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James McAvoy to star in sci-fi action thriller Extinction

September 12, 2016 by Gary Collinson

Deadline is reporting that James McAvoy is in talks to join the sci-fi action thriller Extinction, which is being produced by Good Universe and Mandeville Films.

The plot revolves around “a man haunted by nightmares in which his wife is assaulted and who becomes a hero when Earth is invaded by an army bent on destruction.” McAvoy would play the lead, described as “a father and chief mechanic at a factory who realizes those invading might not be what he expected.”

Several writers have worked on Extinction, including Brad Caleb Kane (Marco Polo) and Eric Heisserer (The Thing), and the search is currently underway for a director to helm the project.

McAvoy was most recently seen as Charles Xavier in this year’s X-Men: Apocalypse; his upcoming projects include M. Night Shyamalan’s Split, Wim Wenders’ Submergence, and a TV adaptation of Watership Down.

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Originally published September 12, 2016. Updated April 15, 2018.

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: Extinction, James McAvoy

About Gary Collinson

Gary Collinson is a film, TV and digital content producer and writer, who is the founder of the pop culture website Flickering Myth and producer of the gothic horror feature film 'The Baby in the Basket' and the upcoming suspense thriller 'Death Among the Pines'.

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