Owen King Spearheads an Intro to Alien Invasion for Constantin Film

Steve Barton |

Apr 4, 2017

Buried deep in another story over on Deadline comes the news that Owen King, son of Stephen King, is co-writing with Mark Jude Poirier an adaptation of Intro to Alien Invasion for Constantin Film based on their graphic novel.

The novel, released in 2015, tells the story of Stacey, a brilliant, overachieving astrobiology major at Fenton College, who had planned on just another lonely Spring Break on campus. But when a hurricane batters the small college town, downing power lines and knocking out cellphone reception, Stacey and her friends are stranded with no way to communicate with the outside world at the worst possible moment: in the midst of an alien invasion.

As space insects begin to burrow into students and staff, transforming them into slobbering, babbling monsters, a conglomeration of misfits must band together to prevent the infestation from spreading. Meanwhile, Stacey’s long-stifled romantic feelings for her friend Charlotte begin to surface, while the professor she had admired and respected becomes the students’ worst enemy.