It appears the studio did not like Chris Bertolini’s original screenplay for Battle: Los Angeles as Sony Pictures have hired Scott Silver (8 Mile) to rewrite the script.
The film will see Aaron Eckhart star as a Marine platoon commander fighting off an alien invasion making its way across LA.
Jonathan Liebesman is attached to direct.
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Aaron Eckhart decided to take the starring role in Battle: Los Angeles, a sci-fi action film that Jonathan 
Liebesman is directing for Columbia.
Although this is Eckhart’s first time to be front and center on an action movie, he did play Harvey Dent/Two-Face in The Dark Knight and held his own in Black Dahlia and Erin Brockovich. Battle: Los Angeles is being touted as Eckhart’s vehicle to go mainstream.
According to the Hollywood Reporter, Chris Bertolini wrote the story that centers on 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.
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Director of horror movies such as Darkness Falls and Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning, Jonathan Liebesman, according to the trades, is in negotiations to direct sci-fi thriller Battle: Los Angeles for Sony Pictures and Original Films.
The story follows the struggle of one Marine platoon’s encounter in the battle against an alien invasion on the streets of Los Angeles.
The script has been penned by Chris Bertolini, with producer Neal Moritz pushing forward quickly on getting it into production.
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