Spiderhead

Written by Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick, who are known for writing the 2016 American Marvel superhero film Deadpool, the American science fiction thriller film is based on the dystopian short story by George Saunders titled ‘Escape from Spiderhead’. Directed by Joseph Kosinski, who is well known for his 2010 science fiction film Tron: Legacy and his 2022 action drama Top Gun: Maverick starring Tom Cruise, the plot follows two inmates, Jeff and Rachel, living in a futuristic penitentiary run by Steve Abnesti, played by MCU Thor actor Chris Hemsworth, who reduces the sentence time of the prisoners who volunteer to become test-subjects for experiments involving emotion-altering drugs. Things become complicated as they question the authenticity of the emotions they experience. The Divergent Series actor Miles Teller essays the role of Jeff, whereas Birds of Prey actor Jurnee Smollett plays Rachel. The rest of the cast includes Tess Haubrich, BeBe Bettencourt, Mark Paguio, Sam Delich , Joey Vieira, Daniel Reader, Ron Smyck, Stephen Tongun, Charles Parnell and Nathan Jones, among others.