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First poster for Angelina Jolie’s Salt

Liam — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:54:05 +0000

Joblo got their hands on the first poster for Salt which stars Angelina Jolie as a CIA officer who is accused of being a Russian spy. Liev Schreiber plays a character called Winter, Jolie’s ally and supervisor in the CIA’s Russian office. Chiwetel Ejiofor (2012) plays a counter-intelligence officer trying to take her down.

Has The Tourist finally sorted itself out?

Liam — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 01:46:14 +0000

Okay, so here’s the rundown. The Tourist was originally set up for Bharat Nalluri to direct and Tom Cruise to lead. Charlize Theron also joined as the female lead, however Tom Cruise then left to star in some action/comedy with Cameron Diaz. Sam Worthington was then brought on-board to replace him, however Charlize Theron then left and was replaced by Angelina Jolie. Director Bharat Nalluri also left the project, which prompted Spyglass Entertainment to hire Florian von Donnersmarck as director. Since leaving was the ‘in thing’ Sam Worthington bailed, and now according to THR Johnny Depp will be joining the project. Oh yeah, Alfonso Cuaron (Children of Men) is now directing.

So that’s Cruise + Nalluri + Theron – Cruise + Worthington – Theron + Jolie – Nalluri + Donnersmarck – Worthington + Depp + Cuaron = The Tourist

And what’s this casting merry-go-round movie about? An female Interpol agent uses an American tourist in an attempt to flush out an elusive criminal with whom she once had an affair.

In conclusion, it doesn’t matter who directs The Tourist, as long as they’ve got 2 A-listers in the lead roles. Although, i’m a fan of Alfonso Cuaron and Jolie and Depp together on-screen could work out quite well.

Angelina Jolie’s Salt trailer now in English

Liam — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 01:14:02 +0000

Now it all makes sense. Angelina Jolie is being set up by some Russian guy. I’m just glad she replaced Tom Cruise in the lead role as seeing him say “someone’s set me up” again would have been tedious, as he was already set up before in Mission Impossible and Minority Report.

The trailer is just like the Russian trailer we got yesterday…just not in Russian. Enjoy!

Russian trailer for Angelina Jolie’s Salt

Liam — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 23:07:46 +0000

I’m sure Columbia didn’t intend for anyone to see the first trailer for Angelina Jolie’s Salt in Russia (apart from the Russians obviously) but that’s what’s happened. From the trailer it looks like Jolie has returned to the same action form we saw from her in Tomb Raider and Wanted, although as it is in Russian we can’t really understand what’s going on.

Jolie is seen interrogating a man, who mentions the words ‘Salt’, which seems to cause Jolie to panic as she is then seen running out of the building after blowing out a few windows. Then we see her in a number of disguises as she jumps off bridges, crashes cars, and punches people in the face. I can’t wait for the English version so we can understand why she is acting this way. Allergic to salt maybe?

Well I guess we’ve learned some language skills from this trailer. The Russian word for ’salt’ is spelt a lot like the English word for ‘coat’. It may come in handy if you ever dine in Russia.

As well as Jolie the film stars Liev Schreiber who plays a character called Winter, Jolie’s ally and supervisor in the CIA’s Russian (how ironic) office. There’s also Chiwetel Ejiofor, who plays a counterintelligence officer trying to take her down.

Update: Filmonic reader Austin used his Russian skills and picked this up:

someone is supposed to kill the president and she wants to know who it is and he tells her Salt and she tells him that she is Salt and so he tells her that she is a Russian spy. she denies this.
“who is Salt?”

Timur Bekmambetov has “found the reason” for Jolie’s return in Wanted 2

Liam — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 19:01:59 +0000

Angelina Jolie has not officially signed on to return for Wanted 2, and we don’t even know if she’ll be up for it, however if she is director Timur Bekmambetov has worked out a way for her character to return, despite shooting herself through the cranium at the end of the first film.

Possible spoilers:

“If you remember from the first film, we have a recovery room with the baths of wax,” Bekmambetov told MTV News. “We know how to do this, but it’s still tough to do, because the bullet is inside her head.”
“But there has to be a reason for her to come back… and we know the reason,” he added. “I think we found the reason for her to come back.”
The filmmaker said the story behind her return from the dead still trumps all other elements, but “we are trying hard.”
“She was kind of… dead,” he laughed.

