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In Columbia Pictures� new sci-fi action-thriller �World Invasion: Battle Los Angeles� earth is under attack from unknown forces.
As people everywhere watch the world�s great cities fall, Los Angeles represents the last stand for mankind in a battle no one expected.
For years, there have been documented cases of UFO sightings - Buenos Aires in 1965, Seoul in 1983, France, Germany, China - but all of these had official stories that covered up and dismissed these inexplicable events. For example, on the night of February 24-25, 1942, with America on nationwide alert following the bombing of Pearl Harbor, Angelenos were wakened to air raid sirens. The 37th Coast Artillery Brigade fired anti-aircraft shells at the flying craft over Santa Monica � some flying very slowly, and others estimated to be traveling as fast as 200 miles per hour. The shells did no damage to the crafts - only to the city itself. Though there would be several official investigations and conclusions explaining what exactly was in the sky over L.A. that night � weather balloons, etc. - it has even been suggested that secret government documents exist that show a divided opinion among military experts.
�I love how the real-life event just grounds the movie,� says producer Ori Marmur. �For the film, we decided that all previous UFO sightings, including that one, were scouting missions� gearing up for the coming invasion by unknown forces.�
�`World Invasion: Battle Los Angeles� is the exact type of movie I love to go to the theater to see, and dreamed of directing,� says Jonathan Liebesman, who helms the story of one small group of people who find themselves taking on an unimaginable foe.
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Screenwriter Chris Bertolini says that when he first struck upon the idea that would become the film, he sought to merge two of his favorite kinds of stories. �I wanted to take a story in which otherworldly beings are here on Earth and a story about individuals, where you�re seeing the battle from the POV of the guys on the ground,� he says. �I got into the idea that the story would follow a small group of guys and the audience would experience everything as they experience it.�
Bertolini�s spec screenplay was first spotted by producer Neal H. Moritz, who has vast experience with action films and saw the potential in the story. �What really stood out for me about this screenplay was that it was the point of view of one small group of people in an alien invasion. I love the specificity of that,� says Moritz. �It�s an inside look at a group of young men and women, all going through different struggles in their lives, who are out there trying to protect their country against an invading alien force.�
Aaron Eckhart leads the cast as Staff Sergeant Nantz, a career Marine who is �pretty burnt out,� he says. On the brink of retirement, he is pressed back into service. �He�s leading a bunch of young Marines into a battle with aliens in L.A. He�s doing it reluctantly, but that�s just the type of hero that I love to watch.�
Michelle Rodriguez plays Elena Santos, who becomes a key ally for Nantz and his platoon. �She sees everything go off on the radars,� she says. Once the platoon finds itself battling unknown forces, �she is one of the first on the scene to track them down and find out what they are and how they tick.� The cast is rounded out by Ramon Rodriguez, Bridget Moynahan, Grammy-winning R&B artist Ne-Yo, and Michael Pe�a.
Opening soon across the Philippines, �World Invasion: Battle Los Angeles� is distributed by Columbia Pictures, local office of Sony Pictures Releasing International.
As people everywhere watch the world�s great cities fall, Los Angeles represents the last stand for mankind in a battle no one expected.
For years, there have been documented cases of UFO sightings - Buenos Aires in 1965, Seoul in 1983, France, Germany, China - but all of these had official stories that covered up and dismissed these inexplicable events. For example, on the night of February 24-25, 1942, with America on nationwide alert following the bombing of Pearl Harbor, Angelenos were wakened to air raid sirens. The 37th Coast Artillery Brigade fired anti-aircraft shells at the flying craft over Santa Monica � some flying very slowly, and others estimated to be traveling as fast as 200 miles per hour. The shells did no damage to the crafts - only to the city itself. Though there would be several official investigations and conclusions explaining what exactly was in the sky over L.A. that night � weather balloons, etc. - it has even been suggested that secret government documents exist that show a divided opinion among military experts.
�I love how the real-life event just grounds the movie,� says producer Ori Marmur. �For the film, we decided that all previous UFO sightings, including that one, were scouting missions� gearing up for the coming invasion by unknown forces.�
�`World Invasion: Battle Los Angeles� is the exact type of movie I love to go to the theater to see, and dreamed of directing,� says Jonathan Liebesman, who helms the story of one small group of people who find themselves taking on an unimaginable foe.
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Screenwriter Chris Bertolini says that when he first struck upon the idea that would become the film, he sought to merge two of his favorite kinds of stories. �I wanted to take a story in which otherworldly beings are here on Earth and a story about individuals, where you�re seeing the battle from the POV of the guys on the ground,� he says. �I got into the idea that the story would follow a small group of guys and the audience would experience everything as they experience it.�
Bertolini�s spec screenplay was first spotted by producer Neal H. Moritz, who has vast experience with action films and saw the potential in the story. �What really stood out for me about this screenplay was that it was the point of view of one small group of people in an alien invasion. I love the specificity of that,� says Moritz. �It�s an inside look at a group of young men and women, all going through different struggles in their lives, who are out there trying to protect their country against an invading alien force.�
Aaron Eckhart leads the cast as Staff Sergeant Nantz, a career Marine who is �pretty burnt out,� he says. On the brink of retirement, he is pressed back into service. �He�s leading a bunch of young Marines into a battle with aliens in L.A. He�s doing it reluctantly, but that�s just the type of hero that I love to watch.�
Michelle Rodriguez plays Elena Santos, who becomes a key ally for Nantz and his platoon. �She sees everything go off on the radars,� she says. Once the platoon finds itself battling unknown forces, �she is one of the first on the scene to track them down and find out what they are and how they tick.� The cast is rounded out by Ramon Rodriguez, Bridget Moynahan, Grammy-winning R&B artist Ne-Yo, and Michael Pe�a.
Opening soon across the Philippines, �World Invasion: Battle Los Angeles� is distributed by Columbia Pictures, local office of Sony Pictures Releasing International.
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