Announced at the 1996 and the 1997 Cannes and Mifed Film festivals, this movie, to be written by Dan O'Bannon and directed by Mark L Lester was described as involving "A group of archaeology students who find themselves fighting for their lives when they encounter prehistoric creatures on an eating spree," "Ambitious sci-fi in which a revolting creature morphs into an insect ready to eat your skin!" and as "A tale of strange creatures from the past whose appetite holds mankind's future in the balance."