Dave Bautista and Channing Tatum join Cate Blanchett in Alpha Gang

THE Alpha Group it just got a lot bigger.

A group of A-list artists, including Dave Bautista, Channing Tatum, Steven Yeun, Zoë Kravitz, Léa Seydoux and Riley Keough join two-time Oscar winner Cate Blanchett in Alpha Groupthe new alien invasion comedy from the Zellner brothers.

The film, set “in an augmented reality,” follows a group of alien invaders who disguise themselves as a 1950s leather-clad biker gang on their mission to conquer Earth. But their ruthless plans are thwarted when they encounter humanity's most contagious condition: emotions. Blanchett will play the alien leader, Alpha One.

The project is one of the hottest new titles offered to international buyers at next week's American Film Market in Las Vegas. France's mk2 Films is handling the film's international sales, while CAA Media Finance handles distribution rights in North America. Mk2, which produced the Oscar-winning Anatomy of a fallthey kicked off pre-sales of the film at the Cannes market earlier this year.

David and Nathan Zellner are thrilled with the success of their comedy Big Foot Sasquash sunsetstarring Keough and Jesse Eisenberg, both unrecognizable beneath their furry costumes. Cinematographer Mike Gioulakis, who shot Sasquatch Sunsetand was Jordan Peele's cameraman Us AND Old director M. Night Shyamalan will direct the project.

The Zellners will also produce Alpha Group for ZBi, alongside Blanchett and Coco Francini, producing through their company Dirty Films. Other producers include Gina Gammell for Felix Culpa, Ryan Zacarias for Fat City, Mary Aloe for Aloe Entertainment and Andrea Bucko for Sugar Rush Pictures. Executive producers are Sean Krajewski, Ronnie Exley, Lawrence Minicone and Jeremy Ross for Rabbits Black, Tyler Peters and Sophie Curtis of Electric Void and Tom Ogden, in association with Aloe's partners at Partners in Kind, Gillian Hormel and Shelly Tygielski.

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