Credit: Variety
Twentieth Century Fox is set to create a “re-imagining” of the 1951 sci-fi epic The Day The Earth Stood Still, and now they have their star.
Keanu Reeves is set to star as a humanoid alien in the film that has Scott Derrickson (The Exorcism Of Emily Rose) stepping into the director’s position of Robert Wise who directed the original. David Scarpa penned the script and Erwin Stoff will be directing.
The film takes Reeves’ character of Klaatu arriving on Earth and accompanied by an indestructible, heavily armed robot. Klaatu has a warning for the world leaders that their continued aggression will lead to their annihilation by a species watching them from far away.
Forest Whitaker, Hugh Laurie, and Chris Evans also star in the film which is expected to be begin production later this year or early next.
