By Travis Johnson
Off the back of the phenomenal response to his debut feature, the psychological thriller Hounds of Love, director Ben Young has signed to helm the science fiction thriller, Extinction, for production houses Good Universe and Mandeville Films. James McAvoy is currently in talks to star.
Plot details are sketchy, but the film centres on a man plagued by nightmares who becomes an unlikely hero when earth is invaded by “an army bent on destruction”. The synopsis’s careful refusal to employ the word “alien” suggests that things are not as they seem.
This is a momentous step forward for Young, who built a successful career directing music videos before making Hounds of Love with funding from ScreenWest’s West Coast Visions program. Hounds of Love is due in Australian cinemas in early 2017.
