Homework - AA film proposal

A-A film – Extinction  (work in progress)
Narrative –
Equilibrium – not much equilibrium as the characters start off in a post apocalyptic setting, where humans are in hiding from the aliens which have taken over. A family is living underground with several other families in hiding. Talia, the wife and mother, is an ex-soldier, who has retired to look after her children whilst her husband is called to defend the border. They are living as peacefully as they can in their community of many families who help each other.
Disruption – Talia receives a message about her husband, saying that he has been captured and taken by the aliens. She then decides to go after her husband in order to find him. She leaves her children in the care of her best friend, and sets off. However the best friend’s husband insists that he goes along with her to help, as his sister has also been taken.
Resolution – the world army ask Talia and her other people who she has met along the way to help them infiltrate the aliens main base, as she has shown absolute courage and strength. She agrees as her husband may be in the slave camps there. She destroys the enemy base, and the entire alien operation is also destroyed. Most of the aliens are killed, and the alien king who leads the operation was murdered by her. Her husband is found, and returned to her, however the best friend’s husband’s sister is not, and it is expected that she died.
Restoration – The family is re-united, and they are happy again. However Earth is still in its apocalyptic state and the aliens will be back, as not all of them are dead. A sequel is suggested by a shot of the aliens regrouping underground, and a new alien crowned the king.
Possible Actors/Actresses –
Talia – Uma Thurman
Best friend’s Husband – Matt Damon
Talia’s Husband – Brad Pitt
Other members of Talia’s team would include Bruce Willis (the older, very patriotic, yet surprisingly active ex soldier, fighting for USA) and Uma Thurman (the violent, unrelenting woman who wants to prove that females are just as capable as men). Conflict between Uma Thurman and Bruce Willis will be present, as Willis will be more traditional, believing that women should remain at home whilst men fight, whereas Thurman will try to prove him wrong. Eventually, Thurman saves Willis’ life.
Inspiration –
War of the Worlds – the idea of an apocalyptic scene and aliens taking over interested me because it is quite disturbing in terms of it could happen to us
Alien – one of the first films with a female hero/protagonist
Kill Bill – again with a female hero, however she is much more violent and has masculine traits which I plan to incorporate into the female hero Talia.
Cloverfield – lots of CGI to create the look of the aliens, which I would make my aliens look like, but much more scary and monstrous.