Even better is the fact that while there’s obviously going to be a love triangle that will probably last throughout the entire trilogy, should this franchise go the distance, it doesn’t look to be a massive selling point in this trailer. Ignition worked with Sony Pictures to create the trailer for The 5th Wave, the upcoming film based on the best-selling novel about an apocalyptic alien invasion. Against a backdrop of fear and distrust, Cassie is on the run. And despite the trauma fans have already witnessed in franchises like The Hunger. Yet, The 5th Wave looks to be a more intense experience than most teen-aimed thrillers dare to take on. Four waves of increasingly deadly attacks have left most of Earth decimated. The next crop of sci-fi, dystopian YA thrillers is soon arriving in theaters, with The 5th Wave leading the charge. With the titular “5th Wave” sounding like a re-hash of the plot driving aspect of Stephenie Meyer’s The Host, you could be borrowing from worse influences in the YA landscape. Of course, this is already sounding like Independence Day meets The Hunger Games, but that’s not particularly a bad thing. The trailer for The 5th Wave movie was released this week and lets just sayemotions ran high. While the storyline sounds a bit derivative, the look and feel of this trailer really sells the film as a product for all ages, particularly with Ron Livingston and Liev Schreiber helping out as two of the prerequisite authority figures.

The 5th Wave, based on the Rick Yancey book of the same name, tells the story of Cassie – a girl who’s persevered through four waves of a hostile alien invasion, and is trying to save her brother as a fifth and final wave is preparing to get underway. The Playlist stumbled on the trailer, which dropped today in a rather low key fashion, and it honestly looks pretty solid.

Trailer the 5th wave