.Salt is an upcoming American action thriller film directed by Phillip Noyce, written by Kurt Wimmer and Brian Helgeland, and starring Angelina Jolie, Chiwetel Ejiofor, and Liev Schreiber.^ Brian Helgeland and Kurt Wimmer writes.

• Upcoming Film Scores: James Newton Howard: Salt 19 September 2009 2:16 UTC upcomingfilmscores.blogspot.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ Pic marks a return to the world of espionage and action for Noyce, who tackled the subject in the Jack Ryan films "Patriot Games" and "Clear and Present Danger."

• Phillip Noyce to direct Col's 'Salt' - Entertainment News, Film News, Media - Variety 19 September 2009 2:16 UTC www.variety.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ Aussie director Phillip Noyce is back in the chair for the much anticipated spy thriller Salt, which reunites him with his Bone Collector co-star Angelina Jolie.

• Film Monthly.com – Exclusive: / Interview 19 September 2009 2:16 UTC www.filmmonthly.com [Source type: General]

^[1] .While Tom Cruise was initially secured for the lead, he was unable to commit to the role because of commitments to other projects, the script was ultimately rewritten for Jolie.^ The film was initially intended for Tom Cruise .

• FIRST LOOK: Angelina Jolie Goes Undercover In 'Salt' 19 September 2009 2:16 UTC www.huffingtonpost.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ Phillip Noyce is negotiating to direct "Edwin A. Salt," the Kurt Wimmer-scripted drama that Columbia Pictures has been developing as a star vehicle for Tom Cruise.

• Phillip Noyce to direct Col's 'Salt' - Entertainment News, Film News, Media - Variety 19 September 2009 2:16 UTC www.variety.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ Once expected to star Tom Cruise, the Columbia Pictures espionage thriller will be redrafted by screenwriter Kurt Wimmer as a star vehicle for Angelina Jolie.

• Jolie replaces Cruise in 'Salt' - Entertainment News, Los Angeles, Media - Variety 19 September 2009 2:16 UTC www.variety.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

.Jolie plays Evelyn Salt, accused of being a KGB sleeper agent, on the run to try and clear her name.^ Angelina Jolie Angelina Jolie begins work today on "Salt," in which she plays a rogue CIA operative trying to clear her name after being accused of working for the Russians.

• FIRST LOOK: Angelina Jolie Goes Undercover In 'Salt' 19 September 2009 2:16 UTC www.huffingtonpost.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ Angelina Jolie begins work today on "Salt," in which she plays a rogue CIA operative trying to clear her name after being accused of working for the Russians.

• FIRST LOOK: Angelina Jolie Goes Undercover In 'Salt' 19 September 2009 2:16 UTC www.huffingtonpost.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ Jolie is close to a deal to play the title character, a CIA officer who's accused by a defector of being a Russian sleeper spy and must elude capture long enough to establish her innocence.

• Jolie replaces Cruise in 'Salt' - Entertainment News, Los Angeles, Media - Variety 19 September 2009 2:16 UTC www.variety.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

.Filming took place on location in Washington, DC and New York City between March and June 2009. During filming, Jolie suffered a minor head injury while shooting an action scene and was taken to hospital as a "precautionary measure", but was released the same day with no life-threatening injuries and filming was resumed.^ Jolie has been in New York with her kids preparing to film .

• FIRST LOOK: Angelina Jolie Goes Undercover In 'Salt' 19 September 2009 2:16 UTC www.huffingtonpost.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ For example, when insufficient personnel and equipment for a moving camera dictated the use of a stationary one, Biberman decided to shoot scenes from the same angle but at a number of distances.

• "Salt of the Earth" by Deborah Rosenfelt 19 September 2009 2:16 UTC www.ejumpcut.org [Source type: Original source]

^ The film was shown once in a New York theater were it received terrific reviews.

• The Hollywood Ten 19 September 2009 2:16 UTC www.lib.berkeley.edu [Source type: General]

.It is scheduled to be released in North America on July 23, 2010 and August 20, 2010 in the United Kingdom.^ The Columbia Pictures release, scheduled to come out in 2010, tells the story about a female CIA agent who is outed as a Russian spy.

• Upcoming Film Scores: James Newton Howard: Salt 19 September 2009 2:16 UTC upcomingfilmscores.blogspot.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ Critical Studies in Media Communication 23.3 (August 2006): 232(20).

• Chicanos/Latinos in Film and Television: A Bibliography of Materials in the UC Berkeley Libraries 19 September 2009 2:16 UTC www.lib.berkeley.edu [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

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.CIA officer Evelyn Salt goes on the run to try and clear her name after being accused by a defector of being a KGB sleeper agent.^ The drama casts Cruise as a CIA officer who's accused by a defector of being a Russian sleeper spy.

