Prior to premiering at SXSW, the movie was without an American distributor. But all that changed when the screened footage wowed studio execs prompting Sony Pictures to acquire the distribution rights with Screen Gems distributing it state side.UK readers will be able to watch this movie when it comes out on May 11th but no official US release date has been revealed as of yet. In the mean time, check out the character profiles of the teenagers who are forced to defend their block from an alien invasion.
ATTACK THE BLOCK follows a gang of tough inner-city kids who rob Sam (Whittaker) as she is walking home in a scary South London tower block. She flees when the gang is attacked by a small alien creature which falls from the sky. While Sam and the police hunt for the gang, a second wave of creatures falls. The gang grabs weapons, mount bikes, and set out to defend their turf. But this time, the creatures are much bigger. Savage and bestial, nothing will stand in their way. And the bunch of no-hope kids who just attacked Sam are about to become her only hope.
Written and produced by Joe Cornish, the film stars Nick Frost, Jodie Whittaker, and Luke Treadaway co-star alongside John Boyega, Alex Esmail, Franz Drameh, Leeon Jones, Simon Howard, and Jumayn Hunter
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