“Edwin A. Salt”, a spy movie that sounds just similar enough to the Bourne trilogy, is about a CIA officer accused of being a spy who must elude the chasers long enough to establish innocence and reunite with family in the process. The interesting thing about it though is that Angelina Jolie has just replaced Tom Cruise as the title character (whose name, I’m guessing, will now be changed … hopefully to something other than Edwina).
Angelina Jolie
Screenwriter Kurt Wimmer is now redrafting the script to change the main character from male to female. At least he has a while to get the work done; the film is not scheduled for release until 2010.
Earlier this year there was already speculation of a role change for the Salt movie, but at least that one played along the same gender lines. At the time, it was rumored that Will Smith had been approached for the lead, but film sources insisted that was simply untrue. They said then that the script was still being rewritten to Cruise’s specifications. I hope Wimmer is getting paid by the draft on this thing.
See more photos of Angelina Jolie and a gratuitous video of Angelina getting out of the bath tub in “Wanted” below.
Angelina Jolie Photos
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Angelina Jolie Video - “Wanted”