First Image from Sci-Fi Flick THE COLONY starring Laurence Fishburne, Bill Paxton & Kevin Zegers
Here’s the first official image from Jeff Renfroe’s (Civic Duty, One Point O) sci-fi action film THE COLONY. The film stars Laurence Fishburne, Kevin Zegers, and Bill Paxton and is a post-apocalpytic thriller that centers on an outpost of survivors forced underground by a new ice age who must fight to preserve humanity against a threat even more savage than the environment. The film is being shot in Ontario, Canada, inside the former NORAD base known as the Underground Complex (UGC) operated by the 22 Wing of the Royal Canadian Air Force. Did I mention it’s 60 stories below the Earth? The facility was designed to withstand a 4-megaton nuclear blast, 267 times more powerful than the bomb employed at Hiroshima. I’m definitely looking forward to a trailer. The Colony will hit theaters some time in 2013.
Here’s the full synopsis:
Beneath the icy surface, survivors of Colony Seven struggle as food supplies dwindle and temperatures continue to drop. Plagued by illness and internal conflict, the colonists suspect the worst when they mysteriously lose contact with Colony Five – the only other known settlement. Sam (Zegers), a strong-willed mechanic with a tragic past, joins a team headed up by Briggs (Fishburne) on a dangerous expedition to find out what happened. After a hellish trek, they discover a threat much worse than imagined, and now Colony Seven must win a savage battle to preserve the last of humanity.