Imagine being a custodial worker in a bunker that's the last livable place on Earth. The air outside is unbreathable, and a select group of humans are in cryogenic slumber around you. This is life for workers Bauer and Cartwright, but great responsibility and a dark secret could threaten to destroy their sanity and the human race. Produced by Robert Kirkman and starring Norman Reedus, Air is hitting theaters next spring, and a new image and poster from the film have been released.

Set to be released in spring of 2015, Air is the first feature film from Skybound Entertainment. Joining Reedus in the movie is Djimon Hounsou (Gladiator, Blood Diamond, Fast & Furious 7), who plays Cartwright opposite Reedus' Bauer. Christian Cantamessa (co-writer of the video game, Red Dead Redemption) makes his directing debut with Air, based off a script by himself and Chris Pasetto. Robert Kirkman is producing the project, along with David Alpert, Brian Kavanaugh-Jones, Chris Ferguson, and several others.

In a recent interview with EW, Kirkman said that Air has an old-school sci-fi atmosphere that hearkens back to Ridley Scott's Alien. We'll keep Daily Dead readers updated on Air as it moves closer to its release date.

The story is set in an underground cryogenic facility after a nuclear fallout renders the atmosphere unbreathable. Air centers on its two custodial workers (Reedus, Hounsou), who take care of the cryogenically sleeping personnel that are to re-establish society, but they struggle to preserve their own sanity and lives while maintaining the extremely fragile environment of the last livable place on earth.

Below are two images from Air released by EW, as well as the first official poster for the film that's available at SDCC (courtesy of Bloody Disgusting!):

Source: EW via Bloody Disgusting
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