Bloody-Disgusting has learned exclusively that Kathy Bates (Misery) and little Jaden Smith (The Pursuit of Happyness) have joined Keanu Reeves, Jennifer Connelly and Jon Hamm in 20th Century Fox’s remake of The Day the Earth Stood Still, which is now filming in Vancouver, Canada through March.
Directed by Scott Derrickson (Exorcism of Emily Rose), in the original 1951 film an alien lands and tells the people of Earth that they must live peacefully or be destroyed as a danger to other planets.
The reported release date for this epic remake is December 12th 2008.
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