Deadline has reported that Dave Franco is set to join Sophie Wilde (Talk to Me) in the alien invasion thriller Soon You Will Be Gone and Possibly Eaten, which is still one of my favourite titles for an upcoming film.
The sci-fi thriller will be directed by Egor Abramenko (Sputnik) from a script by Luke Piotrowski & Ben Collins (Hellraiser). The script is based on a short story by Nick Antosca, creator of Apple TV’s upcoming Cape Fear series. Anton is fully financing the film and handling worldwide rights. Production is set to kick off this summer.
The film follows “Rob and Sabile, a young engaged couple, who head to a secluded mountain resort to take their vows and step into the new chapter of their shared lives. What was planned as a joyous wedding attended by family members takes a different turn when unexpected guests crash the ceremony.“
In a statement, Abramenko said, “I was blown away by Nick Antosca’s short story. From the get-go, it was a very fresh take on the alien genre, which is a really rare thing.“
Franco will next be seen starring alongside O’Shea Jackson Jr. and Mason Thames in Idiots (formerly titled The Shitheads) from director Macon Blair. It’s set to hit theaters on August 28.
The film follows “cynical degenerate Mark (Franco) and bumbling idealist Davis (Jackson) as they’ve both hit rock bottom. Paired for a job by a shady transport service, their task seems simple: transport Sheridan, a wealthy troubled teen, to rehab. But Sheridan has other plans and what starts as a simple road trip becomes an unhinged odyssey of drug-fueled disasters, near-death experiences, and criminal encounters. Out of their minds and in way over their heads, Mark and Davis find the courage to face their failures and realize that it’s not the destination that matters, it’s the shitheads you meet along the way.“
Our own Chris Bumbray caught the film at Sundance earlier this year, but found that it didn’t quite come together. “[The film] is all over the place, being a stoner comedy one moment and a violent thriller the next,” Bumbray wrote. “Blair did something similar in his previous I Don’t Feel at Home in This World Anymore, but he had stars Melanie Lynskey and Elijah Wood to ground it. He doesn’t have the same luck in The Shitheads. Both Franco and Jackson are good (and Thames makes for a convincing sociopath), but they come off as caricatures rather than real people, and that keeps Blair’s film from feeling as well thought out as his previous work.” You can check out the rest of his review right here.