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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Signature Entertainment (UK) Clarius Entertainment (USA) |
Running time | 98 minutes[1] |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Cell is an upcoming 2016 American science fiction horror film based on the 2006 novel of the same name by Stephen King. The film is directed by Tod Williams with a screenplay by King and Adam Alleca. The film stars John Cusack, Samuel L. Jackson, and Isabelle Fuhrman.
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.[2] Samuel L. Jackson was cast as Tom McCourt in November 2013.[3] Isabelle Fuhrman was announced as Alice on February 5, 2014.[4] The next day Stacy Keach was cast in an unnamed role of a headmaster.[5]
This film marks the second time John Cusack and Samuel L Jackson have worked together on a film based on a Stephen King book; the first being 1408, which was released in 2007.
Promotion
The first image from the film was revealed in February 2015.[6] It will receive its world premiere on February 26 at FrightFest, part of the Glasgow Film Festival.[7] [8]
References
- ↑ "CELL (15)". British Board of Film Classification. November 17, 2015. Retrieved November 17, 2015.
- ↑ Kay, Jeremy (31 October 2012). "John Cusack to star in Cargo's Stephen King adaptation Cell". screendaily.com. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
- ↑ McClintock, Pamela (4 November 2013). "AFM: Samuel L. Jackson Joins Cast of 'Cell'". hollywoodreporter.com. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
- ↑ Fleming Jr, Mike (5 February 2014). "Isabelle Fuhrman Joins Stephen King’s ‘The Cell’". deadline.com. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
- ↑ McNary, Dave (6 February 2014). "Berlin: Isabelle Fuhrman, Stacy Keach Join Stephen King Adaptation ‘Cell’". variety.com. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
- ↑ Keene, Allison (5 February 2015). "First CELL Image Reveals the Latest Stephen King Adaptation". collider.com. Retrieved 14 January 2016.
- ↑ Gingold, Michael (11 January 2016). "Stephen King film "CELL" set for FrightFest world premiere". fangoria.com. Retrieved 14 January 2016.
- ↑ Blogomatic3000 (22 January 2016). "Glasgow FrightFest announces line-up change". imdb.com/. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
External links
- Cell at the Internet Movie Database
- Cell at Rotten Tomatoes
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