The protagonist is a physics student, William Mandella, who joins an elite task force to fight against the alien species. As the war goes one, William stays young as he travels through space while life on Earth progresses over centuries and humanity becomes a new, collective species called "itself Man" which has eliminated heterosexuality and is speaking a new language.
The film was the subject of a bidding war between Warner Bros. and Sony, but it was ultimately the former that landed the project. The screenplay has been written by Jon Spaihts ("Prometheus"). Ridley Scott was previously attached to direct the film in 2008, after waiting 25 years for the rights to become available, but ultimately left the project which is now being produced by ILM special effects veteran Richard Edlund alongside Channing Tatum and Roy Lee. Edlund has been holding on to the rights to the book since the 1970s.
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