We’ve known that there was a sequel to QUARANTINE in the works for some time now, actually since March, when it was announced that screenwriter John Pogue (the guy responsible for writing U.S. MARSHALS and THE SKULLS) would be at the helm. Well, it would appear as though they’re already done shooting, as Lightning Entertainment issued a press release touting the completion of principal photography as well as an official synosis and director’s statement.
Oh, and it’s called QUARANTINE 2: TERMINAL. Read on!
In QUARANTINE an apartment building in Los Angeles was quarantined by the CDC (Center for Disease Control), trapping the frightened residents inside as a deadly mutant virus turned the residents into rabid killers. QUARANTINE 2: TERMINAL picks up later that night at LAX, as passengers board a flight to Nashville. When a passenger becomes violently ill with a mysterious rabies-like virus, the plane makes an emergency landing at a large metropolitan airport. Jenny (Mercedes Masohn, CBS’s “Three Rivers”), a heroic yet inexperienced flight attendant, takes charge of the safety of her passengers. Relieved when a swarm of heavily equipped emergency vehicles, police units and the CDC arrive, Jenny and the passengers soon discover that they have been quarantined and are now trapped. Desperate to escape, Jenny enlists the help of one of the surviving passengers, a kindergarten teacher, Henry (Josh Cooke, A Fork In The Road, I Love you Man), to devise a plan to survive.
“I was a big admirer of REC and the work that the Dowdles did on QUARANTINE, so I was thrilled when given the opportunity to write and direct the sequel”, says director John Pogue. “QUARANTINE 2: TERMINAL will expand the mythology behind the first film for fans and ramp up the twisted thrills, building on that universal fear of being trapped on an airplane.”
There is still no release date planned for Q2, although you can probably expect it sometime later this year.
Mercedes Masohn