• Phillip Noyce to direct Col's 'Salt' - Entertainment News, Film News, Media - Variety 19 September 2009 2:16 UTC www.variety.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ An undercover CIA operative is accused of being a Russian mole, and has to go on the run to defend themselves.

• Film Monthly.com – Exclusive: / Interview 19 September 2009 2:16 UTC www.filmmonthly.com [Source type: General]

^ I Like It I Don’t Like It Read More: Angelina Jolie , Angelina Jolie Salt , Film , Salt , Entertainment News Share Print Comments Angelina Jolie begins work today on "Salt," in which she plays a rogue CIA operative trying to clear her name after being accused of working for the Russians.

• FIRST LOOK: Angelina Jolie Goes Undercover In 'Salt' 19 September 2009 2:16 UTC www.huffingtonpost.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

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.In 2007 it was reported that Terry George and Peter Berg would direct, but both dropped out for undisclosed reasons.^ Though he hasn't firmly committed, Cruise has stayed with "Edwin A. Salt" as Wimmer wrote drafts for directors Terry George and then Peter Berg before each ankled.

• Phillip Noyce to direct Col's 'Salt' - Entertainment News, Film News, Media - Variety 19 September 2009 2:16 UTC www.variety.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ Cole, the son of Polish immigrants, began writing and directing plays at age 16 after he dropped out of high school.

• The Hollywood Ten 19 September 2009 2:16 UTC www.lib.berkeley.edu [Source type: General]

^[5][6] .A year later it was confirmed that Phillip Noyce would direct.^ Phillip Noyce is negotiating to direct "Edwin A. Salt," the Kurt Wimmer-scripted drama that Columbia Pictures has been developing as a star vehicle for Tom Cruise.

• Phillip Noyce to direct Col's 'Salt' - Entertainment News, Film News, Media - Variety 19 September 2009 2:16 UTC www.variety.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ Print Talk Back Phillip Noyce to direct Col's 'Salt' .

• Phillip Noyce to direct Col's 'Salt' - Entertainment News, Film News, Media - Variety 19 September 2009 2:16 UTC www.variety.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ Phillip Noyce to direct Col's 'Salt' - Entertainment News, Film News, Media - Variety variety.com Home  |   |  Text size: a - A + Log In    Variety Discussions    Glossary News .

• Phillip Noyce to direct Col's 'Salt' - Entertainment News, Film News, Media - Variety 19 September 2009 2:16 UTC www.variety.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^[7] .In 2007, Tom Cruise had been approached by Noyce to play "Edwin A. Salt" from the script written by Kurt Wimmer.^ Phillip Noyce is negotiating to direct "Edwin A. Salt," the Kurt Wimmer-scripted drama that Columbia Pictures has been developing as a star vehicle for Tom Cruise.

• Phillip Noyce to direct Col's 'Salt' - Entertainment News, Film News, Media - Variety 19 September 2009 2:16 UTC www.variety.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ Though he hasn't firmly committed, Cruise has stayed with "Edwin A. Salt" as Wimmer wrote drafts for directors Terry George and then Peter Berg before each ankled.

• Phillip Noyce to direct Col's 'Salt' - Entertainment News, Film News, Media - Variety 19 September 2009 2:16 UTC www.variety.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ Once expected to star Tom Cruise, the Columbia Pictures espionage thriller will be redrafted by screenwriter Kurt Wimmer as a star vehicle for Angelina Jolie.

• Jolie replaces Cruise in 'Salt' - Entertainment News, Los Angeles, Media - Variety 19 September 2009 2:16 UTC www.variety.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

.Cruise was unable to commit to the script because of other commitments to projects and feared that the character was too close to his Mission Impossible character Ethan Hunt.^ And around the time that Tom wasn’t prepared to commit to the script as it was – I mean, his main fears were that the character was too close to Ethan Hunt, being a rogue spy, with extraordinary abilities.

• Film Monthly.com – Exclusive: / Interview 19 September 2009 2:16 UTC www.filmmonthly.com [Source type: General]

^ And – you know, over many months, we tried to twist and turn the story to differentiate the character of Edwin Salt from Ethan Hunt.

• Film Monthly.com – Exclusive: / Interview 19 September 2009 2:16 UTC www.filmmonthly.com [Source type: General]

^[8] The filmmakers tried to differentiate the character from Hunt, but eventually came to accept they were fortuitously similar and decided not change the characteristics of Salt. .Noyce said "But, you know, he had a valid point.^ But, you know, he had a valid point.

• Film Monthly.com – Exclusive: / Interview 19 September 2009 2:16 UTC www.filmmonthly.com [Source type: General]

.It was kind of returning to an offshoot of a character that he’d already played.^ It was kind of returning to an offshoot of a character that he’d already played.

