Robbie Amell and Rachael Taylor Jump on the ARQ for Netflix
Steve Barton
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Netflix continues on its way to being a film studio contender, and their latest project has just hit the Interwebs. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Robbie Amell and Rachael Taylor, known to fanboys for their work on comic book shows “The Flash” and “Jessica Jones,” respectively, have teamed up to star in ARQ, a sci-fi thriller that will be released by the on-demand entity.
Lost City and XYZ Films are producing the low-budget film, which was written and is being directed by Tony Elliott. Elliott knows a thing or two about sci-fi drama, having been a story editor and writer on BBC America’s acclaimed “Orphan Black.”
ARQ is a post-apocalyptic thriller set in the near future when the oil supply has run dry. Trapped in a house and surrounded by a gang of mysterious masked intruders, an engineer (Amell) must protect a technology that could deliver unlimited energy and end the wars that have consumed the world. The only problem is that the technology has created a time loop that condemns him and his friends all to relive the same day over and over.
The movie is set to begin shooting this winter in Toronto.
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