Source: Strieber’s Blog
Sony Pictures has chosen director Wolfgang Petersen to helm the film adaptation of Whitley Strieber’s novel “The Grays.”
Petersen known for such hit films as “In the Line of Fire” (with Clint Eastwood), “Outbreak” (with Dustin Hoffman), “The Perfect Storm” (starring George Clooney) and Brad Pitt’s “Troy” will begin filming this project within a few months. Petersen is looking for a release date as early as summer 2008, but realistically, the summer of 2009 is more likely.
Streiber is most known for his best selling novel “Communion,” which was also turned into a major motion picture starring Christopher Walken. In sci-fi, Streiber was paid a high honor by “Babylon 5” creator J. Michael Straczynski. He created a race of beings similar to the Grays for the show and named them the Striebe.
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