Friday saw the official trailer release of Jeff Chan’s new sci-fi, Code 8. The film is based on his own hit proof of concept short which followed up with feature film prospects funded by fans via Indiegogo.
Robbie Amell stars along with Greg Bryk, Kari Matchett, Sung Kang, Alex Mallari Jr., Peter Outerbridge, and Shaun Benson. The film just premiered at Sitges and will release in select theaters and on-demand on December 13 from Vertical Entertainment.
Set in a world where 4% of the population is born with varying supernatural abilities, but instead of being billionaires or superheroes, they face discrimination and live in poverty, often resorting to crime. Connor Reed (Robbie Amell), a power-enabled man, is struggling to pay for his ailing mother’s health treatment. Fighting to earn enough money as a day laborer, Connor is lured into a lucrative criminal world by Garrett (Stephen Amell) who works for Lincoln City’s reigning drug lord, Marcus Sutcliffe (Greg Bryk). Garrett helps Connor sharpen his powers in order to execute a series of crimes on behalf of Sutcliffe, while a militarized police unit, led by Agent Park (Sung Kang) and Agent Davis (Aaron Abrams), hunts them down.
First Showing brought a look at the latest poster as well which you can view below.
