We’ve been eagerly awaiting the next film from Brad Anderson for well over a year now, and it’s looking like the wait was worth it. The trailer for Anderson’s VANISHING ON 7th STREET has just premiered (check it out below) and it looks like a healthy does of “Twilight Zone”-esque goodness. Sure, it stars Hayden Christensen, and the very thought of watching him “act” is enough to put bile in my mouth, but look at it this way: Anderson got a very good performance out of goofy-ass David Caruso in SESSION 9, so maybe there’s hope for Hayden yet…
It starts with a power outage. Where once stood living beings are now piles of discarded clothes. The once sunny city is shrouded in blackness. Shadows creep across every surface and whispers echo in the empty streets. Is it some form of enemy attack or a swift judgment from the divine? Each passing day contains fewer daylight hours, and only those who cling to some other form of light can escape the encroaching darkness.
A small group of survivors congregate in an old bar powered by a gas generator. Luke (Hayden Christensen) is a slick TV anchor forced to live by his wits. Paul (John Leguizamo) is a lonely projectionist working in a multiplex theatre. Rosemary (Thandie Newton) is a distraught mother whose baby is missing, and James (Jacob Latimore) is a shotgun-toting kid waiting for his mother to return. With their light sources slowly dying, they must find alternative illumination and a way out of the city. Overcome with paranoia and fear, the group struggles to understand the events that have brought them together.
VANISHING ON 7TH STREET, which will be shown at the upcoming Toronto International Film Festival, stars Hayden Christensen, Thandie Newton, John Leguizamo, Taylor Groothuis, Jordan Trovillion, Jacob Latimore, Benjamin Brennan, Pamela Croydon and P.J. Edwards.