Blockbuster filmmaker Jon Favreau directs Daniel Craig and
Harrison Ford in a film that crosses the classic Western with the
alien-invasion movie in a blazingly original way: Cowboys
Aliens. Joined by an arsenal of top moviemakers-Steven Spielberg,
Ron Howard, Brian Grazer, Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci-he brings
an all-new action thriller that will take audiences into the Old
West, where a lone cowboy leads an uprising against a terror from
beyond our world. 1875. New Mexico Territory. A stranger Craig
with no memory of his past stumbles into the hard desert town of
Absolution. The only hint to his history is a mysterious shackle
that encircles one wrist. What he discovers is that the people of
Absolution don''t welcome strangers, and nobody makes a move on its
streets unless ordered to do so by the iron-fisted Colonel
Dolarhyde Ford. It''s a town that lives in fear. But Absolution is
about to experience fear it can scarcely comprehend as the desolate
city is attacked by marauders from the sky. Screaming down with
breathtaking velocity and blinding lights to abduct the helpless
one by one, these monsters challenge everything the residents have
ever known. Now, the stranger they rejected is their only hope for
salvation. As this gunslinger slowly starts to remember who he is
and where he''s been, he realizes he holds a secret that could give
the town a fighting chance against the alien force. With the help
of the elusive traveler Ella Olivia Wilde, he pulls together a
posse comprised of former opponents-townsfolk, Dolarhyde and his
boys, outlaws and Apache warriors-all in danger of annihilation.
United against a common enemy, they will prepare for an epic
showdown for survival. The script for Cowboys Aliens is by
Star Trek''s Alex Kurtzman Roberto Orci and Damon Lindelof
television''s Lost, based on Platinum Studios'' graphic novel
created by Scott Mitchell Rosenberg. Grazer, Howard, Rosenberg,
Kurtzman and Orci produce. Spielberg and Denis L. Stewart executive
produce.