Aug 12 2008 Jolie Replaces Cruise in 'Salt', Will Require Pronoun Overhaul

Hollywood is so progressive, man. Tom Cruise was going to star in this spy movie, but then Hollywood was all, "How about Angelina Jolie instead? Because gender does not matter, at least compared to how many adorable infants you've had on the cover of magazines, and Jolie's got that one in the bag." From Variety:

"Edwin A. Salt" is about to undergo a gender change.

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. Philip Noyce remains attached as director and Lorenzo di Bonaventura and Sunil Perkash are producing.

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.

Thank god someone has finally broken through the glass ceiling specific to the movie Edwin A. Salt, which will now presumably be renamed something with a woman's name.