Adding A Pinch Of Salt

Chiwetel Ejiofor is in negotiations to join the cast of Phillip Noyce's attention grabbing spy thriller with Angelina Jolie and Liev Schreiber called "Salt," says Reuters.

The high-profile project centers on a CIA officer named Salt (Jolie) who is pinned as a Russian sleeper spy set out to assassinate the president. She sets out to prove that someone else is the traitor.

Ejiofor will play Peabody, a CIA counterintelligence officer. Schreiber is playing Salt's boss and friend on the CIA's Russian desk.

Ejiofor makes a cool addition--loved him in Serenity as the bad guy...

Filming on Salt kicks off next month in New York.