Jennifer Connelly Joins The Day the Earth Stood Still Remake

Whoa! Keanu Reeves’ day is just about to get better, with news that Jennifer Connelly has signed on the dotted line to join the cast of a remake of the sci-fi classic “The Day the Earth Stood Still”. Keanu Reeves was announced as the star a while back, and Scott Derrickson will be directing the remake from a script by Ryne Douglas Pearson and David Scarpa. If you’ve never seen “The Day the Earth Stood Still”, then, well, you’d probably be like me. Which automatically means you won’t hear me bitch and moan about the remake, having never seen it and, as a result, have no vested interest in its integrity. Yes, that’s basically how it works.

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Story kicks off as aliens land on Earth carrying a message for all humans: Live in peace or be destroyed. Connelly is set to portray Helen Benson, the role Patricia Neal played in the 1951 original.

Fox has set a December start date in Vancouver.

Whoa, dude!

I’m guessing that Jennifer Connelly will play the girl in the robot’s arm in the picture below: