Alien Nation Remake Gets Midnight Special Director

The filmmaker is also on board as writer.

By Alex Osborn

20th Century Fox's upcoming Alien Nation remake has found its director in Jeff Nichols.

According to Deadline, Nichols—who directed this year's sci-fi drama Midnight Special—is also on board to write the film, which is being produced by Brian Kavanaugh-Jones and Sara Greene.

James Caan and Mandy Patinkin in 1988's Alien Nation

The original Alien Nation was released back in 1988 and stars James Caan as a cop who is forced to team up with an alien detective (Mandy Patinkin) after a spaceship crashes to Earth. Reports last year of a remake surfaced, claiming Iron Man writers Art Marcum and Matt Holloway were attached to pen the script.

Nichols' directorial credits also include Mud and Take Shelter, as well as Loving, a civil rights film about about interracial marriage, which opens in theaters on November 4.

Alex Osborn is a freelance writer for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter and subscribe to his video content on YouTube.

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