Damn those pesky curved bullets for killing off the box office draw!

Bekmambetov has said that filming should begin at the end of the year. We should know if Jolie will be returning by then.

Wanted 2 to start filming in a few weeks

Liam — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 14:08:10 +0000

While at Comic-Con SHH spoke to Mark Miller, creator of Wanted, and he said that Wanted 2 would start filming in 2 months time.

While talking to Mark Millar for Kick-Ass he revealed to us that the script for Wanted 2 is complete and that they’re going to start shooting in eight weeks time.
Timur Bekmambetov is returning to direct while James McAvoy will again play Wesley Gibson.
Millar told us the sequel will revolve around the international group of assassins from issues 4 and 5 from Millar’s graphic novel.

No word on whether Angelina Jolie will be returning. Wanted director Timur Bekmambetov said last month that he’s found a way for her to return, despite being killed off at the end of the first film. We’ll have to wait for casting details over the upcoming weeks to see who will be back.

Timur Bekmambetov has found a way to bring Angelina Jolie back for Wanted 2

Liam — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 23:48:58 +0000

Wanted director Timur Bekmambetov recently spoke to RIA Novosti and said that work on Wanted 2 will begin next month, and that despite shooting herself through the cranium in the first film, Angelina Jolie’s character may be returning:

“In July we will start preparation for the film. I think in the late autumn or winter shooting will be performed” – Mr. Bekmambetov said to RIA Novosti. “The shooting will take place in America, India and Russia” – added he.
“As for the character played by Kostya Khabenskiy, we’ll think about it. We might possibly resurrect him as well” – the film director said.

Wanted made nearly $350 million worldwide on a $75 million budget, and I think a large portion of that was due to the presence of a certain A-List actress, so to get her back would be great for the film marketing-wise. However, if they keep bringing people back from the dead it spoils things, unless they do it in a clever way.

Producer talks Tomb Raider reboot

Liam — Wed, 20 May 2009 00:43:08 +0000

Back in January we heard that Warner Bros were planning on rebooting the Tomb Raider franchise, with the only information released being “it will reimagine the origins of the character, her love interest and the main villain”. Now Terminator Salvation producer Dan Lin has confirmed to About.com (via Kotaku) that the new Lara Croft film will be an origin story, however unlike the previous films it will have a strong focus on character development.

“We’re rebooting Lara Croft…It’s a great origin story that we’re going to tell, a very character-oriented, I would say more realistic than the past Lara Croft movies…It’s not full-on action. I would say it’s like Terminator, it’s character driven action. For me, the Lara Croft games and movies have gone a little too action-oriented. I wanted to have action, but with character.”

So I guess that rules Angelina Jolie out (however I doubt she would have returned anyway). Who would you like to see play Lara Croft? Personally I want an unknown, but i’m sure some will want Megan Fox (who has been described as Angelina Jolie 2.0).

Pics of Angelina and Liev on the set of Salt

Liam — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 19:53:20 +0000

Some more images from the set of Salt have appeared online. This time we get a look at Liev Schreiber on set with Angelina Jolie in New York. Liev plays a character called Winter, Jolie’s ally and supervisor in the CIA’s Russia office. One or two images also feature Chiwetel Ejiofor, who plays a counterintelligence officer trying to take her down.

Click here to check out all 20+ images!

Third pic of Jolie in Salt

Liam — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 00:45:51 +0000

Yesterday we got our first look at Angelina Jolie in Salt. We had the sultry brunette and a heavenly blonde. Now we have ‘Jolie in a hat with weird teeth’. I hope they don’t ruin all of these disguises before the movie comes out.

From ComingSoon.net:

Jolie stars as Evelyn Salt, a CIA officer who swore an oath to duty, honor, and country. When she is accused by a defector of being a Russian sleeper spy, Salt goes on the run to clear her name and ultimately prove she is a patriot. Using all her skills and years of experience as a covert operative, she must elude capture and protect her husband or the world’s most powerful forces will erase any trace of her existence.