Angelina Jolie is reportedly teaming up with Swedish director Lasse Hallström for the spy thriller The Tourist.

Jolie, 34, was photographed leaving the Sony Studios Building in Culver City, Calif., Oct. 15, where she is rumored to have inked a deal for the new project. Charlize Theron, 34, was previously attached to the film but recently dropped out.

While there, Angelina was spotted chatting with Hallström outside the Sony building, reports x17.

The Stockholm-born Hallström, 63, has been widely praised for his work in My Life as a Dog (1985) and Chocolat (2000) and was nominated for an Academy Award for The Cider House Rules in 1999.Lasse Hallstrom

The Tourist is a remake of a 2005 French thriller Anthony Zimmer (which starred Sophie Marceau). The movie concerns an Interpol agent (Jolie) who manipulates an American tourist (played by Aussie Sam Worthington, who starred in Terminator Salvation) to entrap her ex-lover, a suspected international criminal.

Angelina has had incredible box-office success in action films such as Wanted (2008), Mr. and Mrs. Smith (2005), and the Lara Croft films (2001 and 2003). Combined, Jolie’s movies have grossed over $1.2 billion worldwide.

Jolie is expected to take up fight and weapons training for the action sequences in The Tourist. In 2001 and 2003, Angelina underwent martial arts training to prep for her role as action hero Lara Croft in the blockbuster Tomb Raider series.

Angelina, who reportedly does an hour of Pilates three times a week using the Nintendo Wii program Let’s Pilates!, revealed that she loves martial arts.

“I love martial arts,” she says. “They are ideal for children because they teach them discipline and perseverance. My son [Maddox, 8] is already starting to go to class. I like all of Bruce Lee’s films; he was the best. I also like Jackie Chan a lot.”

Production on The Tourist is set to begin in early 2010. Angelina’s next film, the CIA thriller Salt, opens in July 2010.

Source: Examiner