Emmy-nominated actress Lizzy Caplan is going from doing sex research on Showtime’s Masters of Sex to fighting off aliens in Universal Pictures’ forthcoming pic Extinction. The Tracking Board has confirmed that Caplan will join Michael Pena for the sci-fi thriller about a man trying to save his family from an alien invasion.
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Scottish actor James McAvoy is trading his mutant powers for a more robotic persona as he’s currently in negotiations to take the lead role in Extinction. The film is currently in development with Good Universe and Mandeville Films.
Set in the very near future, the story takes place in the midst of World War 3, a war fought fought with nukes, and a vicious new strain of chemical virus that turned the remaining survivors of the nuclear fallout into something monstrous.
“Captain America: The First Avenger” director in talks to helm sci-fi thriller.
Logline: When Peter’s dreams about an alien invasion become reality, he fights desperately to protect his family while on the run from the invading forces. Along the way, he starts to question the reality of the world he’s living in, leading to a final reveal that flips the table on him and the audience.
Logline: When Peter’s dreams about an alien invasion become reality, he fights desperately to protect his family while on the run from the invading forces. Along the way, he starts to question the reality of the world he’s living in, leading to a final reveal that flips the table on him and the audience.
