Nicole Kidman will earn about $16 million to star in WB’s new science fiction thriller "Invasion," says Variety. Originally planned as (yet) another remake of Jack Finney‘s classic "Invasion of the Body Snatchers," the WB project will now go into production as an "original screenplay" and under the directorial reins of Oliver Hirschbiegel ("Das Experiment").
The screenplay by David Kajganich deals with "an insidious and behavior-changing epidemic that decimates the human race. Kidman … will play a D.C. psychiatrist who figures out that extraterrestrials are behind the invasion. She battles to protect her son, who may hold the key to stopping the takeover."
Uber-producer Joel Silver will be overseeing the project. The young German filmmaker, who recently scored some arthouse accolades with "Downfall" will be making his English-language debut on "Invasion," and the director seems pretty excited about the project: "This was exactly the kind of studio movie I wanted to do. I’m a specialist in human drama and three-dimensional characters, and I want to emphasize that over big special effects and CGI."
