Actor Paul Dano has signed on to star in the film 7500, a film that plays out entirely within the confines of a plane’s cockpit as terrorists attack.
Deadline Hollywood reports that the There Will Be Blood and Little Miss Sunshine actor will lead the picture which will resemble one location movies like Room and Buried.
7500 will be a high intensity thriller set on a plane from Berlin to Paris. Dano’s pilot will have his flight interrupted when a group of young men try to enter his cockpit leaving Dano to have to negotiate with the attackers.
The film is being produced by Jonas Katzenstein and Maximilian Leo from augenschein-Filmproduktion. 7500 will be directed by Patrick Vollrath who was nominated for an Oscar in 2016 for his short Everything Will Be Okay.
Originally published January 19, 2017. Updated April 15, 2018.
