Columbia Pictures espionage thriller Edwin A. Salt, once expected to star Tom Cruise, will be rewritten by screenwriter Kurt Wimmer as a return vehicle for Angelina Jolie, reports Variety. Philip Noyce remains attached as director and Lorenzo di Bonaventura and Sunil Perkash are producing.

The movie is set to premier in 2010.

Jolie is close to a deal to play the title character, a CIA officer who’s accused by a defector of being a Russian sleeper spy and must elude capture long enough to establish her innocence. She took a liking to it, prompting the studio’s decision to rewrite it. The trade adds that the project won’t require that much of an overhaul to suit her.

Edwin A. Salt will undergo a title change, obviously, and if everything falls into place, the film shapes up as a return vehicle for Jolie, who recently gave birth to twins. Another candidate for her return is the Lionsgate drama Atlas Shrugged.

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Tom Cruise has launched a new Web site to celebrate the 25th anniversary of his first starring role in a movie, as a “thank you” to his fans for their support throughout his career.

Cruise’s first major part was Risky Business (1983), which threw him into superstardom. He has since made 30 movies and hs become one of the biggest stars in Hollywood. The 45-year-old actor has now launched TomCruise.com, and writes a personal message to fans on the front page.

“In celebration of this occasion, and my 27 years of making movies, I created this site as a thank you, to you, for sharing the journey with me and to invite you to continue to explore what the future will bring…

“My hope with this site is to bring you in and share with you the fun I experience every day during the filmmaking process, from working on the script, to the making of the film, through to what we finally see when we settle into our seats and the lights go down.”