Here's your dose of film news for June 17, 2009:

• Phillip Noyce is set to direct "Mixed Blood," a police thriller following a fugitive who's forced to make terrifying decisions in order to protect his family. Kelly Masterson ("Before the Devil Knows You're Dead") is writing the screenplay based on Roger Smith's novel. Samuel L. Jackson is also attached to star in the project. Noyce is currently shooting "Salt." (Variety)

• SNL's Jason Sudeikis has joined Jennifer Aniston and Gerard Butler in Columbia's comedy "Bounty Hunter." Butler plays a bounty hunter hired to find and bring in his ex-wife (Aniston) because she skipped bail. Sudeikis plays one of the woman's friends. Andy Tennant is directing Sarah Thorp's script. Sudeikis recently starred in "The Rocker." (The Hollywood Reporter)

• Neil Burger is apparently in talks to write and direct a remake of 1935's "Bride of Frankenstein," according to Risky Biz Blog. The original continued the adventures of Frankenstein's monster. Burger's recent credits include "The Lucky Ones" and "The Illusionist." Brian Grazer is onboard to produce the project.

• Josh Peck ("The Wackness") and Adrianne Palicki have joined the cast of Dan Bradley's upcoming "Red Dawn" remake. In the film, a group of teenagers gather to defend their town after it's invaded by Chinese and Russian soldiers. A release date for "Dawn" is set for Sept. 24, 2010. Carl Ellsworth and Jeremy Passmore wrote the script. (THR)

Yes, you read right. Angelina Jolie is expected to replace Tom Cruise in Columbia Pictures’ upcoming spy thriller “Edwin A. Salt,” according to Variety.

Although most of the story will remain intact, screenwriter Kurt Wimmer will rewrite as much as is needed to turn the leading male character into a woman.

If the deal with Jolie works out, she will play a CIA officer who’s accused of being a Russian sleeper spy.

Cruise was attached to star in the Philip Noyce-directed thriller for quite a while, but he recently dropped the project.

“Edwin A. Salt” will obviously undergo a title change as well. We’ll keep you posted on that.

Jolie recently starred in Universal’s action hit “Wanted.” She will next be seen in Clint Eastwood’s “The Changeling,” which premiered at Cannes earlier this year.

Maybe I haven’t been around long enough, but I’ve never heard of a film being rewritten to fit a leading actor of a different gender. Oh well, I prefer to watch Jolie on the big screen anyway.