Aaron Eckhart is attached to take the lead role in an action movie for the first time.

The art-house specialist, who had one of his biggest roles to date in the summer, playing Harvey Dent/Two-Face in the Batman sequel “The Dark Knight,” will now star in the sci-fi actioner “Battle: Los Angeles.”

The story revolves around a Marine platoon’s encounter in the battle on the streets of Los Angeles against an alien invasion. Eckhart will play the platoon leader.

Jonathan Liebesman (”The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning”) will direct the Columbia Pictures project, which has yet to set a start date.

Eckhart made his name working on smaller films, such as “In the Company of Men” and “Thank You for Smoking.” He returns to theatres next year opposite Jennifer Aniston in the romantic drama “Travelling.”
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Seeing as it’s been a while without any image updates, I’ve been surfing around the Internet and found some lovely new HQ images of Aaron from various movies and events, including the No Reservations premiere and stills from The Dark Knight and behind the scene shots from Traveling!

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Movie Productions - Traveling - Behind the Scenes
Movie Productions - The Dark Knight - Production Stills
Movie Productions - The Dark Knight - Behind the Scenes
Movie Productions - The Dark Knight - “The Gotham Times”
Movie Productions - Towelhead - Production Stills
Movie Productions - Meet Bill - Artwork / Promotional
Movie Productions - Meet Bill - Production Stills
Public Appearances - 2008 - “The Dark Knight” Tokyo Press Conference
Public Appearances - 2007 - “No Reservations” New York Premiere
Public Appearances - 2007 - 2007 Film Independent’s Spirit Awards
Public Appearances - 2007 - 64th Annual Golden Globe Awards
Public Appearances - 2007 - 12th Annual Critics’ Choice Awards
Magazines & Scans - Angeleno

Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan character is kind of like a less-brooding Batman, or an American James Bond. Tons of actors can take a stab at the character, and since no one ever seems to have managed a definitive take, the revolving door of casting can keep spinning for eternity. With another adventure planned for the star of A Clear and Present Danger, Patriot Games and other films, the rumors are starting about who might be qualified to take the role.

Though Ryan Gosling has frequently been mentioned for the role– he’s even on the Jack Ryan Wikipedia page– Moviehole is suggesting that Aaron Eckhart might be up for the role. We all saw him do the noble good-guy thing in the first half of The Dark Knight, and Moviehole thinks those might be the credentials to get him the job.

“It’s merely a thought at this stage, but he’s a name that keeps popping up in relation to the part of Ryan, so someone over there obviously likes him.” Gosling fans shouldn’t give up hope just yet, but it’s possible they’ll be skewing a little older, with a slight touch of sinister, for the next Jack Ryan. You believed in Harvey Dent; will you believe in Jack Ryan, too?

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I’ve just added yet another category to the Movie Productions section of the gallery - this time for 2002 romance/drama Possession, which Aaron starred in alongside Gwyneth Paltrow. There are over 400 caps of the film, as well as posters, stills and behind the scenes images.

There are still loads of Towelhead reviews floating about, so I shall post them as soon as I can, hopefully with some related pictures for the gallery.

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Movie Productions - Possession - Artwork / Promotional
Movie Productions - Possession - DVD: Screencaptures
Movie Productions - Possession - Production Stills
Movie Productions - Possession - Behind the Scenes

Welcome to Aaron Eckhart Fan! I’ve decided to finally open the site up - not in its full state, obviously, but seeing as I’m constantly updating it lately, I thought fans should may as well be able to see what’s up so far =] We’ve got over 3,000 screencaptures in the gallery, and I’m always capping and uploading more, so stay tuned for more!

Towelhead is getting lots of positive reviews lately, so continue reading below this post to see the latest news, as well as previous updates regarding all the screencaps that have been uploaded so far.

lan Ball’s extraordinarily uncomfortable look at middle America suburbanites is a provocative expose on race, sexuality, politics, and the dark side of human nature. To give a little more insight into the film’s controversial subject matter, one need look no further then the bold title.

Summer Bishill gives a powerful performance as Jasira, a thirteen year old Arab American girl whose recently divorced mother (played by Maria Bello) forces the young and confused girl to move in with her strict, Lebanese father (played by Peter Macdissi) in a small Texas neighborhood. While adjusting to her new life, Jasira is either physically or emotionally abused by just about every person she comes into contact with.
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Towelhead
Directed by: Marc Abraham
Cast: Summer Bishil, Maria Bello, Aaron Eckhart, Peter Macdissi
Time: 1 hr 56 mins
Rating: R

Plot: A tale a troubled Arab girl who forges through the tumultuous tweens amidst amplified adversity. Along with reaching her sexual awakening, young Jasira learns the yings and yangs of bigotry and racism without much help from her anti-role model parents.

Who’s It For? This is film based on the novel written by Alicia Erian. It’s interesting to see how successful books are morphed into feature films. Also, anyone interested in witnessing what could be the most provocative coming age story about a thirteen-year-old girl. Yes, I’ve seen Thirteen.

Expectations: Those of you expecting the rumored controversy this film with initiate should ready yourself. It’s difficult to fully assert how far this film goes with the material. Far past previously set standards for what’s expectable, especially considering the subject matter related films have dealt with. There will be a few scenes where it’s guaranteed you will be pushed to cover your eyes.
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So where are we on the Batman threequel? Here’s a list of what you could believe:

1) Angelina Jolie will play Catwoman
2) Johnny Depp will portray The Riddler
3) No matter how much he protests, Philip Seymour Hoffman has already inked a deal to play The Penguin
4) The movie will be called The Dark Knight Returns
5) Two-Face isn’t dead, even though Aaron Eckhart swears he is

You could believe all of that. In fact, not 20 minutes ago, I heard some nimrod on a local radio station say that Depp was going to be in the movie.

The problem with believing any of those things at this point, however, is that they’re simply not true. Some of them may happen. Take, for example, the title. That fits. But everything is just speculation and nothing more. Zero.

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Short version: Towelhead manages to balance humor and drama in this cautionary tale of a 13 year old girl’s burgeoning sexuality.

Like many films shown at Sundance this year, Towelhead combined different styles (humor and drama), but does it more successfully than most. It’s the story of a thirteen year old girl who is half Lebanese / half WASP whose physical development is quite ahead of her age. Towelhead (aka Nothing is Private) was written, directed and produced by Alan Ball, the same fellow who wrote the screenplay for the similarly themed American Beauty a few years ago.

Expectedly, due to the content of this film, it has only been picked up for limited distribution at theaters but it’s definitely worth seeing if you can handle the subject matter.

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Actor Aaron Eckhart felt awkward during his sex scenes in upcoming film Towelhead - because his co-star Summer Bishil found them funny.

The Dark Knight star plays a bigoted reserve soldier in the controversial movie, which tells the story of an Arab-American girl’s encounter with racism after her family moves to a Texas town.

She conducts an affair with her neighbour, played by Eckhart - but he hated filming their intense sex scenes because Bishil joked her way through them.

He tells MTV.com, “Those were difficult times for me. The way I did it was to really trust (director) Alan (Ball). It was in the words. I really trusted Summer, and I tried to get her to trust me, to build a relationship when we were doing physical scenes.

“We’d really rehearse them mechanically, and I’d say, “Ok, I’m going to put my hand here, I’m going to do this”. She was so good-humoured about the whole thing and well-adjusted - I think I found it more difficult.”