Merrick here...


Wolfgang Petersen will direct UPRISING for Columbia. It'll be written by Charles Leavitt (K-PAX, BLOOD DIAMOND).

As for UPRISING, the...

Story revolves around the resistance efforts of some citizens after Earth has been occupied by a powerful alien race.

...says THIS ARTICLE in Variety.

Last I heard, Petersen was supposed to be making a Whitley Strieber-based movie called THE GRAYS...not sure what happened to that.

And, of course, there's always that ever-gestating adaptation ENDER'S GAME...

I've said this several times already, but will say it again...if you haven't checked out Petersen's new cut of TROY, you might find it interesting. It's a longer film, which results in more characters and many abbreviated moments feeling more well rounded & paid off.

Horner's score has been re-edited and utilized differently, color manipulation has been done across the board...I'm not sure if any element of the film was left untouched.

Admittedly, the result is still an imperfect movie, but it's a far more refined, far less flawed product than it used to be.

It's available on DVD (there's also a mega-collector's edition available), and Blu-Ray.