Holy cow. Are you serious? Aaron Eckhart, ol Two-Face himself, is going to star in the sci-fi movie “Battle: Los Angeles”? Oh hell yeah! Color me all kinds of excited about this. I was psyched when I heard the premise for “Battle”, but then that negative script review came out a while back and it brought me down a bit. Okay, not a bit, but a LOT. Anyways, this news that Aaron Eckhart will be fronting the movie just got me back up again — big time! You couldn’t ask for a better actor to lead a movie, even if this will, technically, be his first leading man role in a strictly “action” movie, although, doesn’t “The Dark Knight” qualify?

Anyways, here’s the news from THR:

Aaron Eckhart is attached to star in “Battle: Los Angeles,” a sci-fi actioner that Jonathan Liebesman is directing for Columbia. Neal Moritz and his Original Film are producing.

The deal puts the actor front and center on an action movie for the first time. Eckhart had made his name working on less mainstream films, among others starring in “In the Company of Men” and “Thank You for Smoking.” He had one of his biggest roles to date in the summer, playing Harvey Dent/Two-Face in “The Dark Knight,” the blockbuster that has grossed more than $997 million worldwide.

The story, written by Chris Bertolini, revolves around a Marine platoon’s encounter in the battle on the streets of Los Angeles against an alien invasion. Eckhart will play the platoon leader in the film, which has yet to set a start date.

Color me excited once again, boys and girls!

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