Actor Joel Kinnaman has been announced to headline a new creature thriller, titled The Cell. The upcoming film is directed by Adam Cooper who has previously made the Russell Crowe-starrer Sleeping Dogs (2024).

Cooper is directing The Cell from a script by Evan Turner and Ben Zazove. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Kinnaman stars as investigative reporter Ryan Weaver, who is imprisoned in a cell within the pharmaceutical company, he was about to expose. Being isolated and experimented on, he discovers that the company is creating far worse than they are letting on, all while searching for an escape.

Traction, Caravan Media Services, Sherbone Media, and Highland Media Group are the banner backing the film.

Kinnaman, who starred in Swedish films like the Johan Falk film series, became widely known for playing Rick Flag in DC's Suicide Squad (2016) and The Suicide Squad (2021). Last seen in Apple TV's Imperfect Women, Kinnaman will next be seen in Prime Video's Bishop and Apple TV's The Husbands.