Extraterrestrials invade and middle schoolers hold the fate of the world in their hands.
The four-book series known as Bruce Coville’s Alien Adventures is headed to the screen for a potential film franchise that kicks off with an adaptation of the first book, Aliens Ate My Homework. We’ve just learned that the Universal 1440 Entertainment is currently wrapping production in Vancouver, British Columbia.
In Aliens Ate My Homework…
“When a tiny intergalactic starship crashes into the bedroom of 12-year-old Rod Allbright (Jayden Greig), it’s the start of the adventure of a lifetime for him and his cousin Elspeth (Lauren McNamara). Enlisted by the extraterrestrial Galactic Patrol, a group of out-of-this-world lawmen, Rod and Elspeth must race to save the world from Total Planetary Disaster.”
The film will star William Shatner, Jayden Greig (“Murdoch Mysteries”), Lauren McNamara (“Summer of Dreams”), Tristan Risk (American Mary), Alex Zahara (“The Man in the High Castle”) and Dan Payne (Star Trek Beyond, Watchmen).
Aliens Ate My Homework is directed by Sean McNamara (Soul Surfer, “Love in Paradise”) from a script by Judith Reeves-Stevens (“Primeval: New World”) and Garfield Reeves-Stevens (“Primeval: New World”). The film is executive produced by Sean McNamara and Harvey Kahn (Mostly Ghostly 3: One Night in Doom House).
The first of a planned series of inventive action-comedies, it’ll arrive in 2018.