LOS ANGELES, Sept 11: Director Jeff Nichols is in final negotiations with 20th Century Fox to helm the remake of 1988 sci-fi film, “Alien Nation”.
The “Loving” director is also attached to pen the screenplay for the new version, reported Deadline.
The original movie, which was directed by Graham Baker, follows a racist cop (James Caan) who is forced to team with a new partner (Mandy Patinkin), a member of an alien race who was on a ship carrying 300.000 alien refugees known as the Newcomers.
The ship crashed on Earth years before the Newcomers assimilated into Los Angeles.
The film was successful enough to spawn a 1989 TV series. The title was a clever metaphor to explore racism, which seems timeless in relation to current racial politics.
The remake will be Nichols’ next project dealing with a different kind of racism after his latest civil rights drama “Loving” starring Joel Edgerton, Ruth Negga and Michael Shannon which premieres at Toronto this weekend. (PTI)
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