In 1993, Jurassic Park hit theaters to show us all the results of taking part in God. By six sequels, that lesson continued to be hammered house with dinosaurs of various cuteness, and blockbuster thrills, however humanity nonetheless hasn’t realized. With the 2026 film schedule beginning to come into focus, maybe subsequent 12 months shall be after we determine to cease tampering with scientific breakthroughs; particularly when one in every of our academics this time is Liam “The Bare Gun” Neeson.
Welcome to the world of Chilly Storage, a 2019 novel from David Koepp, the notable screenwriter from the Jurassic Park universe. Adapting his personal novel for the display, Koepp’s story of a contagion that would finish the world sounds loads like Michael Crichton’s The Andromeda Pressure. Nevertheless, as you’ll see within the trailer offered beneath, this new story places extra of a Slither fashion spin on issues:
Will our Taken hero calming and/or threatening somebody over the telephone ever cease being amusing? The not-so-serious tone of Chilly Storage actually helps intrigue me into investing on this image, because it permits Liam Neeson to be very non-chalant about his heroism. It’s not fairly the flat-out goofiness I praised in my Bare Gun evaluation, however that’s not a knock.
Relatively, it’s a method to set expectations for this upcoming horror/comedy experience, which is so adjoining to Neeson’s motion hero period that it appears like a understanding parody in its personal proper. “However, Mike,” you are most likely asking your display, “what about Liam Neeson’s supposed motion film retirement? Additionally, I used to be promised zombies! The place are the zombies?”
Properly, I suppose we are able to get to the topic of how Stranger Issues’ Joe Keery and Broadchurch alum Georgina Campbell need to cope with that nightmarish contagion, particularly when it appears to do the whole lot from decay its victims to creating them outright explode. These of you squeamish round gore (irrespective of how inexperienced it could be) could need to skip over the subsequent picture:
Yeah, that’s what we’re coping with right here, of us: an excellent quaint desert outbreak of a lab-created nightmare, with a handful of individuals standing between us and extinction. If that’s not a Michael Crichton-coded journey, then my identify is Liam Neeson. Besides it isn’t… and I completely know what I’m speaking about right here.
2026 already appeared like a improbable 12 months for upcoming guide to film diversifications, and that’s simply me echoing the passion surrounding Undertaking Hail Mary’s latest trailer alone. If David Koepp has engineered a darkish comedy that takes Crichton bioethics and splices them with a James Gunn-style sensibility, with Mr. Neeson taking part in a deadpan supporting character, then signal me up.
Sadly, Chilly Storage doesn’t have a launch date simply but, so we’ll have to take a seat tight for extra data. Nevertheless, with the trailer being launched this early, that may very well be an indication that the studio is bullish on what it is obtained within the can. So attempt to comprise your pleasure by seeing one thing already on the 2025 film calendar; like, say, The Bare Gun, which is presently in theaters.