"Star Wars: The Force Awakens" actress Lupita Nyong'o is reportedly in talks to star in the sci-fi thriller "Intelligent Life," with director Ava DuVernay circling to direct.
"Intelligent Life" comes from Steven Spielberg's Amblin Entertainment, with the script by "Jurassic World" director Colin Trevorrow and collaborater Derek Connolly. Nyong'o is said to be in negotiations to star in the film, while DuVernay will likely receive an offer to direct the film in the next 24-hours, reports The Hollywood Reporter.
According to IGN, "Intelligent Life" centers on a U.N. worker in a dystopian future who falls in love with an alien. The film is said to be similar to Trevorrow's "Safety Not Guaranteed."
This past year DuVernay has been in demand as a director. Last summer DuVernay passed on directing Marvel's "Black Panther" saying:
"At one point, the answer was yes, because I thought there was value in putting that kind of imagery and culture in a worldwide, huge way that they do in a certain way: flying, exciting action, fun, all those things, and yet still be focused on a black man as a hero — that would be pretty revolutionary. These films go everywhere from Shanghai to Uganda, and nothing that I probably will make will reach that many people, so I found value in that. That’s how the conversations continued, because that’s what I was interested in. But everyone’s interested in different things."
Furthermore, Deadline reports that the director has also been offered the adaptation of Madelein L'Engle's classic book "A Wrinkle in Time" from Disney.
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