Starring: Aaron Eckhart, Michelle Rodriguez, Michael Pena, Bridget
Moynahan, Adetokumboh M'Cormack, Ne-Yo, Ramon Rodriguez, Taylor Handley,
Cory Hardrict, Jadin Gould, Bryce Cass, Joey King Director: Jonathan Liebesman
U.S. Opening Date: March 11th, 2011
THEY SAY
Battle: Los Angeles revolves around a Marine
staff sergeant (Eckhart) and his new platoon's battle against an alien
invasion on the streets of Los Angeles.
Rodriguez will play Corporal Adriana Santos, a member of
a radio battalion. Pena plays the father of a boy the Marines find along
the way, and Moynahan plays a veterinarian.
It will be directed by South African-born Jonathan
Liebesman (The Killing Room, Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The
Beginning) and based on a spec screenplay by Chris Bertolini (General’s
Daughter).
Ironically the movie is being filmed in Louisiana . . .
WE SAY
Aaron Eckhart – action hero? It must be the chin . . .
The 40-year-old Eckhart has come a long way since he
feared being typecast as a misogynist
psychopath in The Company in Men back in 1997. Why, this year he played
an, um, vengeful psychopath in The Dark Knight (Two Face).
Anyway, it sounds all very
Cloverfield (or
Aliens set in L.A. if you’re an
older cineaste), but we just looove that title. Very, very B-movie. Sounds
like something John Carpenter would have directed in his down-on-his-luck
straight-to-video days. Come to think of it, what did happen to Carpenter?
Come back, Mr. Carpenter, all is forgiven and we have a script for you!
In case you were wondering what John Carpenter is doing nowadays, he is
actually currently working on Scared Straight starring Nicolas Cage (then
again, Cage stars in everything nowadays). The movie appears to be a
remake of Con Air basically. IMDb.com describes the plot as follows:
"As part of the
crime-prevention program Scared Straight, a governor's delinquent son is
sent to prison for what's to be a short period of time. While behind bars,
however, the kid is taken hostage during a riot, forcing a lifer (Cage) to
come to his aid." The movie is scheduled for 2009. Carpenter also has two
horror movies in the pipeline (obviously), namely LA Gothic (2008) and
The Prince
(2010).
