Cowboys & Aliens is a 2011 American science fiction Western film directed by Jon Favreau and starring Daniel Craig, Harrison Ford, and Olivia Wilde. The film is based on the 2006 graphic novel of the same name created by Scott Mitchell Rosenberg. The main plot revolves around an amnesiac outlaw , a wealthy cattleman , and a mysterious traveler who must ally to save a group of townspeople abducted by aliens. The screenplay was written by Damon Lindelof, Alex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci, Mark Fergus, and Hawk Ostby, based on a story by the latter two along with Steve Oedekerk. The film was... produced by Brian Grazer, Ron Howard, Kurtzman, Lindelof, Orci, and Rosenberg, with Steven Spielberg serving as executive producer. The project began development in 1997, when Universal Pictures and DreamWorks bought film rights to a concept pitched by Rosenberg, former president at Malibu Comics, which he described as a graphic novel in development. After the graphic novel was published in 2006, development on the film was begun again, and Favreau signed on as director in September 2009.
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| Release date: | July 29, 2011 |
| Directed by: | Jon Favreau |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 118 Minutes |
| Producer: | Brian Grazer, Ron Howard, Alex Kurtzman, Damon Lindelof, Roberto Orci, Scott Mitchell Rosenberg, Johnny Dodge |
| Editor: | Dan Lebental, Jim May |
| Music by: | Harry Gregson-Williams |
| Cinematography: | Matthew Libatique |
| Screenplay by: | Alex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci, Damon Lindelof, Mark Fergus, Hawk Ostby |
| Estimated budget: | $100,000,000 |
| Adapted from: | Cowboys & Aliens |
| Genre: | Science Fiction, Western, Action, Fantasy, Adventure, Thriller |