Summit Picks an ‘Alibi’ and Eli Roth’s ‘Invasion’

Published by Jeff Leins on December 3, 2009

Summit Entertainment, the small studio behind the big Twilight Saga: New Moon, has acquired two titles very different from sparkly teen vampires.  They’ve spent the millions from that series on the comic book Alibi and the Eli Roth-produced Invasion.

Alibi is a Top Cow comic about a well-known socialite whose presence establishes a cover for the secrets of his twin brother, a government assassin, according to Variety.  Mandeville Films (Surrogates) is producing and Summit has signed hot newcomer John Hlavin (Underworld 4) to write the script.

The comic was part of Top Cow’s “Pilot Season,” which meant readers could vote on which one-off title should receive a full series.  Alibi came in last in 2008 with 3% of the vote.

It sounds like an interesting concept, but if they intend for the thriller to fit the zeitgeist, the producers should switch the sexes.  My idea would be to make the socialite an attention-whoring female, like Paris Hilton or Kim “My Ass Has a Gravitational Pull” Kardashian.

The other Summit pick-up was Invasion, a mysterious post-apocalyptic project produced by Eli Roth.  ShockTilYouDrop had the scoop (before the trades poached it) and details.  They report the story “opens with a wicked subway accident in Los Angeles in which the survivors (the film’s protagonists) climb from the wreckage to find the, now snowy, city in ruins. What they encounter topside is bodies, mobs of people in a state of panic and acidic goo.”

Roth is also working on his own monster movie and science fiction film, his first foray into the genre, called Endangered Species.