Alexandre Aja Takes 'Contractor'

Variety reports that horror maestro Alexandre Aja is set to direct a new drama called 'The Contractor'. Below are the details.

Ian Jeffers is rewriting the script. Alexandra Milchan will produce.

Story is set in a world where the U.S. government can no longer afford to fight wars and authorizes private contractors to send a band of elite soldiers on missions around the world. Jeffers recently wrote "The Grey" and rewrote "Castlevania" for Rogue and director Sylvain White.

Aja will tackle the project after he completes "Piranha 3-D" for Dimension Films. The fish pic follows Aja's "Mirrors" and "The Hills Have Eyes."

This will seemingly be a departure for Aja as it appears to be something that will more likely focus on action as opposed to horror, but if he brings the strong character work he did in the Hills remake, and fuses it with the action as he did the horror, then this could be a little gem of a movie, because right now I'd say the premise is a very interesting one.