AREA 51 (2010) - PREVIEW

Area 51 (2010)

Starring: Reid Warner (Eli Stone), Darrin Bragg, Ben Rovne
Director: Oren Peli
U.S. Opening Date: TBA 2010

Area 51 is the next movie for director-writer Oren Peli, whose Paranormal Activity horror movie is currently causing quite a buzz thanks to some clever Blair Witch Project-style word-of-mouth Internet marketing.

Production has already started on Area 51, which according to Variety will have the “found footage narrative structure of his last film and tell the story of three teens whose curiosity leads them to the notorious Area 51 part of Nellis Air Force Base in the Nevada desert.”

“I’d rather not say anything about Area 51 except that I am very pleased to be working with the same team who stood by me for the two or three years it took Paranormal Activity to get into theaters,” Peli said.

(Area 51 will have a budget of $5 million, which is practically nothing in an industry in which blockbusters such as G.I. Joe cost $170 million. Even low-budget slasher flicks such as Rob Zombie’s recent Halloween II cost in the $15 million price range. Paranormal Activity only cost $11 000 to make!)