Clarius Entertainment Acquires Stephen King’s Cell

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According to ShockTillYouDrop, Clarius Entertainment has picked up the US distribution rights for the Benaroya Pictures and The Genre Company’s “Cell”. The film is based on the post-apocalyptic novel of the same name by Stephen King.

The film stars John Cusack, Samuel L. Jackson, Isabelle Fuhrman, and Stacy Keach. Cell follows a cataclysm where a powerful signal has been broadcast across mobile networks worldwide. The users of cell phones have had their minds dangerously re-programmed. One survivor Clay Riddell (Cusack) goes across New England to search for his wife and son. He joined by a group of survivors who are trying to fend off the bloodthirsty “phoners.”