The Zone

[:eek:]

Roland Emmerich Plots The Zone

Source: Heat Vision
October 29, 2010


Roland Emmerich is planning to go the found-footage route with a secret project called The Zone, reports Heat Vision.

The film, from screenwriter Guillaume Tunzini, is said to deal with a large-scale alien invasion and will be produced on a small budget of under $5 million. The Zone will star an unknown cast and will feature largely improvised scenes.

Two roles are listed in the original article, including a middle-aged reporter and his young cameraman. Both parts are said to have been cast.

The Zone joins the ever-growing list of upcoming alien invasion films which currently includes Skyline, Battle: Los Angeles, Battleship, The Darkest Hour and Cowboys & Aliens.

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[Octoberist]

the pain of it all.

It's always that one movie (Be it Avatar or District 9) then you get 20 clones.

I do have to say that 'Cowboys & Aliens' might be awesome.

 

[Figs]

I'm shocked that he's doing such a small project. I guess after 2012 it's hard to top that kind of disaster though.

 

[Aesop Rocks]

Battleship is an alien invasion movie?

 

[:eek:]

Roland Emmerich's low-budget found-footage alien invasion feature "The Zone" has been cancelled a week before it was scheduled to kick off filming says Heat Vision.
The film, was to be shot for just $5 million and Sony Pictures was set to acquire it as a negative pick-up for release in April. Peter Mackenzie and Brandon Scott were among several actors who had already been in rehearsals for the mostly improv-based feature.
A representative for the director says "This is not a project (Emmerich) is pursuing at this time", while other members of the production are said to be "at a loss" as to why the plug had been pulled. Speculation though is rife over the glut of both alien invasion and 'found footage' films in the market and set to open over the next few months.
On top of the currently released "Paranormal Activity 2", "Monsters" and this week's "Skyline", next March sees the release of the big-budget L.A. alien invasion tale "Battle: Los Angeles" and the sci-fi found footage feature "Apollo 18" followed by a late Summer bows for the Russian-set alien invasion tale "The Darkest Hour".