I’ve been waiting to see anything from Chris Gorak‘s The Darkest Hour. Produced by Wanted helmer Timur Bekmambetov, the alien invasion flick features two of my favorite young actors, Olivia Thirlby and Emile Hirsch (in his first role since the disappointing Taking Woodstock). It looks like we’ll all have to wait a bit longer.
Originally set for August 5th, Summit has now pushed the thriller to December 23rd, 2011. One could bet this had to do with the James Franco-led Rise of the Apes moving back to summer, next to the slot The Darkest Hour previously held. That move also caused The Smurfs to go back a week to the end of July.
The 3D film also stars Russian actors Gosha Kutsenko, Dato Bakhtadze, Nikolai Yefremov and Arthur Smolyaninov. It tells “the story of five young Americans who find themselves stranded in Moscow, fighting to survive after extratrerrestials take aim at Earth.” Producer Bekmambetov also recently picked up a zombie spec script titled Maggie. Read more about that story on Deadline.
When it opens on December 23rd it will go against some heavy competition including Steven Spielberg‘s The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn, David Fincher‘s The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, and Cameron Crowe‘s We Bought a Zoo.
Are you excited to see the film? Do you think the move was smart?