Roland Emmerich About to Start Shooting a Secret Sci-Fi Project« FirstShowing.net

I guess alien invasion sci-fi movies reallyareall the rage right now. Though he's been working on his period dramaAnonymous, explosive German filmmakerRoland Emmerichhas apparently been secretly working on another small project.Heat Visionreports that Emmerich is already preparing to shoot a film calledThe Zone, another"found footage"sci-fi film, likeCloverfield, that revolves around an alien invasion. No other plot details are known, but Emmerich will cast improv-based unknown actors and work with a$5 millionbudget. Whoa! Give or takeAnonymous, he hasn't worked with a budget less than $100 million since 1994!

For those who need something to grasp onto regardingThe Zone, apparently two of the leads have just been cast (or so they say). We don't actually know the actors' names yet, but here are the character breakdowns: one is a"haggard journalistin his 40s or 50s"and the other is a"black man in his early to mid 20's, thecameraman."I already have a feeling this is going to be a cheesy Roland Emmerich version ofCloverfieldandMonstersmixed, which may or may not be cool to see. What I guess I mean is that the problems with his movies mostly lie in the script, and it might be cool to see him tackle"found footage"style sci-fi action story wrapped around an epic alien invasion. Come on, this is the guy who brought usIndependence Day!

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