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Whiteout is a 2009 feature 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 and Susan Downey, is directed by Dominic Sena, is distributed by Warner Bros., and stars Kate Beckinsale and Alex O'Loughlin in the lead roles.

Plot

A U.S. deputy marshal (Kate Beckinsale), the only one assigned to Antarctica, must investigate a murder on the frozen continent within three days before the Antarctic winter begins. She crosses paths with a UN operative (Gabriel Macht), also investigating the murder. While searching the frozen tundra they uncover something far more sinister than they could have ever imagined.

Cast

• Kate Beckinsale as Carrie Stetko, a U.S. deputy marshal.
• Gabriel Macht as Robert Pryce, a U.N. operative.
• Alex O'Loughlin as Russell Haden, a brazen pilot, who gets in trouble with the deputy marshal.
• Columbus Short as Delfy, a novice pilot, who helps the deputy marshal in the investigation.

Production

In November 1999, Columbia Pictures acquired feature film rights to the comic book Whiteout by Greg Rucka and Steve Lieber. An adapted screenplay for the film was written by Jon and Erich Hoeber. The script was written to have a male character star opposite the female lead, since the studio was hesitant on how large of a film audience that the original setup of two female leads would draw. By November 2002, the studio placed the project on turnaround after a lack of production, and the rights were acquired by Universal Studios. The studio cast Reese Witherspoon to star in Whiteout, which would be based on the screenplay written by the Hoebers. By May 2004, a second draft of the script had been written, and a director was still being sought. Ultimately, rights over the film changed ownership, detaching Witherspoon from the project.

In October 2006, Whiteout entered development at Dark Castle Entertainment with production slated to begin in the coming winter for a release date in the first quarter of 2008. Dominic Sena, a fan of the graphic novel since its '98 debut, had sought to acquire the rights to direct a film adaptation, and when rights were acquired by Dark Castle, Sena petitioned to producer Joel Silver, president of the company, for the opportunity to direct Whiteout. In February 2007, with Warner Bros. signed on to distribute Whiteout, Sena was hired to direct the film, based on the adapted screenplay by the Hoebers. In the same month, Beckinsale was cast in the lead role. Production began on March 5, 2007 in Manitoba, with latter footage being shot in Montreal. A set was also constructed on the shore of Lake Winnipeg. The film was primarily set in a bright world of ice and sunlight, an unconventional approach to the murder mystery genre. Both real and fake snow were used in production. The author of the graphic novel, Greg Rucka, applauded the film adaptation of his source material. Filming concluded a few weeks before Comic-Con in July 2007.

Reception

Reviews
The film has received extremely negative reviews. Based on 74 reviews collected by Rotten Tomatoes, Whiteout has a 'rotten' 7% approval rating from critics, with an average score of 3.5/10. By comparison, Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the film has received an average score of 32, based on 14 reviews. Online film critic A Little Touch of the Movies gave it 1 out of a possible 4 stars, stating that "Whiteout is an amazingly stupid movie in nearly every facet of its working".

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