Oscar-nominated short film maker Ruairi Robinson is set to direct his first feature film, the thriller The Last Days On Mars, which will feature special effects created by Peter Jackson’s Weta Digital.
According to ComingSoon.net, “The Last Days On Mars is currently in pre-production and is expected to start shooting early 2012 on location in Jordan and at Shepperton Studios in the UK.”
The film is described as follows:
“As their last day on Mars draws to a close, the astronaut crew is on the verge of a major breakthrough – collected rock specimens reveal microscopic evidence of life. Meanwhile, communication is underway with AURORA, the approaching spacecraft that will relieve the crew of their operations. In their last hours on the planet, two astronauts go back to SITE 9, a cavernous valley on the surface of Mars, to collect further evidence of their discovery. But a routine excavation turns deadly when one of them falls to his death and his body taken host and re-animated by the very life form they sought to discover.”
“As their last day on Mars draws to a close, the astronaut crew is on the verge of a major breakthrough – collected rock specimens reveal microscopic evidence of life. Meanwhile, communication is underway with AURORA, the approaching spacecraft that will relieve the crew of their operations. In their last hours on the planet, two astronauts go back to SITE 9, a cavernous valley on the surface of Mars, to collect further evidence of their discovery. But a routine excavation turns deadly when one of them falls to his death and his body taken host and re-animated by the very life form they sought to discover.”
Meanwhile in Tinseltown, Paramount has hired screenwriter John Glenn (Eagle Eye (2008)) to re-write the forthcoming sci-fi thriller Abducted, the story for which, according to Deadline, “centers around an alien abduction of a group of average Americans who decide to take on the aliens and battle their way off the extraterrestrial craft.” The movie was originally described as "'Die Hard' on a spaceship."
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Finally, and still on the subject of interstellar kidnappings, Eddie Murphy is writing an as yet untitled all-black alien abduction comedy. The actor told the print version of Rolling Stone: “I have this idea called ‘Tyrell and Omar and Brick and Michael’s Wack-Ass Weekend‘ about this group of guys who get abducted by aliens on the way to the fights. I’m writing that now.”
More details on all of these movies as they emerge here at Silver Screen Saucers.
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