Spider-Man director Sam Raimi and District 9 producer Bill Block are in
negotiations with Warner Bros to set up a new movie called EDF, which
stands for “Earth Defense Force.” Raimi is not expected to direct.
In EDF, we open on a U.S. military operation gone
awry: Sent to rescue what they believe is a sub that’s accidentally bumped into
a mine in Chinese waters, U.S. naval aviators quickly wind up engaged in a
dogfight with a squadron of Chinese air force pilots. Soon, planes on both
sides are being shot out of the sky, but not by the Chinese or US pilots, but
by three alien attack fighters, which soon depart and destroy many of the world’s
landmarks and military installations, then, vanish. It’s a test of Earth’s
defensive capabilities, and we failed. Shortly after, NASA detects a radiation
signature in a nearby galaxy, indicating a far more massive attack coming in
about ten months, and world leaders set about trying to create super-aircraft
and weapons that can fight off the coming invasion.
