Angelina Jolie Confirms She is Replacing Tom Cruise in New Movie

Angelina Jolie has confirmed that she is to replace Tom Cruise in the espionage thriller Edwin A. Salt.

Asked in an interview with BBC Radio on Monday about her next film project, she said, "I'm working on a film called Salt. And it's with [Bone Collector director] Phillip Noyce. And that's it."

It was first reported in August this year that Jolie was in talks for the role after Cruise dropped out. Writers had reworked the lead character -- a CIA officer falsely accused of being a Russian agent -- to be female.

Jolie recently revealed that she returns to work in February, but after that, she won't work for a year.

She said, "I like being home a lot. First and foremost, I have a lot of children, and I need to make sure they're growing right and they've got us there for them."