Renny Harlin To Direct Prison Rescue Thriller ‘Evac’
Renny Harlin will direct Evac, a rescue thriller centred on a medical helicopter that crash-lands in a volatile prison yard. The project pairs a high-stakes escape story with a prison conspiracy, and filming is being targeted for 2027.
Sidney King wrote the screenplay, with Michael Roccio, Robert Dean, Dawn Bursteen and Alan B. Bursteen producing. Casting discussions are under way; the story follows a medical specialist and a wounded inmate as they try to survive the night and escape. Harlin’s recent directing credits include The Beast, Deep Water and The Strangers trilogy.
- Renny Harlin is set to direct Evac.
- A helicopter crash strands a rescue team in a prison yard.
- Filming is aimed for 2027.
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Renny Harlin is a film director whose work includes action and thriller films. A rescue thriller builds its story around an attempt to get people out of danger, often under pressure.
Evac is set in a prison where a medical helicopter crashes, leaving a medical specialist and an injured prisoner trying to survive and escape. The setting also brings a prison conspiracy into the story, involving events or plans within the prison that are not immediately clear.
The film is being developed by screenwriter Sidney King and producers Michael Roccio, Robert Dean, Dawn Bursteen and Alan B. Bursteen. Its planned filming in 2027 and casting discussions place it at an early stage of production.