STARRING JOE KEERY, GEORGINA CAMPBELL, SOSIE BACON, WITH VANESSA REDGRAVE, LESLEY MANVILLE AND LIAM NEESON
Samuel Goldwyn Films announced today that the company has acquired rights in North America to the sci-fi comedy COLD STORAGE starring Joe Keery (Stranger Things), Georgina Campbell (Barbarian), Sosie Bacon (Smile), with Vanessa Redgrave (Mission: Impossible), with Lesley Manville (Phantom Thread), and Liam Neeson (Taken), from Studiocanal for a wide theatrical release this year.
Jonny Campbell (Dracula) directs from a script written by David Koepp (Jurassic Park, Mission: Impossible, Presence) based on his novel. Zombieland and Panic Room’s Gavin Polone is producing, along with Koepp.
Teacake (Keery) and Naomi (Campbell), two young employees of a self-storage company built on the site of an old US military base, have their wildest night shift ever when a parasitic fungus escapes from the lowest sublevel of the base, where it was sealed by the government decades before. As the temperature rises underground, this highly contagious and rapidly mutating microorganism multiplies and unleashes its brain-controlling, body-bursting terrors on the facility’s inhabitants – human and otherwise.
With time running out, it’s down to Teacake and Naomi, with the help of a grizzled retired bioterror operative (Neeson), to contain the merciless menace and prevent the explosive extinction of Mankind itself.
“We’re happy to continue our relationship with Studiocanal and excited to be handling this thrilling movie from David Koepp, Jonny Campbell and Gavin Polone,” said SGF president Peter Goldwyn and CEO Ben Feingold.
Samuel Goldwyn Films will release COLD STORAGE in theaters nationwide this year.
The deal was negotiated by Miles Fineburg from Samuel Goldwyn Films and Chloe Marquet, Head of International Sales, Charlotte Lopez, SVP of International Sales and Sophie Leuthreau, Head of Business & Legal Affairs International Distribution from Studiocanal.
ABOUT SAMUEL GOLDWYN FILMS
Samuel Goldwyn Films is a major, independently owned, and operated motion-picture company that develops, produces, and distributes innovative feature films. The company distributed the 2021 Academy Award®-winning film ANOTHER ROUND. Recent releases include OUTLAW JOHNNY BLACK from director Michael Jai White, IN THE LAND OF SAINTS AND SINNERS starring Liam Neeson and Kerry Condon, ABSOLUTION starring Liam Neeson, and European box office sensation THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO. Upcoming films include TROUBLE MAN! from director Michael Jai White and WILLIAM TELL from director Nick Hamm.
The company is also renowned for its iconic library films, including GUYS AND DOLLS, PRIDE OF THE YANKEES, THE BISHOP’S WIFE, THE LIITLE FOXES, and ROGER’S AND HAMMERSTEIN’S OKLAHOMA, CINDERELLA, SOUTH PACIFIC, FLOWER DRUM SONG, and more.
About STUDIOCANAL
STUDIOCANAL is one of Europe’s leading film and series studios, with worldwide production and distribution capabilities. It operates directly in nine major European markets including Austria, Benelux, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Poland, Spain and the United Kingdom, as well as in Australia and New Zealand, and in offices in the United States and China. STUDIOCANAL finances, produces, and distributes 80 films per year. It owns one of the most prestigious catalogues in the world and the largest catalogue of European titles, boasting more than 9 400 titles from 60 countries. With a catalogue spanning 100 years of film history, STUDIOCANAL has invested close to 25 million euros into the 4K restoration of nearly 1 000 classic feature films over the past 7 years. STUDIOCANAL also produces over 15 series each year, including local creations and premium international co-productions, and distributes its scripted productions and CANAL+ Originals globally (2,000 hours of current and library content in distribution). Projects are produced in-house by STUDIOCANAL or through its worldwide network of production companies, including 2e Bureau and STUDIOCANAL Original in France; Birdie Pictures, Red Production Company, Urban Myth Films, Strong Film & Television, and Sunny March TV in the UK; Bambú Producciones and Te Espero en Marte in Spain; Lailaps Films and STUDIOCANAL Series in Germany; Opus TV in Poland; Sam Productions in Denmark; Dingie in Belgium; and The Picture Company in the United States.
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