Cell (film)
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Directed by | Tod Williams |
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Based on | Cell by Stephen King |
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Music by | Marcel Zavros |
Cinematography | Michael Simmonds |
Edited by | Jacob Craycroft |
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Distributed by | Signature Entertainment (UK) |
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Country | United States |
Language | English |
Cell is an upcoming 2016 American science fiction horror film directed by Tod Williams. It will receive its world premiere on February 26 at FrightFest, part of the Glasgow Film Festival, though a U.S. premiere date has not yet been scheduled.[1][2] The film, scripted by Stephen King and Adam Alleca, is based on King's 2006 novel of the same name. The film stars John Cusack, Samuel L. Jackson, and Isabelle Fuhrman. Cusack and Jackson also appeared in the film adaptation of King's short story 1408.
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Plot
Clay Riddell, a New England artist, is a witness to an ugly phenomenon: a mysterious signal broadcast over the global cell phone network turns the majority of his fellow humans into mindless vicious animals. Now he and a few survivors must find and stop 'the pulse' and the person controlling it and reunite with his young son before it's too late.
Cast
- John Cusack as Clay Riddell
- Samuel L. Jackson as Tom McCourt
- Isabelle Fuhrman as Alice Maxwell
- Stacy Keach as Charles Ardai
- Wilbur Fitzgerald as Geoff
- Alex ter Avest as Chloe
- Catherine Dyer as Sally
- E. Roger Mitchell as Roscoe
Production
John Cusack was the first actor announced to have joined the film in October 2012.[4] Samuel L. Jackson was cast as Tom McCourt in November 2013.[5] Isabelle Fuhrman was announced as Alice on February 5 2014.[6] The next day Stacy Keach was cast in an unnamed role of a headmaster.[7]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Film Adaptation Of Stephen King’s ‘Cell’ To Premiere At Frightfest 2016
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Glasgow Film Festival|FrightFest
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- 2016 films
- English-language films
- American films
- 2016 horror films
- 2010s science fiction films
- 2010s thriller films
- American science fiction horror films
- American science fiction thriller films
- Films based on works by Stephen King
- Films based on American horror novels
- Films directed by Tod Williams
- Films shot in Atlanta, Georgia
- Screenplays by Stephen King