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Liev Schreiber and Chiewetel Ejiofor to Join Angelina Jolie in Salt

Liev Schreiber
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Liev Schreiber
(© Joseph Marzullo/Retna)

Tony Award winner Liev Schreiber and Olivier Award winner Chiwetel Ejiofor will join Oscar winner Angelina Jolie in the spy thriller Salt, according to Variety. The film will be written by Kurt Wimmer and directed by Philip Noyce.

Jolie will play a CIA agent who is fingered as a Russian spy, who must clear her name and find the real culprit.

Schreiber won the Tony for Glengarry Glen Ross and was most recently on the big screen in Defiance. Ejiofor won the Olivier in Othello; his film credits include Redbelt and Kinky Boots. Jolie won the Oscar for Girl, Interrupted and received a 2008 Oscar nomination for Changeling.