Aug 11, 2008 by Courtney O.

Angelina Jolie Replaces Tom Cruise in Edwin A. Salt

Edwin A. Salt is getting a whole makeover. Angelina Jolie is in talks to replace Tom Cruise in Columbia's spy thriller, with screenwriter Kurt Wimmer redrafting the screenplay to suit the new female lead. The title will also change.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, the thriller is about a CIA officer who must prove she is not a Russian sleeper spy out to assassinate the president. Phillip Noyce remains attached to Edwin A. Salt as director with Lorenzo di Bonaventura and Sunil Perkash producing.

The project has a long history, with directors coming and going, though Cruise has long been tethered to it. The deal for the switch began to fall into place about two weeks ago, though Columbia's Amy Pascal has been after Jolie for a project for more than two years.

No production date has been set.

Salt was released July 23rd, 2010 and stars Angelina Jolie, Liev Schreiber, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Daniel Olbrychski, August Diehl, Daniel Pearce, Hunt Block, Andre Braugher. The film is directed by Phillip Noyce.


Sources: The Hollywood Reporter

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Comments (35)

  1. Saquin Turok 'X'

    No! lol.

    4 years agoby @teesterxFlag

  2. cnote

    or..do they worship Tom???

    4 years agoby @cnoteFlag

  3. Saquin Turok 'X'

    Tom's a little nuts TDK? The crazy f*cker worships aliens.

    4 years agoby @teesterxFlag

  4. Solar XI

    If a woman can replace a man for a role, this character could have been written for anything...

    4 years agoby @solarxiFlag

  5. cnote

    Seriously..."moviemaster" STFU!!!

    4 years agoby @cnoteFlag

  6. T.Clark

    Stop advertising urself, that's why u don't have many friends

    4 years agoby @insertusernamehereFlag

  7. Moviemaster75

    Check out my channel!

    See my Top 10 favorite movie list!

    And see my friends!

    4 years agoby @moviemaster75Flag

  8. ???

    pervs lol

    4 years agoby @chombeFlag

  9. cnote

    Tom the twat!!!! LOL

    4 years agoby @cnoteFlag

  10. The Dark Knight

    toms not that bad hes just a little nuts he he lol

    4 years agoby @thedarkknight23Flag

  11. Button

    The less I see of Tom Cruise the better! He is indeed the world's biggest twat! I can never get tired of seeing Angelina Jolie though. Good choice!

    4 years agoby @buttonFlag

  12. cnote

    Jolie..should be naked the entire movie, who gives a sh*t what the movie is about. You hit the nail on the head "turok" Cruise is a twat ;-)

    4 years agoby @cnoteFlag

  13. The Dark Knight

    mmm wouldn't her lips feel so good if she gave you a BJ lol

    4 years agoby @thedarkknight23Flag

  14. JR

    russia only has one thing t&a ans a whole lot of aids

    4 years agoby @supbitchFlag

  15. Brian

    Wow. Amazing comment.

    4 years agoby @brianFlag

  16. Saquin Turok 'X'

    Glad Jolie's replacing Cruise. I fancy the ass of her, and I think Cruise is a twat.

    4 years agoby @teesterxFlag

  17. -comrade-

    So...Edwina Salt?

    Be careful what you say Mad Max, we may be down the Russians throats over this Georgia thing if Bush and Cheney don't put their c*cks away real fast.

    4 years agoby @taberjohnson18Flag

  18. CelluloidDreams

    So now the question is: After next year's Valkyrie, what will Cruise's next project be?

    4 years agoby @2movieguysFlag

  19. Mad_Max

    "Russian sleeper??? The Russians haven't been our enemy for almost two decades."
    So true. They need to make more movies about muslims infiltrating and trying to saboutage our government but, Hollyweird will be to PC for that. Wouldn't want to offend any muslims.

    4 years agoby @mad-max-67878820Flag

  20. ???

    thats goood tom cruise suks anyways

    4 years agoby @chombeFlag

  21. Radimus-83

    they could re-name it Edith A.Salt...

    4 years agoby @radimus-83Flag

  22. CelluloidDreams

    This could be interesting!

    4 years agoby @2movieguysFlag

  23. Brian

    Ha. Beautiful last comment by Buff.

    4 years agoby @brianFlag

  24. MovieBuff

    Russian sleeper??? The Russians haven't been our enemy for almost two decades. I remember Kevin Costner playing a US military man in the Pentagon in the movie "No Way Out" and he ends up being a Russian sleeper in that one. Hmmm... the idea sounds recycled but maybe they'll put in more action. "No Way Out" was suspenseful but lacked action.

    4 years agoby @moviebuff123Flag

  25. JR

    this is funny poor tom gets dethrown by a women..lol

    4 years agoby @supbitchFlag

  26. ed_wood

    The story sounds cool and it would be better with Jolie.

    4 years agoby @ed-woodFlag

  27. St. Bitches

    That was supposed to be "the fact" not "they fact"...sorry

    4 years agoby @jremydFlag

  28. St. Bitches

    Oh and they fact that he is gay and hiding it doesn't help him either. I dont understand why he just doesn't go ahead and say it. These aren't the years of Rock Hudson.

    4 years agoby @jremydFlag

  29. Rama's SCREEN

    Tom Cruise had it coming..
    his attitude gets in the way

    4 years agoby @ramasscreen-comFlag

  30. Phatlightning

    ok?

    4 years agoby @sxers2k1Flag

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