Whiteout is a 2009 thriller film based on the 1998 comic book of the same name by Greg Rucka and Steve Lieber, and released on September 11, 2009. The film was produced under the banner of Dark Castle Entertainment by Joel Silver, Susan Downey and David Gambino, is directed by Dominic Sena, is distributed by Warner Bros., and stars Kate Beckinsale, Gabriel Macht and Alex O'Loughlin in the lead roles. The movie opens in 1957, inside a Russian cargo plane flying above Antarctica. In the cargo hold, three Russians sit with a padlocked box. The co-pilot launches a gun fight that soon leads... to the plane crashing and the death of all aboard. The setting fast-forwards to a present-day geographical research settlement in Antarctica. The inhabitants are preparing to evacuate in the face of an early winter storm. They must depart before the onset of winter or remain for six months. Deputy U.S. Marshal Carrie Stetko has been working in remote Antarctica for two years, since a betrayal by her partner in Miami that killed him and nearly killed her.
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| Release date: | September 9, 2009 |
| Directed by: | Dominic Sena |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 96 Minutes |
| Producer: | Joel Silver, Susan Downey, David Gambino |
| Editor: | Stuart Baird |
| Music by: | John Frizzell |
| Cinematography: | Christopher Soos |
| Screenplay by: | Jon Hoeber, Carey Hayes, Chad Hayes, Erich Hoeber |
| Estimated budget: | $35,000,000 |
| Adapted from: | Whiteout |
| Genre: | Thriller, Action |