Riz Ahmed and Octavia Spencer to face an unhuman threat in Invasion

Last Updated on August 2, 2021

Riz Ahmed (VENOM, ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY) and Octavia Spencer (MA, THE SHAPE OF WATER) have signed on to star in the sci-fi thriller INVASION, which Amazon Studios will be producing with Raw and Film4. 

Michael Pearce, who made his feature debut with the 2017 crime thriller BEAST, will be directing INVASION and has written the screenplay with Joe Barton (THE RITUAL, iBOY). The story centers on 

two young brothers who go on the run with their father, a decorated Marine (Ahmed), who is trying to protect them from an unhuman threat. As the journey takes them in increasingly dangerous and unexpected directions, the boys will need to confront hard truths and leave their childhood behind. 

Raw's Dimitri Doganis, Piers Vellacott, and Derrin Schlesinger are the producers, with Kate Churchill, Jenny Hinkey, and Film4's Daniel Battsek, Ollie Madden, and Julia Oh serving as executive producers. 

INVASION is aiming to start filming in the United States sometime before the end of the year. I'm interested in finding out what the "unhuman threat" in the story is going to be like.