It was announced just about a month ago that Ice Cube (Anaconda, Ghosts of Mars) is headed back into the world of genre entertainment in an upcoming sci-fi movie for Universal, untitled at this time but being compared to Neill Blomkamp’s District 9, and we’ve learned today that Eva Longoria will also be starring in the film. Deadline broke the news this afternoon.
Rich Lee is set to direct the “grounded sci-movie” from writer Kenneth Golde.
The film “touches on themes of privacy versus surveillance.”
The site notes that the film is going to be shot remotely, “with all actors and crew working from their individual separate locations.” Learn more about the project on Deadline.
Patrick Aiello and Timur Bekmambetov are producing.