Ray Bradbury’s ‘Frost and Fire’ Set for Movie Adaptation by Thunder Road (Exclusive)

Etan Vlessing
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Thunder Road is headed into space after acquiring the movie rights to iconic sci-fi writer Ray Bradbury’s short story Frost and Fire.

Kristina Buozyte and Bruno Samper are attached to direct the feature film adaptation based on a script written by Doug Simon. Frost and Fire follows the intrepid young pilot of a space mining mission who finds himself scrambling to survive after crash-landing on a mysterious planet where life moves at a frighteningly accelerated pace.

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The eerie short story explores how seminal values, emotions and relationships are affected when a person’s life spans only eight days. Basil Iwanyk and Erica Lee will produce the movie adaptation for Thunder Road, while Charlie Morrison, Will Flynn and Mahal Sourgose will executive produce.

The writing and directing duo of Buozyte and Samper, known for their post-apocalyptic world-building, were behind the recent dystopian sci-fi thriller Vesper, released by IFC. They also collaborated on the 2012 film Vanishing Waves, Lithuania’s first sci-fi feature film. Buozyte and Samper also produce by way of their VFX studio Natrix Natrix, based in France.

Simon wrote the Black List script for Breathe, an action thriller Stefon Bristol directed for Thunder Road. Oscar winner Jennifer Hudson and Sam Worthington star in the film set for distribution later this year.

Simon also penned Black Choke, which sold to HBO Max and is being produced by Aggregate Films. He recently finished an action/thriller for Anton and CineMachine, which is now being cast.

Other recent Thunder Road projects include John Wick: Chapter 4, starring Keanu Reeves, and Silent Night, John Woo’s U.S. action film return that stars Joel Kinnaman.

Buozyte and Samper are represented by Verve and Anonymous Content. Simon is represented by Verve and Writ Large.

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