• Film Monthly.com – Exclusive: / Interview 19 September 2009 2:16 UTC www.filmmonthly.com [Source type: General]

.It’s like playing the brother, or the cousin, of somebody that you played in another movie".^[8] Columbia Pictures executive Amy Pascal suggested Angelina Jolie to Noyce, who had often spoken to Jolie in the past about a desire to create a female spy franchise.^ It’s like playing the brother, or the cousin, of somebody that you played in another movie.

• Film Monthly.com – Exclusive: / Interview 19 September 2009 2:16 UTC www.filmmonthly.com [Source type: General]

^ And – Amy Pascal had been talking – over the years, had often spoken to Angelina Jolie.

• Film Monthly.com – Exclusive: / Interview 19 September 2009 2:16 UTC www.filmmonthly.com [Source type: General]

^ Jolie is close to a deal to play the title character, a CIA officer who's accused by a defector of being a Russian sleeper spy and must elude capture long enough to establish her innocence.

• Jolie replaces Cruise in 'Salt' - Entertainment News, Los Angeles, Media - Variety 19 September 2009 2:16 UTC www.variety.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

Jolie was sent the script in September of that year and liked it. .Wimmer, Noyce, and producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura went to visit Jolie at her home in France to discuss a possible script and character change.^ And then in September last year, Kurt Wimmer, myself, and the producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura, went to the South of France to visit Angelina at her home there, where she lives with her kids and Brad.

• Film Monthly.com – Exclusive: / Interview 19 September 2009 2:16 UTC www.filmmonthly.com [Source type: General]

^ And – in that process, that process involved producing a script based on those discussions.

• Film Monthly.com – Exclusive: / Interview 19 September 2009 2:16 UTC www.filmmonthly.com [Source type: General]

^ "She's a character you never know," says Lorenzo di Bonaventura, who also produced Transformers and the upcoming G.I. Joe.

• FIRST LOOK: Angelina Jolie Goes Undercover In 'Salt' 19 September 2009 2:16 UTC www.huffingtonpost.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

.Writer Brian Helgeland helped with the character development and dialogue of the script based on the notes that came out of those discussions with Jolie and to accompany the gender change, the title character's name was changed to "Evelyn Salt".^[8] When asked if the script written for Cruise was the same for Jolie, he said "I think that it’s just been a continual process, obviously accelerating by changing the central character.^ And – in that process, that process involved producing a script based on those discussions.

• Film Monthly.com – Exclusive: / Interview 19 September 2009 2:16 UTC www.filmmonthly.com [Source type: General]

^ But based on the script that came out of those discussions, Angelina committed.

• Film Monthly.com – Exclusive: / Interview 19 September 2009 2:16 UTC www.filmmonthly.com [Source type: General]

^ And I think that it’s just been a continual process, obviously accelerating by changing the central character.

• Film Monthly.com – Exclusive: / Interview 19 September 2009 2:16 UTC www.filmmonthly.com [Source type: General]

.But the ideas – the locomotive of ideas that drive the movie are the same.^ But the ideas – the locomotive of ideas that drive the movie are the same.

• Film Monthly.com – Exclusive: / Interview 19 September 2009 2:16 UTC www.filmmonthly.com [Source type: General]

.An undercover CIA operative is accused of being a Russian mole, and has to go on the run to defend themselves.^ I Like It I Don’t Like It Read More: Angelina Jolie , Angelina Jolie Salt , Film , Salt , Entertainment News Share Print Comments Angelina Jolie begins work today on "Salt," in which she plays a rogue CIA operative trying to clear her name after being accused of working for the Russians.

• FIRST LOOK: Angelina Jolie Goes Undercover In 'Salt' 19 September 2009 2:16 UTC www.huffingtonpost.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ Angelina Jolie Angelina Jolie begins work today on "Salt," in which she plays a rogue CIA operative trying to clear her name after being accused of working for the Russians.

• FIRST LOOK: Angelina Jolie Goes Undercover In 'Salt' 19 September 2009 2:16 UTC www.huffingtonpost.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ Angelina Jolie begins work today on "Salt," in which she plays a rogue CIA operative trying to clear her name after being accused of working for the Russians.

• FIRST LOOK: Angelina Jolie Goes Undercover In 'Salt' 19 September 2009 2:16 UTC www.huffingtonpost.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

.That’s been the same since day one.^ And that’s been the same since day one.

• Film Monthly.com – Exclusive: / Interview 19 September 2009 2:16 UTC www.filmmonthly.com [Source type: General]

The tone of the film has changed in this evolution. .In the same way, I guess, as – you know – action thrillers have changed along the lines of the Bond films and the Bourne films".^[8][4] On February 19, 2009 it was confirmed that Liev Schreiber would play the role of Ted Winter, Evelyn Salt's friend and colleague in the CIA.^ Short Film Review: Salt (2009) .

