The Darkest Hour is a 2011 English-language Action Adventure movie written by Jon Spaihts, Leslie Bohem and M.t. Ahern. The movie is directed by Chris Gorak and produced by Tom Jacobson and Timur Bekmambetov under the banner of Regency Enterprises in collaboration with Bazelevs Company, New Regency and Jacobson Company. The American software designers Sean and Ben travel to Moscow to sell their software to investors. However, their Swedish partner Skyler pulls a fast one on Sean and Ben, and they are out of the business. They go to a nightclub, where they meet American Natalie and Australian Anne and they flirt with the girls and Skyler in the club. Out of the blue, the population is surprised by lights, which they mistake for natural phenomena. But soon, they learn that the lights are aliens invading Earth and using power supply to annihilate mankind. Sean, Ben, Natalie, Anne and Skyler hide in the kitchen and when they leave the place, they k out survivors on the street. Are they the last people on Earth? Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The darkest hour stars Emile Hirsch, Olivia Thirlby, Max Minghella, Rachael Taylor, Joel Kinnaman, Veronika Vernadskaya and Alexandra Samton. The screenplay is written by Jon Spaihts. The music was composed by Tyler Bates. Cinematography was done by Scott Kevan and editing by Priscilla Nedd-Friendly and Fernando Villena. The film has a running time of 89 minutes. It was released on 29th December 2011. The Film was successful at box office. The Darkest Hour was made on a budget of $30 million and it was a super hit at box office gross of $64 million. Distribution rights for the motion picture were acquired by Summit Entertainment.