Review Extinction (2018)

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Extinction
Director: Ben Young (“Hounds of Love,” “Something Fishy”)
Cast: Lizzy Caplan, Emma Booth, Michael Pena, Mike Colter
Details: What sounded like a fairly generic sci-fi movie, albeit with a solid cast, became much more interesting last month when Universal Pictures suddenly pulled the movie from the schedule two months from release and without explanation. The film deals with a father who has a recurring dream of losing his family, a dream that becomes real when the planet is invaded by a force bent on destruction.

So what happened? Director Ben Young’s Australian kidnap drama “Hounds of Love” really pushed buttons with its super dark and controversial subject matter when it was released, did he push it too far with this U.S. studio release and they became hesitant? There is still no date for the movie, and no promo material has been released to date so it’s still a guessing game as to what’s happened with it.

 

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Netflix Nabs “Extinction” From Universal





Netflix has acquired worldwide rights to sci-fi thriller “Extinction” from Universal Pictures.

Michael Pena stars in the film as a husband who has a recurring nightmare of losing his family and that bad dream becomes a reality when the planet is invaded by a force bent on destruction.

Fighting for his and his family’s lives, he comes to realize an unknown strength to keep them safe from harm. Lizzy Caplan, Mike Colter, Emma Booth, Lilly Aspell, Israel Broussard and Lex Shrapnel co-star.

The film was originally set to be released last month, but was pulled from the schedule two months before its release date and with no publicity material released so far.

Ben Young (“Hounds of Love”) helms the film which was written by Spenser Cohen and Bradley Calen Kane. Todd Lieberman and David Hoberman will produce.