Variety bring forth the news that New Line [Warner] have stepped up and optioned Shane and Carey Van Dyke's spec script, The Watching Hour. Not a lot of details are out there right now except the site states that "Plot details are under wraps other than being described as a horror franchise with sci-fi elements." Deadline which first reported the deal, says it’s a "home-invasion movie with aliens". Michael Connolly will produce along with Mary Parent and her company Disruption Entertainment.