Edwin A. Salt
Edwin A. Salt is the tentative title of an espionage thriller film directed by Philip Noyce and reportedly starring Angelina Jolie.
Fast Facts
- Release date: TBD (presumably 2009 or 2010)
- Director: Philip Noyce
- Screenwriter: Kurt Wimmer
- Producers: Lorenzo Di Bonaventura and Sunil Perkash
- Distributor: Columbia Pictures
- August 2008: Reports indicated that Angelina Jolie was replacing Tom Cruise in the starring role
Plot Summary
Wrongly accused of being a Russian spy assigned to assassinate the U.S. President, a CIA agent must avoid capture in order to prove her innocence.
Jolie Replaces Cruise
In August 2008, Variety reported that Angelina Jolie was "close to a deal" to replace Tom Cruise as the title character. The change required a change in the film's title and a redraft of the screenplay.
According to FOX News, which erroneously reported that Will Smith would assume the title role, Cruise bowed out of the project because of a dispute over his $20 million salary.
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