News Concerning New Sci-Fi Movie, 'Extinction'

 

Reports has it that the actor James McAvoy  is now circling back to full-blown sci-fi territory for Extinction, a new action-thriller hailing from Good Universe and Mandeville Films.

A self-confessed science fiction nut himself, McAvoy will anchor the picture as a troubled man fending off unsettling nightmares of his family in peril. That feeling of unease is amplified to the nth degree when an extra-terrestrial force descends into low Earth orbit, and it’s not long before McAvoy’s father and chief mechanic realizes those invading might not be what he initially expected.

Simmering on the fringes for a few years now, it was Joe Johnston that was originally in line to direct; however, Deadline notes that the studios are now on the hunt for a new filmmaker to take point at the helm for Extinction.