Aaron Eckhart decided to take the starring role in Battle: Los Angeles, a sci-fi action film that Jonathan Liebesman is directing for Columbia.

Although this is Eckhart’s first time to be front and center on an action movie, he did play Harvey Dent/Two-Face in The Dark Knight and held his own in Black Dahlia and Erin Brockovich. Battle: Los Angeles is being touted as Eckhart’s vehicle to go mainstream.

According to the Hollywood Reporter, Chris Bertolini wrote the story that centers on a Marine platoon’s encounter in the battle on the streets of Los Angeles against an alien invasion. Eckhart will play the platoon leader in the film, which has yet to set a start date.