‘Invasion’: Riz Ahmed And Octavia Spencer To Star In Sci-Fi Thriller
By Ben Pearson/July 29, 2020 3:30 pm EST
According to Deadline, Ahmed and Spencer have officially joined the Invasion cast for up-and-coming UK director Michael Pearce, who won a BAFTA Award for Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director, or Producer for his 2017 feature debut, Beast.
Pearce and Joe Barton (The Ritual) wrote the screenplay, which “follows two young brothers who go on the run with their father, a decorated Marine (Ahmed), who is trying to protect them from an inhuman 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.”
The hope is to get Invasion into production in the United States sometime this year.
I’ve never heard of the BAFTA-winning Beast, but that film stars the great Jessie Buckley (Wild Rose, Chernobyl) and looks like a moody, propulsive thriller on a relatively small scale. Check out the trailer:
Pearce has also directed a number of short films, and although most of them aren’t online, I was able to find one: a touching romance called Gallop he made in 2012, which focuses on a man getting a multiple sclerosis diagnosis and grappling with how to move forward with his relationship in the wake of such life-altering news. Check that one out below.
