Beaks here...

Whitley Strieber has been the go-to author for alien abduction yarns for twenty-one years now, ever since he went public with his (alleged) real-life run-ins with "The Greys" in COMMUNION. I'm as unconvinced now of the existence of these extraterrestrials as I was back then, but that doesn't mean I can't enjoy a spooky sci-fi flick about deep, penetrating encounters with aliens every now and then.

So I guess I'm looking forward to Todd Lincoln's adaptation of Whitley Strieber's graphic novel THE NYE INCIDENTS, which centers on a female medical examiner's search for a serial killer who's knocking off alien abductees. I haven't read Strieber's book (haven't read anything of his since COMMUNION), but I did love THE HUNGER and THE WOLFEN when I was younger, and am heartened that he's now mining his "experiences" for straight-ahead fiction. I may still think he's gone well around the bend, but there was a time when the guy could spin a sci-fi/horror yarn like nobody's business. There's no reason this couldn't be a lot of fun.

It helps that Dark Castle has got someone as smart and passionate as Lincoln signed on to direct (he's also attached to HACK/SLASH with producer Daniel Alter, who's one of several producers listed for THE NYE INCIDENTS). There's no screenwriter yet. Why not hire Strieber?