This is the era of the scifi movies. More than ever so, since the biggest buck earners are no longer the studio-manufactured fantasy movies based on fairy tales or wizards and vampires. Alien Invasion movies are ready to invade our screens and here is a glimpse of the 6 awesome ones that I am super psyched about. In no parAnd thereticular order..

Skyline

Do you remember the Pixar short – Lifted which was attached with Ratatouille. Skyline seems to have multiplied that concept, like exponentially. The trailer and the publicity posters reveal an alien invasion of epic proportions. And it is not just invasion, we can also see thousands of humans being sucked into some ‘mother ship ‘. And what does that tagline actually mean – Don’t Look Up. Does that mean only humans with their vision steered in the upward direction will get sucked into the alien ship? Hmmm. All questions will be answered soon as this one hits the UK cinemas on 12 November 2010.

Monsters

Oooh, my tingling alien senses say that this could be the District 9 successor. I am too easy when it comes to predictions. If you don’t trust me, here’s what Monster’s all about. US_Mexico border is a quarantined area, where Alien lifeforms have taken over, and the US military force is fighting to contain the aliens. And there is a rescue operation simultaneously happening – of a wealthy industrialist’s daughter by a photojournalist Andrew. Expect gas masks and some thrilling background score (going by the posters). This one made a huge splash at SXSW and I for sure, cannot wait. UK release date – 3rd Dec 2010

Paul

This seems like an obvious choice. Simon Pegg, Nick Frost and an Alien who’s got Seth Rogen’s voice. Sounds like the perfect recipe for awesome fun. Hang on, there’s more. Simon Pegg and Nick Frost are geek mates who attend Comic Con and shit. And also, it has been quite a while since Hot Fuzz. Directed by Superbad Greg Mottola, the cast is like a big dream comic cast which includes – Jason Bateman, Jane ‘Sue’ Lynch, Bill Hader and most of all, SciFi goddess Sigourney Weaver. ‘Nuff said

Battle LA

AKA World Invasion: Battle LA, this one will see the light of the day sometime next year. Proposed UK release date is March 2011. The controversy between Sony Pictures accusing the creators of Skyline (who also worked on the effects of Battle LA) has been buzzing for quite some time now. How legit is all of that remains a mystery. But that definitely has not been able to hush the excitement behind Battle LA which is supposedly going to be one of Colombia Picture’s big releases – an estimated budget of 100 mill is a big one innit . Inspired by Battle of Los Angeles, this one stars Aaron Eckhart and action chick Michelle Rodriguez. A viral website by the name of ReportThreats.org has been released. Battle LA will be released in March 2011.

Cowboys and Aliens

Ha! Cowboys + Aliens + Director – John Favreau (Iron Man) + Script by Star Trek writers Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci. That is surely going to race to the top of my favourites when it comes out. Daniel Craig has a fancy bracelet beaming lasers to kill aliens. And there’s Sam Rockwell and Harrison Ford too. Based on a graphic novel by Fred Van Lente and Andrew Foley, C&A hits the screens in June 2011.

Super 8

Ok, this has got to be one of the most talked about movies right now, and yet there’s nothing that has been released about it except for that ‘alomst nothing’ trailer which shows a cracked glass and a beated out from the inside tin compartment. There’s a reason for the trailer to have not revealed anything – that’s coz it hasn’t even started its shooting yet. The casting was recently completed and Elle Fanning and Kyle Chandler are in the team. This is director JJ Abrams next project and with Spielberg as one of the producers, we can expect some good ol’ Amblin film magic to be created. Super 8’s proposed release date is June 2011.

Those are the 6 Alien movies I am looking forward to. How about you? Leave your comments below, and if you liked this post (even the slightest bit), be sure to share this post using the buttons below. Cheerio!