First Trailer for Post-Apocalpytic Thriller THE COLONY Starring Laurence Fishburne & Bill Paxton
The first trailer for Jeff Renfroe’s post-apocalpytic thriller THE COLONY starring Laurence Fishburne, Bill Paxton, and Kevin Zegers has been released. The film 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.
Fun fact: The Colony was shot in Ontario, Canada, 60 stories below the Earth inside the former NORAD base known as the Underground Complex (UGC) operated by the 22 Wing of the Royal Canadian Air Force. The facility was designed to withstand a 4-megaton nuclear blast, 267 times more powerful than the bomb employed at Hiroshima.
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.
The film hits theaters in Canada on April 22.