Earlier this week, a Russian trailer for the upcoming Angelina Jolie action-thriller Salt found its way online, but was quickly pulled down by Sony… and really, who wants to see a low-quality, dubbed version of a trailer anyway? (A lot of people… I know.) Today they have debuted the first domestic trailer for the film over at Yahoo!, and although it looks fairly action-packed, I can’t say there is anything all that noteworthy about it either. Is Angelina Jolie really the biggest current female action star? It seems weird to say that, but I guess her filmography proves it. Either way, I’m sure they’re hoping to attract fans of Wanted with this one.

The production history on Salt has kind of a weird twist in that Tom Cruise was originally supposed to star in the lead role (and not in drag). Somewhere along the way they rewrote the story so that the main character was a woman instead. Weird. The script comes courtesy of Kurt Wimmer (Law Abiding Citizen, The Recruit, Equilibrium) and Brian Helgeland (Man on Fire, Mystic River, Payback). Phillip Noyce (Clear and Present Danger, The Saint, Patriot Games) is in the director’s chair. These guys all have some good stuff on their resumes, so it could end up being a pretty solid spy flick. I guess I’m just a little disappointed that a movie about a Russian sleeper agent is not set during the Cold War. Boo. Salt hits theatres on July 23rd; check out the trailer after jump.