The Invasion (Invasion of the Body Snatchers remake)

[Brian in Mesa]

Body Snatchers Get a Director
Source: Production Weekly
July 15, 2005

German director Oliver Hirschbiegel (Downfall) will direct an Invasion of the Body Snatchers remake for Warner Bros., reports Production Weekly.

Written by Dave Kajganich, the new version centers on a female protagonist who uncovers a conspiracy in a small town where the inhabitants' personalities seem to be changing.

In Don Siegel's original 1956 sci-fi/horror film, a hysteria spreads through a small California town after townspeople appear to their relatives and friends as strangers while retaining their outward appearances.

The studio owns the remake rights to the film after making 1993's Body Snatchers, directed by Abel Ferrara. Production on the new version will start this October in Baltimore.

 

[Stout]

Wow, into a THIRD remake. Just give it a frickin' rest already!!!

 

[Brian in Mesa]

Nicole Kidman to Fight the Invasion
Source: Production Weekly
July 28, 2005

Nicole Kidman is set to play the lead in Invasion, German director Oliver Hirschbiegel's remake of Invasion of the Body Snatchers, reports Production Weekly.

The Warner Bros. release, written by Dave Kajganich, will center on Carol (Kidman) who uncovers a conspiracy in a small town where the inhabitants' personalities seem to be changing.

Production on the new version will begin in October.

 

[Brian in Mesa]

Kidman in Crash on The Invasion Set
Source: The Associated Press
January 25, 2007

Nicole Kidman was taken to a hospital after the Jaguar she was driving crashed early Thursday during downtown shooting of Warner Bros. sci-fi thriller The Invasion, says The Associated Press.

Kidman, 39, was examined at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and then released a short time later. Paramedics were called to examine Kidman for injuries before she was taken to the hospital, police said.

"Nicole Kidman was in the vehicle at the time of the accident and was taken to the hospital for evaluation. She was released shortly thereafter," the studio said.

The Jaguar was being towed by a camera rig that skidded while taking a corner and caused Kidman's car to hit a pole on West Sixth Street, police said. The actress was wearing a seat belt.

"The stunt driver apparently went off course and hit a light post at about 1 a.m.," police Officer Karen Smith said.

Eight people, including Kidman, stuntmen and cameramen, were taken to hospitals for examination and were released, Smith said. Warner Bros. said two crew members had minor injuries.

The studio also said production continued after the crash and Kidman was expected back on the set Thursday.

The Invasion, directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel, co-stars Daniel Craig (Casino Royale). It opens on August 17.

 

[Brian in Mesa]

Could the thread title please be changed to "The Invasion (Invasion of the Body Snatchers remake)" ...

Thanks.

BIM

 

[Renz]

The 1956 original is still the best.

 

[Louis]

The 1956 original is still the best.

It's superb.

Back when you had to act to convey fear and not rely on overly bloody villains or loud noises.

 

[Brian in Mesa]

The Invasion

Release Date: August 17, 2007
Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures
Director: Oliver Hirschbiegel
Screenwriter: David Kajganich
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
MPAA Rating: PG-13 (for violence, disturbing images and terror)
Website: The Invasion

Starring: Nicole Kidman, Daniel Craig, Jeremy Northam, Malin Akerman

Plot Summary: Academy Award winner Nicole Kidman ("The Hours") and Daniel Craig ("Casino Royale") star in the science fiction action thriller "The Invasion," a nightmarish journey into a world where the only way to stay alive is to stay awake.

The mysterious crash of the space shuttle leads to the terrifying discovery that there is something alien within the wreckage. Those who come in contact with it are changing in ominous and inexplicable ways. Soon Washington, DC psychiatrist Carol Bennell (Nicole Kidman) and her friend, Dr. Ben Driscoll (Daniel Craig), learn the shocking truth about the growing extraterrestrial epidemic: it attacks its victims while they sleep, leaving them physically unchanged but strangely unfeeling and inhuman. As the infection spreads, more and more people are altered and it becomes impossible to know who can be trusted. Now Carol's only hope is to stay awake long enough to find her young son, who may hold the key to stopping the devastating invasion.