Netflix has come onboard filmmaker Alexandre Aja’s newest feature, the French survival thriller “O2” being produced by Getaway Films.
Based on Christie LeBlanc’s original Black List script, the story follows a young woman who wakes up in a medical cryo unit. She doesn’t remember who she is or how she ended up sequestered in a box no larger than a coffin. As she’s running out of oxygen, she must rebuild her memory to find a way out of her nightmare.
Aja has built an impressive genre list since breaking through with “Haute Tension” in 2003 and going on to success with “The Hills Have Eyes” remake, “Piranha 3D” and last years very well regarded alligator thriller “Crawl”.
The project marks the return of Aja to a French-speaking feature with Melanie Laurent (“6 Underground,” “Inglourious Basterds”) to headline the film alongside Mathieu Amalric and Malik Zidi.
Aja, Gregory Levasseur, Vincent Maraval, Brahim Chioua and Noemie Devide produce with a mid-2021 release targeted.
Source: THR
