee family and what they go through.

Angelina Jolie warns Donald Trump's travel ban is 'playing with fire'

Angelina Jolie has criticised the decision to stop refugees entering the US, arguing it will not make the country safer.

The actress and UN special envoy spoke out against Donald Trump's decision to prevent refugees from entering the US in an editorial for the New York Times.

Writing in the paper, Jolie, 41, said the President's travel ban risked fuelling extremism abroad and creating "more instability, hatred and violence.