Cold Storage: Joe Keery and Liam Neeson face a biological threat on Canal+

A deadly microorganism that has been locked away for decades escapes inside a self-storage facility: Cold Storage, a thriller blending science fiction, action, and comedy, is set to air on Canal+ on Saturday, August 22, 2026 at 9:10 PM. Directed by Jonny Campbell and adapted from his own novel by David Koepp, the film features Joe Keery, Georgina Campbell, and Liam Neeson.

The story begins decades earlier, when a highly infectious microorganism is isolated and sealed away in the depths of a forgotten military installation. The site is later repurposed as a storage facility, with its new occupants unaware of the danger lurking beneath their feet.

When temperatures rise in the underground facilities, the dormant pathogen finds the conditions it needs to thrive and escape. Two center staffers wind up in a situation that’s beyond them. To keep the outbreak from spreading beyond the building, they must team up with a former bioterrorism expert who knows the origin and the organism’s devastating potential.

Joe Keery, who rose to fame on Stranger Things, teams up with Georgina Campbell, a familiar name for genre cinema fans, while Liam Neeson plays Robert Quinn, the man recalled to help bring the crisis under control.

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Cold Storage adapts the eponymous novel published by David Koepp in 2019. The screenwriter, known for steering several major science-fiction and suspense titles, also brings his own book to the screen. The story blends the classic contamination premise with an unusually claustrophobic setting and a tone that goes beyond a simple horror-thriller.

The film plays on the tension between the severity of the threat and the two ordinary workers who must stare it down. As the organism advances, the storage facility gradually becomes a survival space, while the countdown is about preventing what unfolds inside from triggering a far wider outbreak.

Released in French cinemas on February 18, 2026, Cold Storage continues its television run a few months later. The Jonny Campbell thriller is to be broadcast on Canal+ on Saturday, August 22, 2026 at 9:10 PM.

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