Remember in November when we let you know TAKEN director Pierre Morel decided to direct EARTH DEFENSE FORCE (EDF) over OUIJA and DUNE? Remember how it was known then that AIR FORCE ONE scribe Andrew Marlowe was set to script EDF, with Sam Raimi producing? Well, there may be a change in plans!
According to The Playlist, Marlowe’s script is now going to be rewritten by Danny Strong (seen right), a long time actor-cum-writer whose major credit comes from the excellent HBO movie RECOUNT. No telling when production will start, but at least there’s some new development on the epically scaled alien invasion spectacle. And with Raimi overseeing Morel’s work, this could be a pretty rad endeavor!
In EDF, we open on a U.S. military operation gone awry: Sent to rescue what they believe is a sub that’s accidentally bumped into a mine in Chinese waters, U.S. naval aviators quickly wind up engaged in a dogfight with a squadron of Chinese air force pilots. Soon, planes on both sides are being shot out of the sky, but not by the Chinese or US pilots, but by three alien attack fighters, which soon depart and destroy many of the world’s landmarks and military installations, then, vanish. It’s a test of Earth’s defensive capabilities, and we failed. Shortly after, NASA detects a radiation signature in a nearby galaxy, indicating a far more massive attack coming in about ten months, and world leaders set about trying to create super-aircraft and weapons that can fight off the coming invasion.
Keep it locked for more EDF news as we net it!