Just as Paramount is hoping to get Oren Peli’s already much talked about low budget supernatural thriller Paranormal Activity in theaters nationwide should it hit the 1 million demands mark over at Eventful.com a press release was sent out acknowledging Peli’s next project Area 51, which is set to start production next week.
Area 51, like Paranormal Activity, will take advantage of the “found footage” narrative strategy centering around three teenagers whose curiosity leads them to the legendary and mysterious Area 51 Air Force base deep in the Nevada desert. Additional details beyond that have not been revealed.
“I’d rather not say anything about Area 51 except that I am very pleased to be working with the same team who have stood by me for the two or three years it took Paranormal Activity to get into theaters,” Peli said in the press release.
The new film will also follow in Paranormal‘s footsteps and use undiscovered actors, but he will have the luxury of a significantly larger budget than the $11,000 he spent creating Paranormal Activity.
There is no word on a release date, but I suspect we can look forward to it around Fall 2010.
