• And Then He Dies

  • David Guggenheim
  • Available
  • No Agent
  • Sci-Fi
  • Thriller
  • 2019
  • 74.5
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Market: Thu, 30 May 2019Sold: Thu, 30 May 2019
Producer: Adam Kolbrenner
ManagerAdam Kolbrenner (Lit Entertainment)
StudioSony
ProductionLit Entertainment
After her husband dies in a mid-air plane explosion, his wife starts receiving phone calls coming from him on board his doomed flight.  It's now up to her to unlock the mystery of the plane explosion before the conspirators behind the bombing can stop her and her husband is gone forever.
A bright structural engineer is devastated when her husband’s plane explodes over Russia, leading her to travel there for answers when she shockingly receives a phone call from the man who is supposed to be dead.
After her husband’s flight mysteriously explodes, a structural engineer must find a way to save his life through the phone calls she receives from him after his death.
After her husband dies in a plane explosion, a grieving widow must use a series of phone calls she receives from him right before the flight takes off in order to solve the mystery of the explosion and save him.
Film
Female Protagonist, Action, Crime, Drama, Detective, Thriller, Mystery, Conspiracy, Organized Crime, Rescue, Urban, Time Travel, Corruption, Foreign Locale, Airplane, Death, Grief, Guns, Husband/Wife, Investigation, Love, Marriage, Mob, Relationship, Suspenseful, Violence/Violent
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R
Medium
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Unspecified
35
Fit
"Source Code," "See You Yesterday," "Happy Death Day," "The Obituary of Tunde Johnson," "Passengers" (2008) "Hijacked," "Flightplan," "Con Air"
Present, About One Week
About 75% in Moscow, including Domodedovo Airport, a hotel, the Investigative Committee HQ, Staraya Square, an office supply store, Insignia, Andreapol Air Base, a tea house, several apartments, a social club, a strip club, Kievsky Train Station, a hospital, a phone store, an Internet cafe, and an SUV. About 15% on two airlines. About 10% in New York, in a house, an office building, a bar, and JFK Airport.
Determined structural engineer OLIVIA (30s) and her loving husband JASON (Adult) renovate their new house before Jason heads on a short business trip to Moscow.

The next day, Olivia learns that Jason’s plane has exploded over Russia. Devastated, she travels to Moscow for a meeting to give loved ones of the deceased important information.

After getting off her flight, Olivia finds a new voicemail from Jason from right before the plane’s takeoff, but her confused return call goes straight to his voicemail.

Olivia cannot understand the information delivered in Russian, and asks a man with American cigarettes, YURI (late 50s), if Jason could be alive, which he denies. Olivia discovers that Yuri is an investigator with corruption charges.

After the meeting, Jason calls Olivia, again right before takeoff, but does not believe her warning. Olivia’s sister AMANDA (25) tells her she is imagining the calls.

Olivia realizes that Jason’s calls are exactly 8.5 hours apart, the same duration as his flight. An investigator, RADCHENKO (Adult), interviews her about Jason. Yuri notices when Olivia rushes outside to take the call. Olivia tells Jason to turn on Facetime. She convinces him to get off the plane, but the flight attendant...