Eckhart: 'Battle: LA is like Dark Knight'

Aaron Eckhart has revealed that his new alien invasion movie Battle: Los Angeles has the same feel as Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight.

Eckhart spoke out about the film at the Los Angeles press junket, stating that the film strives to capture a sense of realism.

"The goal was: this is a war movie, a documentary style war movie - with aliens in it," he said.

Eckhart went on to say that Battle: Los Angeles tries to use as little green screen as possible, filming instead in real locations.

"It's the same thing with The Dark Knight," he said. "You know Chris [Nolan] uses green screen, but the movie doesn't rely on green screen, so you always get that feeling from Chris that this movie is real, and that's why it adds that depth and texture. I think that it's the same thing with this film."

Battle: Los Angeles opens in theatres on March 11.