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Kidman to lead in 'Invasion'
(AP)
Updated: 2005-08-04 09:02

Nicole Kidman is in final negotiations to star in ¡°Invasion,¡± a sci-fi thriller being directed by the German director of a recent controversial film about Adolf Hitler.


Nicole Kidman in black evening dress performs in Chanel No. 5 commercial. [univision.com]
The story takes place after a mysterious epidemic alters the behavior of human beings, and follows a Washington psychiatrist who discovers that its origins are extraterrestrial. She must fight to protect her son, who may hold the key to stopping the invasion.

A late September shoot in Baltimore is being eyed. Oliver Hirschbiegel will direct.

He shot the Academy Award-nominated German-language film ¡°Downfall¡± about Hitler¡¯s last days, which has grossed more than US$87 million worldwide.

¡°Invasion¡± is neither a reimagining nor a remake of ¡°Invasion of the Body Snatchers.¡± The project originated as a remake, but when writer David Kajganich turned in his take, Warner Bros. thought it had something fresh on its hands.

¡°It¡¯s a very insidious story about how the end of the world can come through science and disease and not through explosions,¡± said producer Joel Silver.

For Kidman, ¡°Invasion¡± would be a return to a genre she hasn¡¯t done since the ghost story ¡°The Others¡± in 2001. She was most recently in theaters with ¡°Bewitched¡± and ¡°The Interpreter.¡±

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