Nicole Kidman is set to star in a sci-fi thriller, INVASION, for Warner Bros. Joel Silver is producing through Silver Pictures, reports DAILY VARIETY. Silver chose Oliver Hirschbiegel, the German helmer of DOWNFALL, to direct INVASION as his first English-language studio feature.
David Kajganich penned the script about a behavior-changing epidemic that decimates the human race. Kidman will play a D.C. psychiatrist who figures out that extraterrestrials are behind the invasion and battles to protect her son, who may hold the key to stopping the takeover.
The film originally was going to be a redo of INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS until Kajganich, a former English professor from Miami University of Ohio, crafted a concept different enough for the studio to see it as an original.
Shooting will begin in September with Vertigo Entertainment's Doug Davison and Roy Lee on board as exec producers along with Susan Levin, Don Zepfel and Steve Richards. David Gambino is assoc. producer and Dan Lin will oversee for Warners.
