Aliens are coming! Frankly, we couldn’t be more excited that it’s Denis Villeneuve who’s bringing them to Earth in “Arrival.” The director’s adaptation of Ted Chiang’s novella “Story Of Your Life” stars Amy Adams and Jeremy Renner and tells the story of a linguist hired by the U.S. government to communicate with newly arrived extraterrestrials, but the sci-fi tale will be very much grounded in reality.
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“This isn’t a graphic-novel universe or creating a new universe. This happens in our world today, as it exists,” Adams told USA Today. “Not having to transport myself to a universe where superheroes exist, which is also fun, really helped me ground the character and the experience.” Here’s the officially synopsis:
When mysterious spacecrafts touch down across the globe, an elite team – lead by expert linguist Louise Banks (Amy Adams) – is brought together to investigate. As mankind teeters on the verge of global war, Banks and the team race against time for answers – and to find them, she will take a chance that could threaten her life, and quite possibly humanity.
Co-starring Forest Whitaker, “Arrival” will premiere at the Venice Film Festival and opens in wide release on November 11th.
