LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - "Edwin A. Salt" is getting a sex change. (AP Photos)More Photos
New mom Angelina Jolie, advent off the hit moving-picture show "Wanted," is in negotiations to replace Tom Cruise in the Columbia descry thriller.
Screenwriter Kurt Wimmer testament redraft the screenplay, around a CIA officer world Health Organization must prove she is not a Russian sleeper spy out to assassinate the chair, to case Jolie. Phillip Noyce remains attached to "Salt" as director.
The title also will change.
The project has a long history, with directors coming and going, though Cruise has long been tethered to it.
Jolie too is attached to star in "Atlas Shrugged," an adaptation of the Ayn Rand novel. She intends to do both, though in what order remains unclear.
"Wanted," in which Jolie plays an assassin, has earned about $250 zillion at the worldwide loge office. Cruise, in theaters last year with the bomb "Lions for Lambs," has a supporting function in the comedy "Tropic Thunder," which opens Wednesday.
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