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Dec 14, 2012, 3:54 PM EST
Michelle Rodriguez, Michael Pena and Bridget Moynahan have been recruited to join Columbia's sci-fi action movie Battle: Los Angeles, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
The sci-fi actioner, directed by Jonathan Liebesman and produced by Original Film's Neal Moritz, stars Aaron Eckhart and is set to begin production in the fall.
Battle revolves around a Marine staff sergeant (Eckhart) and his new platoon's battle against an alien invasion on the streets of Los Angeles.
Rodriguez will play 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.