
Columbia Pictures has revealed the first teaser trailer for their action-thriller “
Salt“.
In the film,
Angelina 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.
The film, directed by
Phillip Noyce (Catch a Fire)from script by
Kurt Wimmer and
Brian Helgeland, co-stars
Liev Schreiber (Defiance, X-Men Origins: Wolverine) as Winter, her ally and supervisor in the CIA's Russia office, and
Chiwetel Ejiofor (Children of Men, American Gangster) as Peabody, a counterintelligence officer who tries to take her down.
“Salt” opens to theaters July 23rd, 2010.