Director Roland Emmerich’s attempt at a lower-budget movie in a while has been shut down.
According to the Hollywood Reporter, production on “The Zone” has been shut down and the project has been canceled. The movie was to be a “found footage” project along the lines of “Cloverfield” or “Paramormal Activity” about an alien invasion.
The film was to feature a cast that would improv much of the film. The budget for the movie was around $5 million, relatively low for a film by the disaster-director.
“This is not a project (Emmerich) is pursuing at this time,” was the comment issued from the director’s camp.
Members of the production are at a loss as to why the film had its plug pulled, though rumors abound.
Was this the movie with the monster busting out of the craished airforce cargo train?
No, that's Super 8, from JJ Abrams.