Tagline: Fear what happens next.
Two astronauts awaken in a hyper-sleep chamber aboard a seemingly abandoned spacecraft. It’s pitch black, they are disoriented, and the only sound is a low rumble and creak from the belly of the spacecraft. They can’t remember anything – who are they, what is their mission?
The only way out of the chamber is a dark and narrow airshaft. Corporal Bower,, the younger of the two, crawls inside, while the other, Lt. Payton, stays behind for guidance on a radio transmitter. As Bower ventures deeper and deeper into the ship, he begins to uncover a terrifying reality. Slowly the spacecraft’s shocking and deadly secrets come unraveled, and the astronauts realize that the survival of mankind hinges on their actions.
Launching The Mission
Two years after working on the hugely successful Resident Evil franchise, the producing trio of Impact Pictures’ Paul W.S. Anderson and Jeremy Bolt and Constantin Film’s Robert Kulzer were ready to tackle their latest cinematic effort: the terrifying thriller Pandorum.
“I first read Pandorum right after finishing work on AVP,” says producer Anderson. “The script blew me away. I felt it visited places and touched on subjects I’d always been interested in, primarily the idea of horror on the edge of the universe – where terror is amplified by the claustrophobia of the ship and the isolation of deep space – the same reasons I made Event Horizon almost a decade earlier.” “I immediately passed the script on to Jeremy and Robert with the suggestion we should option it and mount the movie,” Anderson continues.
Read the Full Production Notes
Pandorum
Starring: Dennis Quaid, Ben Foster, Antje Traue, Cung Le, Norman Reedus, Cam Gigandet
Directed by: Christian Alvart
Screenplay by: Travis Milloy
Release Date: September 25, 2009
MPAA Rating: R for strong horror violence and language.
Studio: Overture Films
Box Office Totals
Domestic: $10,330,853 (77.5%)
Foreign: $2,996,489 (22.5%)
Total: $13,327,342 (Worldwide)