Escape from Spiderhead

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Escape from Spiderhead
Directed byJoseph Kosinski
Screenplay by
Based onEscape From Spiderhead
by George Saunders
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyClaudio Miranda
Edited byStephen Mirrione
Music byJoseph Trapanese
Production
companies
Distributed byNetflix
Release date
  • 2022 (2022)
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Escape from Spiderhead is an upcoming American science fiction action film directed by Joseph Kosinski and written by Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick, based on the dystopian short story of the same name by George Saunders.

Originally titled Spiderhead, the film stars Chris Hemsworth, Miles Teller and Jurnee Smollett, and is expected to be released in 2022 by Netflix following production in Australia during 2020.

Premise[]

Two convicts living in a near-future society grapple with their pasts while trapped in a facility that allows prisoners to reduce their sentence time by volunteering for experiments using emotion-altering drugs, which are run by prison overseer Abnesti. Inmate Jeff comes to care for another prisoner, Rachel, and tries to outmanouver the experiments of the prison to save her.

Chris Hemsworth prior to casting in 2019

Cast[]

Production[]

Conception and adaptation[]

Escape from Spiderhead was first published in The New Yorker in 2010, and in author George Saunders collection of short stories Tenth of December in 2013. It was announced in February 2019 that Joseph Kosinski was set to direct the film from a screenplay written by Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick.[1]

Casting[]

It was announced in September 2020 that Chris Hemsworth, Miles Teller and Jurnee Smollett had been cast in leading roles in the film.[2]

Filming[]

Filming took place at the Hinze Dam in Queensland, Australia

Principal photography for Escape from Spiderhead commenced in early November 2020[3] in Queensland, Australia,[4] in November 2020 following a AUD$21.58 million investment from the Australian Government to boost the local economy following the COVID-19 pandemic.[5] Queensland Premier Annastacia Pałaszczuk said the production would create 360 local jobs and be worth around AUD$47 million to the local economy. “Escape from Spiderhead will give a great boost to the local economy. We’re working hard to secure productions like this for the Gold Coast because we know they create local jobs and pump cash into local businesses."[6]

Locations for filming included the Gold Coast, Darlington, as well as popular tourist destination the Whitsundays.[7] Producer Tommy Harper commented on the locations, “The great thing about this area is you can be on the beach, you can do waterwork, you can be in the desert, you could be in the country and feel like you’re in Texas you can be in a rainforest and feel like you’re in Hawaii.”[7] Screen Queensland named Hinze Dam and Tallebudgera Valley as places the production shot on location.[7]

Themes[]

The original short story Escape from Spiderhead[8] contains didactic themes which are common in the work of author George Saunders, including the role of work and despair in society.[9] The story, which is set in a dystopian future, includes a number of complex and intense themes including depression and suicide.

Release[]

As part of a video and letter to its shareholders in April 2021, Netflix's co-chief executive officer and chief content officer, Ted Sarandos confirmed that the film is expected to premiere sometime in 2022.[10][4]

References[]

  1. ^ Fleming, Mike Jr. (February 1, 2019). "Netflix Sets Joseph Kosinski To Follow 'Top Gun 2' With Wernick & Reese-Scripted 'Spiderhead'". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved October 3, 2020.
  2. ^ Kroll, Justin (September 26, 2020). "Chris Hemsworth, Miles Teller, Jurnee Smollett Set By Netflix For Joseph Kosinski-Directed 'Spiderhead'". Deadline Hollywood.
  3. ^ Wiseman, Andreas (November 11, 2020). "Miles Teller, Shailene Woodley & William Hurt To Star In Timely Political Satire 'The Fence' From Icelandic Director Grimur Hakonarson — AFM Hot Pic". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved November 23, 2020.
  4. ^ a b "Final Q1 2021 Shareholder Letter" (PDF). Netflix. April 20, 2021. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
  5. ^ Ministers for the Department of Infrastructure, Transport. "Netflix's Escape from Spiderhead and Pieces of Her to film in Australia". Ministers for the Department of Infrastructure. Retrieved December 5, 2021.
  6. ^ "Hemsworth film to create 360 Queensland jobs". Screen Queensland. November 14, 2020. Retrieved December 5, 2021.
  7. ^ a b c "LOCATION SPOTLIGHT: QUEENSLAND STARRING IN NETFLIX'S ESCAPE FROM SPIDERHEAD". Ausfilm. Retrieved December 5, 2021.
  8. ^ "Escape from Spiderhead". The New Yorker. December 13, 2010. Retrieved January 12, 2022.
  9. ^ Boddy, Kasia (2017), Coleman, Philip; Gronert Ellerhoff, Steve (eds.), ""A Job to Do"*: George Saunders on, and at, Work", George Saunders, Cham: Springer International Publishing, pp. 1–22, doi:10.1007/978-3-319-49932-1_1, ISBN 978-3-319-49931-4, retrieved January 12, 2022
  10. ^ White, Peter (April 20, 2021). "'The Witcher', 'You' & 'Cobra Kai' Will Return To Netflix In Q4 2021". Retrieved April 20, 2021.

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