Cowboys & Aliens is a 2011 American-Canadian
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 plot revolves around an
amnesiac outlaw (Craig), a wealthy cattleman (Ford), and a mysterious traveler (Wilde) who must ally to save a group of townspeople
abducted by
aliens. The screenplay was written by
Roberto Orci,
Alex Kurtzman,
Damon Lindelof,
Mark Fergus and Hawk Ostby, based on a screen story by the latter two along with
Steve Oedekerk. The film was produced by
Brian Grazer,
Ron Howard, Kurtzman, Orci and Rosenberg, with
Steven Spielberg and Favreau serving as
executive producers.