Cold Storage (film)

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Cold Storage
Cold Storage poster.jpg
Teaser poster
Directed by Jonny Campbell
Screenplay by David Koepp
Based onCold Storage
by David Koepp
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyTony Slater Ling
Edited byBilly Sneddon
Music byMathieu Lamboley
Production
companies
Distributed by
Release date
  • 2026 (2026)
Running time
98 minutes [1] [2]
Countries
  • United States
  • United Kingdom
  • France
LanguageEnglish

Cold Storage is an upcoming comedy horror film produced and written by David Koepp, produced by Gavin Polone, and directed by Jonny Campbell. It features an ensemble cast, starring Joe Keery, Georgina Campbell, and Liam Neeson. Based on Koepp's 2019 novel, the story follows the attempts at containing a parasitic fungus that leaks out of an abandoned military base. [3] [4] [5] The film is scheduled to be released in 2026.

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Premise

"The film follows Teacake and Naomi, two employees at a self-storage facility built atop a former military base, whose night shift transforms into a nightmare when a government-sealed parasitic fungus escapes from the underground levels. As temperatures rise, the microorganism unleashes its brain-controlling, body-bursting mayhem on anything in its path. The duo must join forces with a weathered bioterror operative to contain the threat before it triggers humanity’s extinction." [6]

Cast

Production

In May 2022, it was announced that Liam Neeson and Joe Keery will star in the film and that StudioCanal would fully finance the film. [8] In October 2022, it was announced that Georgina Campbell joined the cast. [7] In March 2023, it was announced that Sosie Bacon was added to the cast and that filming began in Italy and Morocco. [9] In April 2025, Samuel Goldwyn Films acquired the distribution rights to the film. [6]

Release

Cold Storage is scheduled to be released in the United States in 2026. [11] [12] The film was initially aiming to be released in 2025. [6]

References

  1. "Cold Storage". Samuel Goldwyn Films . Retrieved August 29, 2025.
  2. "Cold Storage (2026)". StudioCanal . Retrieved August 29, 2025.
  3. Klein, Brennan (August 6, 2025). "Cold Storage Trailer: Liam Neeson's First Post-Naked Gun Movie Is A Comedy Take On The Last Of Us". ScreenRant.
  4. Rouse, Isaac (August 6, 2025). "Liam Neeson and a Stranger Things star went and made the comedy version of Resident Evil". Polygon.
  5. Gajewski, Ryan (August 6, 2025). "Liam Neeson Stays on the Comedy Path With 'Cold Storage' Trailer, Packed With Zombie Splatter".
  6. 1 2 3 Ramachandran, Naman (April 7, 2025). "'Stranger Things' Star Joe Keery's Sci-Fi Comedy 'Cold Storage' Lands at Samuel Goldwyn Films, First Look Unveiled (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety . Retrieved April 7, 2025.
  7. 1 2 Grobar, Matt (October 27, 2022). "'Barbarian's Georgina Campbell Joins Liam Neeson, Joe Keery In Sci-Fi Actioner 'Cold Storage' From Studiocanal". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved April 19, 2023.
  8. 1 2 3 Fleming, Mike Jr. (May 11, 2022). "Hot Cannes Package: Liam Neeson, Joe Keery Star In Jonny Campbell-Helmed Studiocanal Sci-Fi Virus Tale 'Cold Storage;' David Koepp Adapted His Novel". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved April 19, 2023.
  9. 1 2 Wiseman, Andreas (March 30, 2023). "'Smile' Star Sosie Bacon Joins Liam Neeson, Joe Keery & Georgina Campbell In Studiocanal Thriller 'Cold Storage'; Filming Underway With Lesley Manville In Final Talks". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved April 19, 2023.
  10. Golfar, Fiona (September 22, 2023). "An audience with Vanessa Redgrave". Financial Times. Retrieved September 24, 2023.
  11. Navarro, Meagan (August 5, 2025). "If It Spreads, You're Dead in New Poster for Sci-Fi Horror-Comedy 'Cold Storage'". Bloody Disgusting . Retrieved August 5, 2025.
  12. Stephan, Katcy (August 6, 2025). "'Cold Storage' Trailer: Joe Keery and Liam Neeson Fight a Brain-Exploding Fungus". Variety. Retrieved August 6, 2025.