Aaron Eckhart Stepping In For Alec Baldwin On Spy Action Thriller ‘Chief Of Station’ – AFM
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: We have heard that Aaron Eckhart is now the lead of Bee Holder and Concourse Media’s spy action thriller movie Chief of Station, which is being directed by Jesse V.
Johnson. Eckhart replaces Alec Baldwin, who was previously announced for the lead role. We hear Baldwin has become unavailable due to a lengthier shoot than anticipated for a production taking place in Budapest.
Cameras roll next month with a cast that also includes Olga Kurylenko and Alex Pettyfer. In Chief of Station, after learning that the death of his wife was not an accident, a former CIA Station Chief (Eckhart) is forced back into the espionage underworld, teaming with his protégé (Pettyfer), adversaries and a rogue agent (Kurylenko) to unravel a conspiracy that challenges everything he thought he knew.
Johnson said, “I am thrilled to collaborate with Aaron… he had me at, Thank You for Smoking! He’s just such an ideal fit for a role that will test his prowess on so many levels.
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