The 5th Wave

The 5th Wave is an upcoming American science fiction thriller film directed by J Blakeson, based on Rick Yancey's eponymous novel with a screenplay by Susannah Grant. The film stars Chloë Grace Moretz, Nick Robinson, Alex Roe, Maika Monroe, Liev Schreiber, and Zackary Arthur.

Development of The 5th Wave began in March 2012 when Columbia Pictures picked up the film rights to the trilogy with Graham King's production company GK Films and Tobey Maguire's Material Pictures. Filming took place in Atlanta, Georgia from October 2014 to January 2015.

The 5th Wave is scheduled to be released on January 15, 2016 by Columbia Pictures.