Rocket Science has announced that genre and box office titan Louis Leterrier (Fast X, Transporter films), whose films have earned $2 billion worldwide, is set to direct and produce the sci-fi horror film 11817, based on a script by Matthew Robinson (The Invention of Lying, Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die). Leterrier’s Carrousel Studios, Rocket Science, Thank You Studios, Chernin Entertainment (A North Road Company) and 3 Arts Entertainment will produce. Casting is currently underway. Rocket Science will fully finance, handle foreign sales and introduce the film in Cannes this month, while CAA Media Finance will represent the North American rights.

In 11817, inexplicable forces trap a family of four inside their house indefinitely. As both modern luxuries and life or death essentials begin to run out, the family must learn how to be resourceful to survive and outsmart who – or what – is keeping them trapped…

The film’s producers are Leterrier, Thomas Benski and Omar Sy for Carrousel Studios. Also producing are Lars Sylvest for Thank You Studios, Kori Adelson for Chernin Entertainment, Oly Obst of 3 Arts Entertainment, Thorsten Schumacher for Rocket Science and Joe Neurauter. Cecile Gaget is an executive producer for Carrousel Studios.