September 23, 2009

Andrew Niccol's The Host (2011)


I was just talking about how much I missed Andrew Niccol (Gattaca) working in the science fiction genre. With his upcoming feature The Cross, Niccol is returning to the genre which he is best in. Now there Niccol will also adapt Stephanie Meyer's (Twilight) novel The Host into a feature film. Not to be confused with the Korean monster movie, the novel focuses on interstellar parasites that use people as hosts and remake human society into something very different. Niccol will write the screenplay and also direct. The book sounds similar to one of my favorite Donald Sutherland films Invasion of The Body Snatchers mixed with Equilibrium. I'm just hoping that Niccol rewrites Meyer's dialog and character development.


Meyer's has mentioned Matt Damon as the lead.

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