Evolution (2001 film)
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| Directed by | Ivan Reitman |
| Produced by |
Daniel Goldberg Joe Medjuck Ivan Reitman |
| Screenplay by |
David Diamond David Weissman Don Jakoby |
| Story by | Don Jakoby |
| Starring |
David Duchovny Orlando Jones Seann William Scott Julianne Moore |
| Music by | John Powell |
| Cinematography | Michael Chapman |
| Edited by | Wendy Greene Bricmont Sheldon Kahn |
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DreamWorks Pictures (North America) Columbia Pictures (International) |
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101 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $80 million |
| Box office | $98.4 million |
Evolution is a 2001 American comic science fiction monster film, directed by Ivan Reitman and starring David Duchovny, Orlando Jones, Seann William Scott, Julianne Moore and Ted Levine. It was released by DreamWorks in the United States and by Columbia Pictures internationally.
The plot of the film follows college professor Ira Kane (David Duchovny) and geologist Harry Block (Orlando Jones), who investigate a meteor crash in Arizona. They discover that the meteor is harboring extraterrestrial life, which is evolving very quickly into large, diverse and outlandish creatures.
Evolution was based on a story by Don Jakoby, who turned it into a screenplay along with David Diamond and David Weissman. The movie was originally written as a serious horror science fiction film, until director Reitman re-wrote much of the script. Shooting took place in California with an $80 million budget, and the film was released in the United States on June 8, 2001. The movie grossed $98,376,292 internationally. Reviews for the film were mixed, as the movie review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes gave the film a 42% positive rating.
A short-lived animated series, Alienators: Evolution Continues, loosely based on the film, was broadcast months after the movie was released.
Wayne Grey (Seann William Scott), a fireman trainee practicing in a shack in the desert near Glen Canyon, Arizona, sees a meteor strike his car and land in an underground cavern. College professor Ira Kane (David Duchovny) and his colleague, geology professor Harry Block (Orlando Jones), investigate, taking a sample of strange blue liquid that oozes from it. Ira discovers that it harbors extraterrestrial single-celled nitrogen-based organisms multiplying exponentially, condensing millions of years of evolution within a matter of hours. The next day, they take the science class to survey the meteor site and find it already surrounded by evolved oxygen-converting fungi and alien flatworms. Ira and Harry discover that the cells and organisms reproduce rapidly through mitosis after seeing one of the flatworms they collected in a jar split into another.
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