Michelle Danner to Direct Space-Set Sci-Fi Action Thriller HELIOS
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Filmmaker Michelle Danner (The Runner, Miranda’s Victim) has signed on to direct an outer space-set sci-fi action thriller titled Helios. The film is based on a script by Patricia A. Beninati (Hubble: 20 Years of Discovery), Michael K. Anderson (The Wonder Show) and Bernard Moore.
The story “is set in the year 2030, following the crew of the spaceship Helios on an urgent mission to the International Space Station. When a massive solar flare from an incoming cataclysmic solar storm hits the station on a collision course with Earth, it is up to astronomer and former NASA Astronaut, Jess Denver, and Air Force Colonel Sam Adler to team up and save humanity.”
Centerboro Productions’ President, Beninati, who is co-writing and producing the film, said of Danner:
“We are so thrilled to work with Michelle Danner, who is a brilliant director, and innovative writer. We are incredibly excited to have Michelle incorporate her signature cinematic influence and vision into thought provoking storytelling, which will deliver big action. The Helios movie demonstrates the true solutions available to humanity in a time of a space weather crisis and is attractive to a global audience, that will be a fun thrill ride popcorn movie. Danner has a long legacy for her work with big stars such as Chris Rock, Salma Hayek, Gerard Butler, Penelope Cruz, Seth MacFarlane and many more, and that will make the movie positioned for international and sequel success.”
Producers on the project are eyeing a 2023 shoot. Does this sound like a movie you’ll be excited to see?
via: Deadline