Dark Times Ahead

Summit Entertainment and New Regency Enterprises are teaming up to release the thriller "The Darkest Hour" says Deadline New York.

The story follows a group of kids struggling to survive somewhere in Russia after an alien invasion.

Chris Gorak ("Right at Your Door") directs from a script by Leslie Bohem and Jon Spaihts that he re-wrote.

Timur Bekmambetov (pictured) and Tom Jacobson will produce the pic that sounds like 28 Days Later meets Red Dawn

Filming kicks off in Russia in June.