Battle: Los Angeles

Battle: Los Angeles is an upcoming Columbia Pictures movie starring Aaron Eckhart, Michelle Rodriguez, Michael Pena, and Bridget Moynahan. Battle: Los Angeles revolves around a Marine staff sergeant (Eckhart) and his new platoon's battle against an alien invasion on the streets of Los Angeles. Eckhart plays a Marine staff sergeant while Rodriguez plays CPL Adriana Santos, a member of a radio battalion. Pena plays the father of a boy the Marines f... more

Battle: Los Angeles is an upcoming Columbia Pictures movie starring Aaron Eckhart, Michelle Rodriguez, Michael Pena, and Bridget Moynahan. Battle: Los Angeles revolves around a Marine staff sergeant (Eckhart) and his new platoon's battle against an alien invasion on the streets of Los Angeles. Eckhart plays a Marine staff sergeant while Rodriguez plays CPL Adriana Santos, a member of a radio battalion. Pena plays the father of a boy the Marines find along the way, and Moynahan plays a veterinarian. Filming will take place from September 2009 through October 2010 in Shreveport and Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Principle photography began in the second week of September in Shreveport with scenes depicting a destroyed interstate filled with cars, an overturned tanker truck, a crashed helicopter, and more. Special effects used, which were unfamiliar in the Shrevpeort area, including pyrotechnics. The most climactic of all was a large fireball producing explosion, which alarmed passers-by... less