The 5th Wave takes place in an alternative present-day reality in which an alien race known only as “the Others” is systematically annihilating humanity in order to inhabit Earth themselves. The central protagonist is sixteen-year-old Cassie Sullivan, who is on a mission is to rescue her five-year-old brother, Sammy, from a military. The 5th Wave 2016 13+ 1h 52m Sci-Fi Movies After four waves of destruction turn Earth into a wasteland, a teen desperate to find her brother teams with a stranger to prepare for the fifth.
Plot Summary
The 5th Wave takes place in an alternative present-day reality in which an alien race known only as “the Others” is systematically annihilating humanity in order to inhabit Earth themselves. The central protagonist is sixteen-year-old Cassie Sullivan, who is on a mission is to rescue her five-year-old brother, Sammy, from a military compound run by the Others. This compound, called Camp Haven, is one of many locations where the Others—who look and sound exactly like humans, rendering them impossible to identify—are putting the 5th Wave of their annihilation plan into action. At Camp Haven, young humans are brainwashed into believing that the Others are human and that their fellow humans are Others. In this way, an army of traumatized, isolated children is being trained as the instrument of humanity’s ultimate destruction.
As the novel opens, Cassie is hiding out alone in the woods outside of Cincinatti, Ohio. She has been on her own ever since her young brother was taken from Camp Ashpit, a refugee camp where a large number of plague-infected human bodies were burned. After Sammy was moved to Camp Haven, Cassie’s father was shot dead by Colonel Vosch, the alien leader who appeared to be a trustworthy member of the U.S. military. After Mr. Sullivan’s murder, Cassie witnesses Colonel Vosch placing a bomb referred to as “the Eye” in the middle of Camp Ashpit and blowing it to smithereens. Cassie has been hiding in the woods ever since, unable to figure out how to rescue her brother but determined to do so. She tells us that humanity is now in the 4th Wave of the alien destruction, which is characterized by stealthy assassins who are indistinguishable from humans. Because the Others look and sound human, Cassie tells us that the first rule of the 4th Wave is: Trust no one. The second rule is: Stay alone if you want to stay alive.
In flashbacks, Cassie describes the first three waves of the alien invasion, which come in rapid succession. First, a strange mother ship hovers visibly near Earth for ten days...
The 5th Wave
Could it be that Young Adult book series don't have the box office clout that they used to? The third Divergent movie, Allegiant, failed to hit number one on its opening weekend, and January's The 5th Wave seemed to disappear from theaters fairly quickly. Still, fans of the latter's movie and novels are hoping to see The 5th Wave sequel become a reality. The next book in the Rick Yancey series is called The Infinite Sea, and if it stayed true to the novel, the next film adaptation would follow spunky heroine Cassie Sullivan (Chloe Grace Moretz) and her allies into a new life continually threatened by an occupying alien force. Sounds cool, right? Well, the only problem is that The Infinite Sea movie hasn't been greenlit just yet.
There are countless reasons why a movie might not be moved into in-production status, but it's a decent bet that the studio's hesitancy to move forward with The 5th Waveseries has a lot to do with box office. IMDB shows that, as of a month after its opening, the first film had failed to recoup its budget of $38 million in U.S. box office numbers. The 5th Wave 's future earning potential seems even smaller when those numbers are compared to the success of the first Hunger Games film, which cleared over $150 million in its first weekend alone and also far scored better with critics.
But that's not to say a sequel is impossible. The Fifth Wavewas far more profitable overseas than it was domestically, and Moretz tweeted an encouraging box office update on Feb. 22, thanking the fans for their support.
It's clear the studio is invested in keeping the series alive. Entertainment Weekly reported back in 2013 that Sony had entered into a 'a significant six-figure deal' to ideally 'launch a franchise.' This commitment to the books may justify at least one sequel, even if not an entire series. Besides, fans are eagerly waiting. Search 'The Infinite Sea' on Twitter and you'll find them tagging the studio and the stars, hoping for news of another 5th Wave movie. The site Page To Premiere spotted a Facebook post to Sony's official page that was greeted with a promising response. The user used the hashtag 'We Want The Infinite Sea Movie'; Sony commented, 'Thank you for your comment. We will be posting news very soon! :)' Still, no info has yet been posted.
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So will there be an Infinite Sea movie? At this point, not even the star of the film seems to know for sure, but hopefully a follow-up will be announced before long.
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