The Day the Earth Stood Still ( The Day the Earth Stood Still ) is a movie of science fiction US , remake of the eponymous film of 1951 , directed by Scott Derrickson on David Scarpa’s screenplay based on the original screenplay Edmund H. North, with Keanu Reeves , Jennifer Connelly , Kathy Bates and Jon Hamm . The film came out onin Belgium and France , and thein the United States .