The Invasion is a 2007 science fiction film starring Nicole Kidman and Daniel Craig. The screenplay was written by Dave Kajganich, and it is the fourth film adaptation of the 1955 novel The Body Snatchers by Jack Finney, following the 1956 film Invasion of the Body Snatchers directed by Don Siegel, the 1978 remake also titled Invasion of the Body Snatchers directed by Philip Kaufman, and 1993′s Body Snatchers directed by Abel Ferrara. Primarily directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel, Warner Bros. Pictures later hired James McTeigue to shoot scenes rewritten by the Wachowski Brothers. The Invasion was released on August 17, 2007 in the United States, and was a commercial failure that met with mixed reviews. It ultimately earned $40,170,558 worldwide against an $80 million budget, and garnered a 19% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. The film’s Metacritic score (which measures professional reviews) is 45 out of 100 [2].
