Take a splash of Arrival, sprinkle in some Signs, add a contact of Life and a heaping serving to of Independence Day, and what do you may have? The new Apple TV+ unique collection, Invasion. At least, that’s what it seems like from the primary trailer.

From govt producer Simon Kinberg, finest identified for his work on Dark Phoenix, Deadpool, The Martian, and Star Wars Rebels, Invasion stars Sam Neill (Jurassic Park), Shamier Anderson (Wynonna Earp), Golshifteh Farahani (Gen: Lock), and Shioli Kutsuna (Deadpool 2) in a globe-trotting story of what occurs to the world when, properly, there’s an alien invasion. And whereas the trailer definitely seems like that aforementioned mashup for well-liked alien invasion films of the previous, one would assume Apple wouldn’t foot the invoice for a present of this scale if it was cookie cutter like that. Check out the trailer and resolve for your self.

Kinberg is the large identify producer however the present can also be from David Weil (Hunters) with all 10 episodes directed by Jakob Verbruggen (The Alienist). It’s a stacked record of expertise, to make certain, and the thought of a big-funds, well-paced collection about an alien invasion is somewhat appetizing. The prospects are infinite, particularly when you get into how and/or if the aliens and people work together and the place issues may go from there. From this trailer, you’ll be able to positively see that these first 10 episodes will probably be about how the Earth modifications, in all methods, with these new aliens.

As for the aliens themselves, they really feel virtually floral, do they not? Like one thing out of the third act of James Gunn’s The Suicide Squad? Their potential to speak—each with the characters and the viewers—in a dramatic means could possibly be an enormous a part of if Invasion works or doesn’t. It’s exhausting to inform in the event that they’ll be memorable from this trailer.

But that’s form of Apple TV+’s M.O. at this level. Most of its reveals, even new Emmy winner Ted Lasso, don’t explode out of the gate. Shows like Central Park, Mythic Quest, and For All Mankind arrived with comparatively no fanfare and have since constructed up large, passionate fanbases as a result of they’re genuinely well-done. That’s gotta be the hope and expectation for Invasion as properly.

Invasion’s first three episodes debut on Apple TV+ October 22, with the remaining episodes arriving every subsequent Friday. Are you gonna watch? Let us know beneath.

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