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Daniel Craig Joins the "Invasion"

Craig Co-Stars with Nicole Kidman in the Sci-Fi Thriller

By , About.com Guide

Aug 19, 2005 - Daniel Craig ("Layer Cake") has signed on to play Nicole Kidman's colleague/love interest in the movie, "Invasion,"* to be directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel.

Kidman will star as a Washington DC psychiatrist who investigates the cause of a mysterious epidemic. The new virus is changing the way humans behave. Kidman discovers the source is extraterrestrial and that her son may hold the key to stopping an invasion.

Joel Silver is producing the sci-fi thriller with Doug Davison, Roy Lee, Susan Levin, Don Zepfel and Steve Richards executive producing.

Craig will next be seen in "Munich," Steven Spielberg's epic drama about the 1972 Olympics. Kidman was recently seen in "Bewitched" and has wrapped production on the Diane Arbus story, "Fur."

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter

* - Renamed "The Visiting"

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