I'm looking forward to this. (Isn't there another invasion movie set in LA coming out at more or less the same time?)
According to Mark Kermode on Radio Five Live's film review slot last Friday, the makers, "the Brothers Strause", paid for the film with their own money, then got a major to distribute it.Or to put it another way, if you're stuck for a good idea, and you have enough reputation to trick Hollywood into putting money behind anything....
The Brothers Strause insist that they will film a sequel with their own money and try to find a distributor to release it.
Verdict: Idiot turkeys eaten by aliens at Christmas.
There, vented.
According to Mark Kermode on Radio Five Live's film review slot last Friday, the makers, "the Brothers Strause", paid for the film with their own money, then got a major to distribute it.
And they'll do it again, apparently: on Wiki:
Note that I think Dr Kermode would probably agree with you about the "inspriration" for the film.
Why stick hang around making sure you suck up every last brain possible?