Angelina Jolie will star in Salt, which is due for release in Europe summer 2010.

Details on the film are a bit scant at present, but it’s being described as an espionage thriller.

Here’s the trailer:

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I mentioned Eagle Eye a few days ago, as it was being released on Friday. At the time I’d only seen the trailer and read the press releases, so I didn’t have a whole lot to go on.
This evening I got to see the final product and I must admit it was a revelation.
While it is easy to try and draw parallels between some of the elements of Eagle Eye and films like Enemy of the State (I already did!), I wouldn’t rush to do so now.
Jerry Shaw (Shia LaBeouf) is a college dropout who seems to be wandering from one deadend job to another. He barely has enough money to pay his rent.
Rachel Holloman (Michelle Monaghan) is a single mother whose ex-husband can’t even remember their son’s birthday.
What do the two main characters have in common?
Nothing.
That is until their lives are taken over and their loved ones put at risk by a mysterious female caller who seems to be omnipotent – controlling and seeing everything.
The film features a wonderful combination of fast car chases and heartpounding thrills. Unlike a lot of the rubbish being produced by Hollywood you are left in suspense for a good part of the film, as the story twists and turns.
Shia LaBeouf seems to be one of Hollywood’s hottest properties at the moment and with this adrenalin packed thriller under his belt he’s bound to be in even more demand in the future.
Michelle Monaghan plays a very different role to the one she had in Made of Honor and it’s a pleasant surprise to see her fill it.
With a supporting cast of Billy Bob Thornton, Rosario Dawson and Michael Chiklis (Fantastic Four) Eagle Eye will keep you on the edge of your seat.
Is it thought provoking?
At some levels – yes.
There are definitely elements of “The Net” and “Enemy of the State”, but they’re not the central elements ie. the film makers aren’t trying to preach to us, but give us 78 minutes of entertainment.

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I mentioned the upcoming release of Eagle Eye a few months ago. It’s being released in the UK this Friday.
In Eagle Eye, Shia LaBeouf is joined by Michelle Monaghan (Made of Honor – already out on DVD)
I’m not quite sure what to make of the film’s plot, so I’ll reserve judgement until I’ve actually seen the film.
It sounds a lot like the premise that was used in Enemy of the State, namely the electronic Big Brother gone mad:
The idea for “Eagle Eye” was hatched several years ago from the mind of executive producer Steven Spielberg. “Steven’s initial concept focused on the idea that technology is everywhere,” says co-producer Pete Chiarelli. “It’s all around us – what would happen if it turned against you? What if the technology that surrounds us, that we love and depend on, suddenly was used on us in ways that could cause harm and was completely out of our control?”
“Steven always wanted people to walk out of the theater and turn off their cell phones and BlackBerrys, because they were so scared,” writer/producer Alex Kurtzman recalls – much in the way audiences feared swimming in the ocean after they saw Spielberg’s summer blockbuster “Jaws” in 1975.
The story was in development for several years, because at the time Spielberg first conceived the idea, “he thought that it would seem too much like science fiction,” Kurtzman adds.
Now it’s entirely plausible…how will it affect you?

Um ok. While that might work as a film, it might not.
In any case for those of you who are into Shia LaBeouf and Michelle Monaghan here are a couple of more photos for you:

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