• Film Intuition: Review Database: Short Film Review: Salt (2009) 19 September 2009 2:16 UTC reviews.filmintuition.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ BLACK SALT FILM has 13708 friends.

• MySpace - BLACK SALT FILM - 100 - Male - China, England,Columbus, Ohio, Los Angeles, California - myspace.com/blacksalt 19 September 2009 2:16 UTC www.myspace.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ Much of the film was cut in the airless confines of a women's bathroom inside a closed movie theater on the outskirts of town, a property on loan from a friend of the Salt project.

• Video Americain: Film Articles 19 September 2009 2:16 UTC www.videoamericain.com [Source type: General]

^[9] .Three days later Variety reported that Chiwetel Ejiofor would play Peabody, "a young CIA agent who works for Winter, the mentor of Evelyn Salt, an agent fingered as a Russian sleeper spy.^ Jolie is close to a deal to play the title character, a CIA officer who's accused by a defector of being a Russian sleeper spy and must elude capture long enough to establish her innocence.

• Jolie replaces Cruise in 'Salt' - Entertainment News, Los Angeles, Media - Variety 19 September 2009 2:16 UTC www.variety.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ He shared this determination with his three daughters, declaring that his approaching birthday would be the day of decision.

• Love Like Salt 19 September 2009 2:16 UTC www.pitt.edu [Source type: Original source]

^ I Like It I Don’t Like It Read More: Angelina Jolie , Angelina Jolie Salt , Film , Salt , Entertainment News Share Print Comments Angelina Jolie begins work today on "Salt," in which she plays a rogue CIA operative trying to clear her name after being accused of working for the Russians.

• FIRST LOOK: Angelina Jolie Goes Undercover In 'Salt' 19 September 2009 2:16 UTC www.huffingtonpost.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

With Peabody in hot pursuit, she must clear her name and figure out the identity of the real spy".^[10]

.Principal photography took place mostly on location in New York and Washington, DC^[1] from March to June 2009, while re-shoots were done in December 2009.^[11][12][13] Jolie spent time training before filming to perform a lot of her stunts herself.^ Submit your film on Wed 12/13 before the event.

• Salt Lake Film Society: Events and Programs 19 September 2009 2:16 UTC www.saltlakefilmsociety.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ Jolie has been in New York with her kids preparing to film .

• FIRST LOOK: Angelina Jolie Goes Undercover In 'Salt' 19 September 2009 2:16 UTC www.huffingtonpost.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ Film & TV: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Cover .

• Film & TV: Sundance: 20 Years (Salt Lake City Weekly . 01-20-98) 19 September 2009 2:16 UTC www.weeklywire.com [Source type: General]

Bonaventura said "She is so prepared and so ready and gung-ho, she'll do any stunt. .We had her jumping out of helicopters, shooting, jumping off of all sorts of things and infiltrating places that are impossible to infiltrate".^[14] On May 29, 2009 filming was temporarily halted after Jolie suffered a minor head injury during filming an action scene.^ The Jolie-Pitts were reported to have rented a Long Island estate Sassafras during filming.

• FIRST LOOK: Angelina Jolie Goes Undercover In 'Salt' 19 September 2009 2:16 UTC www.huffingtonpost.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ Did you ever break up at his antics and/or lines during the shooting of that scene; or any other scene?

• :: Jennifer Salt Interview :: 19 September 2009 2:16 UTC cultfilmfreak.com [Source type: General]

^ So during my introduction into the film industry, things were changing, so none of these "Climates" existed at the time.

• :: Jennifer Salt Interview :: 19 September 2009 2:16 UTC cultfilmfreak.com [Source type: General]

.She was taken to hospital as a "precautionary measure" and was released the same day with no life-threatening injuries and filming was resumed the same day.^ No one had heard of an independent film in those days."

• Film & TV: Sundance: 20 Years (Salt Lake City Weekly . 01-20-98) 19 September 2009 2:16 UTC www.weeklywire.com [Source type: General]

^ Dwight Eisenhower was in the White House, sworn in as president just six weeks earlier, the same day work on the film began here in New Mexico.

• Video Americain: Film Articles 19 September 2009 2:16 UTC www.videoamericain.com [Source type: General]

^ FILMS TO COME In no particular release order 12 SUGAR PARIS 36 IS ANYBODY THERE? TOKYO! DEPARTURES And many more....

• SLFS List This Week at the Salt Lake Film Society - Local Filmmaker TRENT HARRIS!! & GIGANTIC 19 September 2009 2:16 UTC mailman.xmission.com [Source type: General]

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