‘Kill Switch’ Trailer: Dan Stevens Gets A Serious Downgrade
Cinephiles andDownton Abbeyfans already knewDan Stevens' name before this year, but the 34-year-old actor has become downright inescapable in recent months, with roles inBeauty and the Beast, the FX seriesLegion, and Nacho Vigalondo’s indie filmColossal.
But it looks like his hot streak might hit a bit of a speed bump withKill Switch, a futuristic new sci-fi thriller that’s based on a short film that went viral a few years ago. Check out theKill Switchtrailer below.
Kill Switch Trailer
Wefeatured a mysterious short film calledWhat’s in the Box?on the site back in 2009, and internet sleuthswere trying to figure outif it was somehow connected toLost(thanks to Michael Giacchino’s score) or maybe even an ad for aHalf-Lifemovie. It turned out that it was none of the above: just a fun little video from a Dutch filmmaker namedTim Smit. At the time, he teased that he was meeting with studios to turn it into a feature, and now, eight years later, it’s finally happened. Here’s the original short:
The idea of a film being shot largely from the first person perspective is hardly new – check out the 1947 Humphrey Bogart movieDark Passagefor an early example – but to give Smit some credit, it must have felt a lot more fresh back in the post-Cloverfieldworld of 2009 when this was initially conceived, before videos like this became mainstays on YouTube and movies likeHardcore Henryactually earned a full theatrical wide release. Frankly, I thinkKill Switchlooks kinda terrible (I thought we were done with giant blue beams shooting into the sky), but maybe you disagree. In any case, hopefully Stevens will be able to escape this one relatively unscathed.
Omid NooshinandC. Kindingerwrote the screenplay, and former Bond girlBérénice Marloheco-stars.Kill Switchwill be available on Ultra VOD onMay 19, and in select theaters and On Demand starting onJune 16, 2017.
Set in a future version of the world, the video game style plot follows an experiment for unlimited energy, harnessing parallel universes, which goes wrong. Chased by drones and soldiers, pilot and physicist Will Porter must race through an imploding world to get the Redivider box to a tower, which will save humanity, including his family, in the real world.
