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‘Encounter’: Read The Screenplay For Michael Pearce And Joe Barton’s Alien Invasion Thriller Starring Riz Ahmed
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Riz Ahmed was in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, but his latest movie, Amazon Studios’ Encounter, isn’t that kind of sci-fi movie. Encounter is about an alien invasion, but one that occurs on present day Earth, to a normal family, and raises additional questions of paranoia.
Ahmed plays Malik, a Marine veteran who believes alien insects are possessing human beings for a takeover. Malik takes his two sons, Jay (Lucien-River Chauhan) and Bobby (Aditya Geddada), away from their mother (Janina Gavankar) and stepfather (Misha Collins).
On the road, Malik tries to keep his sons safe from people who have already been taken over by the insects. However, his ex-wife reports him to the authorities, and Malik’s parole officer Hattie (Octavia Spencer) gets involved trying to get him to surrender. Malik’s previous arrest makes his behavior appear all the more suspicious.
Joe Barton and director Michael Pearce’s screenplay seeds doubt within the audience about who poses the real threat. Along the way, Malik tries to keep his sons from worrying, but he can’t hide the human or alien dangers for very long. Plus, his kids are still very young, and Malik faces the same challenges any parent driving children on a road trip faces on top of the kidnapping and potential invasion.
Barton wrote Encounter on spec in 2013 when it was called Invasion. Producers Dimitri Doganis, Piers Vellacott and Derrin Schlesinger brought it to Pearce after seeing his previous film, Beast. Pearce then incorporated his own family road trips in the revision.
Encounter premiered at the Telluride Film Festival and went on to
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26.01.2022 / 23:59
‘A Hero’: Read The Screenplay For Asghar Farhadi’s Latest “Spark” That Became A Movie
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26.01.2022 / 02:15
‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’: Read The Screenplay For A Marvel That’s Now One Of The Biggest Movies Of All Time
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26.01.2022 / 00:03
‘No Time To Die’: Read The Screenplay That Said Goodbye To Daniel Craig As James Bond
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25.01.2022 / 00:15
‘Belfast’: Read The Screenplay For Kenneth Branagh’s Look Back At Growing Up In Northern Ireland
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22.01.2022 / 23:27
‘Luca’: Read The Screenplay For Disney/Pixar’s Italian Riviera-Inspired Coming-Of-Age Story
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22.01.2022 / 06:23
‘The Power Of The Dog’: Read The Screenplay For Jane Campion’s Savage Snapshot Of The American West
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22.01.2022 / 02:45
‘Cyrano’: Read The Screenplay From Erica Schmidt That Gave Joe Wright A New Way In To Classic Tale
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21.01.2022 / 02:43
Why Justin Timberlake Won’t Read Jamie Lynn Spears’ Book 20 Years After Britney Split
As the very public feud between Jamie Lynn Spears and Britney Spears heats up, it appears the “Toxic” singer’s ex Justin Timberlake wants no part of it. In case you missed it, Jamie Lynn wrote about the Justin and Britney’s 2002 breakup in her new book, Things I Should Have Said, saying she was “deeply affected” by the split. Then Britney, 40, posted on social media that she should have “slapped” Jamie Lynn, 30, soon after the Justin breakup for being “selfish.” So, where does all this leave the “Can’t Stop the Feeling!” singer?
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20.01.2022 / 23:51
‘The Hand Of God’: Read The Screenplay (In English And Italian) For Paolo Sorrentino’s Most Personal Film
When Italian filmmaker Paolo Sorrentino reached his milestone 50th birthday, he decided the occasion was ripe with the potential to break away from many of the enduring ways he made distinctive, much lauded projects (including Academy Award winner The Great Beauty, Youth, Il Divo, The Consequences of Love and The Young Pope) and experiment with new cinematic and storytelling techniques. And for his next film, The Hand of God, he decided to plumb the depths of his own past as well.
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20.01.2022 / 03:07
‘Raya And The Last Dragon’: Read The Screenplay For Disney’s Animated Adventure Exploring Themes Of Unity And Trust
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20.01.2022 / 00:17
‘House Of Gucci’: Read The Screenplay That Ridley Scott Fashioned Into A True-Life Crime Drama
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19.01.2022 / 19:49
Michael Griffiths unveils jaw-dropping body transformation and WOW
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19.01.2022 / 05:17
‘The French Dispatch’: Read The Screenplay For Wes Anderson’s Ode To The New Yorker And France
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19.01.2022 / 04:21
‘West Side Story’: Read The Screenplay For Steven Spielberg And Tony Kushner’s Take On Iconic Musical
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18.01.2022 / 00:33
‘Respect’: Read The Screenplay For Aretha Franklin Biopic That Explores How She Became The Queen Of Soul
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15.01.2022 / 23:15
‘Encanto’: Read The Screenplay For Disney’s Animated Musical Featuring Some Lin-Manuel Miranda Magic
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14.01.2022 / 22:13
‘CODA’: Read The Screenplay For Siân Heder’s Movie Propelled By The Cinematic Language Of ASL
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14.01.2022 / 05:03
‘Nightmare Alley’: Read The Screenplay For Guillermo Del Toro’s Noir Cautionary Tale
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13.01.2022 / 01:27
‘King Richard’: Read The Screenplay That Aces The Venus And Serena Williams Story
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