Liam Neeson is set to begin filming on two new films back to back. “Cold Storage” and “Thug” are slated to begin production one after another with the former filming sometime in the Fall and “Thug” set to begin shooting in October in Los Angeles.
Saying these films will be shooting back to back may be overly generous as their productions schedules may in-fact overlap. Despite his increasing age Liam Neeson continues to get roles where action sequences are a key part of the drama. That’s not different for these two upcoming films which will have Neeson once again heading straight into harm’s way.
“Cold Storage” Synopsis
When Pentagon bioterror operative Roberto Diaz was sent to investigate a suspected biochemical attack, he found something far worse: a highly mutative organism capable of extinction-level destruction. He contained it and buried it in cold storage deep beneath a little-used military repository. Now, after decades of festering in a forgotten sub-basement, the specimen has found its way out and is on a lethal feeding frenzy. Only Diaz knows how to stop it.
He races across the country to help two unwitting security guards—one an ex-con, the other a single mother. Over one harrowing night, the unlikely trio must figure out how to quarantine this horror again. All they have is luck, fearlessness, and a mordant sense of humor. Will that be enough to save all of humanity?
“Cold Storage” Cast and Crew
Westworld director Jonny Campbell is set to direct “Cold Storage” in which Neeson and Stranger Things Actor Joe Keery are to star in. A veteran of many blockbuster films, David Koepp, will be handling the script. He is known for writing the screenplays for Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008), Angels & Demons (2009), and Jurassic World (2015).
PRODUCER: Gavin Polone
WRITER: David Koepp
DIRECTOR: Jonny Campbell
CAST: Liam Neeson – Joe Keery
“Cold Storage” Production Studios
PARIAH
9663 Santa Monica Blvd., #1245
Beverly Hills, CA 90210
PHONE: 310-461-3460
FAX: 310-246-9622
EMAIL: info@pariah.us
STUDIOCANAL
827 Hilldale Avenue
West Hollywood, CA 90069
PHONE: 424-281-6873
EMAIL: aensweiler@studiocanalus.com
“Thug” Synopsis
Thug follows an ex-journeyman boxer and aging enforcer for a San Pedro Gangster (Neeson) who attempts to get back into the lives of his estranged children and clean up the messes of his past while coming to terms with the ruined landscape of his twenty-year career in crime all the while as the criminal underworld won’t loosen their hold on him.
“Thug” Cast and Crew
Liam Neeson will be reunited with several producers who he has previously worked with. Most notably, producers Mitchell Zhang, Matthew Sidari, Warren Goz, Eric Gold, and James Masciello all previously collaborated with Neeson on Honest Thief (2020) and The Marksman (2021). Furthermore, Hans Petter Moland did Neeson’s 2019 film Cold Pursuit.
PRODUCER: Warren Goz – Eric Gold – Roger Birnbaum – Michael Besman – James Masciello – Matt Sidari – Mitchell Zhang
WRITER: Tony Gayton
DIRECTOR: Hans Petter Moland
CAST: Liam Neeson
“Thug” Production Studios
SCULPTOR MEDIA – FORCE MAJEURE
154 West 14th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10111
PHONE: 212-616-4123
FAX: 646-304-1762
EMAIL: info@sculptormedia.com
ELECTROMAGNETIC PRODUCTIONS
EMAIL: info@empstudio.io
RAVEN CAPITAL MANAGEMENT
110 Greene St #9G
New York NY 10012
PHONE: 212-966-7926
EMAIL: info@ravencm.com
CAA MEDIA FINANCE
2000 Avenue of the Stars
Los Angeles, CA 90067
PHONE: 424-288-2000
EMAIL: filmsales@caa.com