Fans of Keanu Reeves may already consider him out of this world but as of right now the “Matrix” and “Bill and Ted” star has made it official. The 42-year-old actor will topline a remake of “The Day the Earth Stood Still” playing an alien named Klaatu that comes to our planet to try and stop humankind’s ways of death and destruction. The original 1951 version of the film is considered one of Hollywood’s classic science fiction movies. It starred Michael Rennie in the part of Klaatu and was directed by Robert Wise (“Star Trek: The Motion Picture”).

The new film will take advantage of state of the art special effects. One of the things that we will get to see is a new version of Klaatu’s bodyguard, a giant robot named Gort that is indestructible and can melt tanks using heat vision.

The new “Earth” movie will be directed by Scott Derrickson (“The Exorcism of Emily Rose”). 20^th Century Fox wants to have the movie filming close to the end of the year or in early 2008 and they consider it one of their most important projects in development. Keanu can next be seen in “The Night Watchman”, a thriller written and directed by the writer of “Training Day” and which comes out in 2008.

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