Whiteout

Alex O'Loughlin
Status:
 Completed
Film/TV:
 Film
Genre:
 Action/Crime/Drama/Thriller
Year:
 2009
MPAA Rating:
 R
Director:
 Dominic Sena
Writers:
 John Hoeber (screenplay)

Erich Hoeber (screenplay)

Chad Hayes (screenplay)

Carey Hayes (screenplay)

Greg Rucka (graphic novel)
Approx. Running Time:
 101 minutes
Image Gallery:
 Whiteout
Related Links:
 Official Site ~ GregRucka.com ~ SteveLieber.com
Cast:
Alex O’Loughlin …
 Russell Haden
Kate Beckinsale …
 Carrie Stetko
Gabriel Macht … Robert Pryce
Columbus Short … Delfy
Shawn Doyle … Sam Murphy
Tom Skerritt … Dr. John Fury
Summary:
 Antarctica. The coldest and most isolated place on earth. Temperatures drop to 120 below. Winds whip across the ice at over 100 miles an hour. Home to one of the deadliest forces in the world, the whiteout. It’s a place U.S. Marshal Carrie Stetko (Kate Beckinsale) won’t miss. As the lone law enforcement agent at the Amundsen-Scott Research Station, her tenure here has been not only harsh but uneventful. In three days, when the station powers down and the sun sets for the long winter, she’ll be getting out: leaving Antarctica for good and turning in her badge for a new life. But when a body is discovered in the no-man’s land on the open ice, Stetko is plunged into a shocking mystery. Bizarrely battered and miles from camp, the dead man is Antarctica’s first homicide victim and Stetko’s first real challeng in a long time. Her investigation soon involves U.N. Special Agent Robert Pryce (Gabriel Macht), sent to monitor her progress in this ungoverned territory. As the case takes a deadly twist and a 60-year-old secret is unearthed, Stetko herself becomes a target. Pryce could prove to be a powerful ally but only if solving the murder is what he’s really after. With only days before the last plane out, Stetko must race to unravel the mystery or risk being stranded on the ice as darkness and the killer closes in.


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Trivia:
  • Alex O’Loughlin completed Whiteout prior to taking on his grueling Moonlight schedule.
  • The movie is an adaptation of the graphic novel Whiteout by Greg Rucka and Steve Lieber.
  • Whiteout: Melt is the sequel to the first graphic novel, but according to illustrator Steve Lieber, there are no plans to film a movie adaptation.
  • The movie script has a male character star opposite the female lead because the studio had doubts about the drawing power of two female leads as written in the original story.
  • The studio put the project on hold after a long period of inactivity by November 2002 and Universal Studios acquired the rights. Reese Witherspoon was cast to star but she was then detached from the project when the film rights changed ownership.
  • As Dominic Sena is a fan of the graphic novel, he looked into acquiring the rights to direct a film adaptation. When the rights were transferred to Dark Castle, Sena petitioned to producer Joel Silver, Dark Castle’s President, for the opportunity to direct “Whiteout.”
  • Kate Beckinsale was Joel Silver’s first choice for the role of Carrie Stetko.
  • The film was shot in Manitoba, on a set that was constructed on the shore of Lake Winnipeg.
  • Both real and fake snow were used in the production.

Sources include IMDb, Wikipedia
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Release Dates:
Canada
September 11, 2009
UK
September 11, 2009
USA
September 11, 2009
Singapore
September 17, 2009
Russia
September 24, 2009
Ukraine
September 24, 2009
Argentina
October 1, 2009
Egypt
October 14, 2009
Malaysia
October 15, 2009
Serbia
October 15, 2009
Brazil
October 16, 2009
France
October 21, 2009
Greece
October 22, 2009
Finland
October 23, 2009
New Zealand
October 29, 2009
Japan
October 31, 2009
Australia
November 5, 2009
Romania
November 6, 2009
Portugal
November 12, 2009
Iceland
November 13, 2009
Italy
November 13, 2009
Spain
November 13, 2009
Norway
January 15, 2010
IMDb Rating:
 5.6/10
IMDb ID:
 365929
Filming Locations:
  • Boucherville, Quebec, Canada
  • Cité du Cinéma, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
  • Gimli, Manitoba, Canada
  • Lake Manitoba, Manitoba, Canada
  • Lundar Beach Provincial Park, Manitoba, Canada
  • Melrose Studios, Saint-Hubert, Quebec, Canada
  • Montreal, Quebec, Canada
  • Saint-Hubert Airport, Saint-Hubert, Quebec, Canada
  • Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

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