
I was instantly hijacked by David’s mischievously witty tone and his unique blend of comic absurdity and visionary reality.

Can’t wait to launch sales at Cannes!”Ĭampbell called Cold Storage “classic entertainment combining epic scale and microscopic detail. Gavin, Jonny and I have huge ambitions for this, and are so excited to get cracking with our partners at Studiocanal. Koepp said the tale “has everything I’d want to see in a movie it’s scary, funny, exhilarating, surprising, and riotously entertaining. Gaga Corp & Goodfellas Post Fresh Deals On Hirokazu Kore-Eda's Cannes Title 'Monster' The fate of humanity now rests on a retired bioterror operative and two unlikely heroes employed in the facility, who are caught in a race against time to destroy the organism and save mankind. As temperatures rise underground, the micro-organism finds a way to escape - and if left to spread, it will soon uncontrollably multiply around the world.

In the present day, the military has sealed the facility’s lowest sublevel selling the remaining space to a self-storage company. Several decades ago, a highly infectious, constantly mutating micro-organism - capable of extinction-level destruction - was contained in a military facility. The subject matter is timely, and its cause is about the only conspiracy theory we didn’t hear about Covid. The film will shoot this fall, with Studiocanal fully financing and launching worldwide sales in next week’s Cannes Market. Zombieland and Panic Room’s Gavin Polone is producing.

Koepp, whose film work includes Jurassic Park, Spider-Man and Mission: Impossible, has written the script. Jonny Campbell ( Westworld and Doctor Who) will direct the sci-fi action film from a novel by David Koepp. EXCLUSIVE: Liam Neeson and Stranger Things’ Joe Keery are set to star in Cold Storage.
