Invasion tells of a home invasion during an alien invasion

Last Updated on August 2, 2021

Independence Day

It was only on Tuesday when word came out that Verve and Industry Entertainment were shopping around a "hot" spec script called INVASION, written by John Swetnam and Harris Wilkinson. The script had a simple but very appealing description, so it's no surprise that it only took two days for it to find a home.

Blumhouse has come out the winner of an auction for INVASION, and the sci-fi thriller story they'll be bringing to the screen with this one revolves around

a home invasion that happens during an alien invasion.

Yep, I was sold on INVASION as soon as I heard that. If I were a decision maker at Blumhouse, I would have snatched it up, too.

The script is also said to mash-up "a ticking clock sci-fi premise with themes that include immigration".

Wilkinson will be executive producing the film while Swetnam produces it with Blumhouse head Jason Blum. Blumhouse's Ryan Turek will co-produce.

INVASION is expected to go into production later this year, so the search will soon be on for a director and the actress who will fill the "strong female role".

Swetnam previously wrote the tornado movie INTO THE STORM, while Wilkinson wrote LEPRECHAUN: ORIGINS.

Source: Deadline, Tracking-Board

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