Bob Hoskins, Jason Flemying and Talulah Riley are set and Willem Dafoe is in talks to star in a new alien invasion pic titled “Transmission”.

The film, Moviehole has learnt, is being developed by Gold Films (who are Giles Alderson with his writing, producing partner Martin Owen) and is a British sci-fi feature being shot in 3D and centered around an alien invasion during an solar eclipse. The film is described as “Pitch Black meets 28 Days Later”.

Roger Christian, the Oscar Winning art director of “Star Wars”, is in talks to direct the film.

More as we hear it.