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First Look at Spielberg’s Untitled Alien Invasion TV Pilot
Steven Spielberg has not directed anything on TV since 1985, so when I was on a set piece of his as of yet Untitled TV series he is producing for TNT I was rightfully skeptical when the security guard insisted the director for this set was Spielberg.
Hamilton Ontario Canada (my hometown) has become the newest filming location for the Spielberg Produced project that is currently going by the working title “Alien Invasion”.
I asked to speak to who was “in charge” and the nice fella told me I could take a few pictures from the outside, but I couldnt approach the center of the set.
One of the set workers was mentioning that some of the costume props for the Aliens were “pretty wild with spikes all down the back” but at the time of my visit, there wasn’t much to see other than the post apocalyptic wartorn streets of Hamilton (which might have been somewhere in Massachusetts by some of the car plates)
The Hollywood Reporter describes the series:
Moon Bloodgood, Jessy Schram, Seychelle Gabriel and Maxim Knight have joined Noah Wyle on TNT’s untitled alien invasion pilot from executive producer Steven Spielberg.The project, written by Robert Rodat from an idea he conceived with Spielberg, is set shortly after aliens have wiped out most of the human population and centers on a ragtag group of soldiers and civilians led by widower Tom Mason (Noah Wyle) who struggle against the occupying alien force.
In the pilot, directed by Carl Franklin, Bloodgood, Schram, Gabriel and Knight all play members of the group.
alright! TMB exclusive! way to rock the journalism rodney!
Didn’t he produce Taken for Sci-fi? I know it’s a mini series but when you take into account that it’s 22 hours long and allot of television shows go 24 episodes at an hour long it’s almost the length of a full season of television. Anyway that was TV-ish and it was about aliens.
But he still didnt direct it.
He has produced lots of TV, and he is no stranger to alien stories. But he hasn’t directed a TV series (or episode) since the mid 80s.
Looks like the streets of Hamilton, Scotland on a Friday night :)
looks interesting i am going to have check it out when it comes out exspecially if its directed my spielberg
NOT directed by Spielberg. Just like the article says.
It would be interesting to be on the set with Spielberg, to see how he shoots and his work methods.
Except Spielberg isn’t directing. I thought I covered that.
mmmm looks like the aliens love tipping over cars and keeping them in a nice line while doing so… :D
The local transit had to drive through during the day, so they were pushed aside. They are moved into a scattered pile during the shoot.
Just sayin.
Hamilton Ontario?
if so where in Hamilton, I want to check this out
Barton St between Gage and Sherman
Nice, Thanks!
When i first saw this as i was rollerblading down barton I though there was an explosion or something, but woah a steven spielburg production who would’ve thunk’d