Jennifer Hudson, Milla Jovovich, Common to Star in Action Survival Thriller ‘Breathe’
variety.comManori Ravindran International EditorJennifer Hudson, Milla Jovovich, Quvenzhané Wallis and Common are set to star in Stefon Bristol’s new action-thriller “Breathe.”Capstone Global will introduce the project to buyers at the Marché du Film in Cannes next week.
CAA Media Finance and UTA Independent Film Group helped to arrange financing for the film and will co-represent the U.S. rights, alongside Capstone.In “Breathe,” after Earth is left uninhabitable due to lack of oxygen, a mother Maya (Hudson) and her daughter Zora (Wallis) are forced to live underground, with short trips to the surface only made possible by a state-of-the-art oxygen suit made by Maya’s husband, Darius, whom she presumes to be dead.
When a mysterious couple arrives claiming to know Darius and his fate, Maya tentatively agrees to let them into their bunker, but are they all they appear to be? “Avatar” star Sam Worthington is also in talks to join the cast.Bristol will direct from the Black List screenplay written by Doug Simon (“Dimension’s Demonic”).
Principal photography on the survival thriller will take place on location in Pennsylvania in this summer.“Breathe” is produced by Thunder Road Films’ Basil Iwanyk and Erica Lee, and Capstone’s Christian Mercuri.
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