Principal photography has commenced on writer/director Joe Cornish’s debut feature film Attack the Block.
A fast, funny, frightening action adventure movie that pits a teen gang against an invasion of savage alien monsters, the film stars Jodie Whittaker (‘St. Trinians’, ‘Venus’) and newcomers John Boyega, Alex Esmail, Franz Drameh, Leeon Jones and Simon Howard.
The supporting cast includes Nick Frost (‘Shaun of the Dead’, ‘Hot Fuzz’) and Luke Treadaway (‘Clash of the Titans’).
The film is produced by Nira Park (‘Shaun of the Dead’, ‘Hot Fuzz’, ‘Scott Pilgrim v. the World’) and James Wilson. The executive producers are Big Talk’s Matthew Justice, Film4’s Tessa Ross and Optimum Releasing’s Will Clarke and Jenny Borgars.
Trainee nurse Sam (Jodie Whittaker) is walking alone through the dark streets of South London when a gang of youths surround her and rob her, but she is saved when something falls from the sky.
A meteor impacts with a nearby parked car and Sam flees, just before the gang is attacked by a small alien creature that leaps from the wreckage.
The gang chases the creature and kills it, dragging its ghoulish carcass to the top of the block, which they treat as their territory. But the adventure is not over. The alien attacks have only just begun...
Writer/Director Joe Cornish first appeared on British TV screens in 1997 as co-star and co-creator of ‘The Adam and Joe Show’, a home-made comedy show famous for its sketches, songs and animations satirizing pop culture.
Joe created the show’s signature ‘Toymovie’ animations and directed its live action segments. The show found considerable cult and critical acclaim, winning them the Royal Television Society’s Best Newcomer Award and running for four series.
Cornish has also directed the two Channel 4 comedy pilots ‘Modern Toss’ and ‘Blunder’, both of which were commissioned as series, as well as an intimate documentary on the making of the hit BBC comedy show ‘Little Britain’.
With his writing partner Edgar Wright, Cornish has written screenplays for ‘The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn’ (along with Steven Moffat) which is currently being filmed by Steven Spielberg and ‘Ant-Man’, to be directed by Wright.
Cornish also maintains a successful radio career with Adam that started on X-FM and then moved to BBC6 Music, and which won them the 2008 Broadcasting Press Guild Award for Radio Programme of the Year and three Silver Sony Awards in 2009.
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