NewLine's video: Rendition Trailer

Jake Gyllenhaal, Reese Witherspoon, Peter Saarsgaard with Alan Arkin and Meryl Streep head an all-star ensemble cast in Rendition, a compelling thriller from Academy Award-winning director Gavin Hood ("Tsotsi"). Witherspoon plays Isabella El-Ibrahimi, the American wife of Egyptian-born chemical engineer Anwar El-Ibrahimi (Omar Metwally) who disappears on a flight from South Africa to Washington. Isabella desperately tries to track her husband down, while a CIA analyst (Gyllenhaal) at a secret detention facility outside the U.S. is forced to question his assignment as he becomes party to the man's unorthodox interrogation. "Rendition" is produced by Steve Golin ("Babel") and Marcus Viscidi ("The Last Kiss") and written by Kelly Sane. It is scheduled for an October 19th, 2007 release.