# Midnight (upcoming film)
**Midnight** is an unreleased American action thriller directed by Joshua Otis Miller, starring [Alexandra Shipp](https://www.edgepedia.org/alexandra-shipp) as a blind woman hunted by international criminals led by [Milla Jovovich](https://www.edgepedia.org/milla-jovovich), with [Rosario Dawson](https://www.edgepedia.org/rosario-dawson) as the woman's federal agent sister. Written by Lamont Magee and Jeff Byrd, it wrapped filming in Connecticut in 2024 and was in post-production as of December 2024, with no release date or distributor announced.[1](https://deadline.com/2024/08/rosario-dawson-alexandra-shipp-milla-jovovich-join-midnight-1236035819/) • [2](https://deadline.com/2024/08/ryan-guzman-midnight-1236043942/) • [3](https://www.movieinsider.com/m4210/midnight)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Director | Joshua Otis Miller, a first-time feature filmmaker[1](https://deadline.com/2024/08/rosario-dawson-alexandra-shipp-milla-jovovich-join-midnight-1236035819/) |
| Writers | Lamont Magee and Jeff Byrd[1](https://deadline.com/2024/08/rosario-dawson-alexandra-shipp-milla-jovovich-join-midnight-1236035819/) |
| Lead cast | Alexandra Shipp (blind woman), Milla Jovovich (criminal leader), Rosario Dawson (federal agent sister), Ryan Guzman (undisclosed role)[1](https://deadline.com/2024/08/rosario-dawson-alexandra-shipp-milla-jovovich-join-midnight-1236035819/) • [2](https://deadline.com/2024/08/ryan-guzman-midnight-1236043942/) |
| Filming | Wrapped in Connecticut as of August 2024[1](https://deadline.com/2024/08/rosario-dawson-alexandra-shipp-milla-jovovich-join-midnight-1236035819/) |
| Status | Post-production as of December 15, 2024; official release date not announced[3](https://www.movieinsider.com/m4210/midnight) |
| Reported budget | $10 million per Safier Entertainment's financing page; no budget figure appears in trade reports[4](https://safierent.com/films/midnight-2/) |
| Release year | Listed as 2026 on the director's site and as 2025 by AlloCiné; unresolved[5](https://joshuaotismiller.com/midnight/) • [6](https://www.allocine.fr/film/fichefilm_gen_cfilm=1000009108.html) |
## Identification and disambiguation
This article covers the English-language action thriller produced by Yale Productions and Night Fox Entertainment and directed by Joshua Otis Miller, announced with its principal cast in August 2024.[1](https://deadline.com/2024/08/rosario-dawson-alexandra-shipp-milla-jovovich-join-midnight-1236035819/) • [2](https://deadline.com/2024/08/ryan-guzman-midnight-1236043942/) The director's own site lists it as *Midnight* (2026), an action/thriller in post-production associated with Night Fox Entertainment.[5](https://joshuaotismiller.com/midnight/)
The title is shared with two unrelated works. One is a South Korean thriller *Midnight* in which Kyung-mi (Jin Ki-joo), a young deaf woman, is hunted by the masked serial killer Do-Shik ([Wi Ha-joon](https://www.edgepedia.org/wi-ha-joon)) after she interrupts a murder; it also stars Gil Hae-yeon and [Kim Hye-yoon](https://www.edgepedia.org/kim-hye-yoon).[7](https://www.nziff.co.nz/2021/wellington/midnight/) Epic Pictures distributes that film as a 100-minute thriller released in 2022.[8](https://epic-pictures.com/film/midnight) The other is a 19-minute short film titled *Midnight* by [Takashi Miike](https://www.edgepedia.org/takashi-miike), an adaptation of a work by manga artist Osamu Tezuka, shot on iPhone 15 Pro and starring Kento Kaku as a late-night taxi driver.[9](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/apple-takashi-miike-short-film-midnight-iphone-1235844102/)
## Premise and genre
In the script by Lamont Magee and Jeff Byrd, a group of international criminals headed by Jovovich pursues a young blind woman (Shipp), seeking a package that they think her sister, a federal agent (Dawson), handed to her.[1](https://deadline.com/2024/08/rosario-dawson-alexandra-shipp-milla-jovovich-join-midnight-1236035819/) The official synopsis adds that the assailants quickly realize she may be far more dangerous than expected.[5](https://joshuaotismiller.com/midnight/)
## Cast and crew
Joshua Otis Miller makes his feature directorial debut with the film.[1](https://deadline.com/2024/08/rosario-dawson-alexandra-shipp-milla-jovovich-join-midnight-1236035819/) Co-writer Jeff Byrd serves as an executive producer and director on Showtime's *Yellowjackets*, for which he received an Emmy nomination in 2023.[1](https://deadline.com/2024/08/rosario-dawson-alexandra-shipp-milla-jovovich-join-midnight-1236035819/)
The confirmed cast is Alexandra Shipp, Rosario Dawson, Milla Jovovich, and [Ryan Guzman](https://www.edgepedia.org/ryan-guzman), whose "pivotal" role is being kept under wraps.[1](https://deadline.com/2024/08/rosario-dawson-alexandra-shipp-milla-jovovich-join-midnight-1236035819/) • [2](https://deadline.com/2024/08/ryan-guzman-midnight-1236043942/) Dawson also produces the film, with Shipp and Jovovich as executive producers.[1](https://deadline.com/2024/08/rosario-dawson-alexandra-shipp-milla-jovovich-join-midnight-1236035819/) • [2](https://deadline.com/2024/08/ryan-guzman-midnight-1236043942/) Safier Entertainment's financing page adds Cameron Cuffe, Kresh Novakovic, and Camila Perez to the cast list.[4](https://safierent.com/films/midnight-2/)
## Production and financing
Production wrapped in [Connecticut](https://www.edgepedia.org/connecticut) as of the August 2024 casting announcements.[1](https://deadline.com/2024/08/rosario-dawson-alexandra-shipp-milla-jovovich-join-midnight-1236035819/)
Great Escape was scheduled to shop the film to buyers at the Toronto Film Festival in September 2024.[1](https://deadline.com/2024/08/rosario-dawson-alexandra-shipp-milla-jovovich-join-midnight-1236035819/) Safier Entertainment lists the project on its site as a $10 million, 90-minute action-thriller with which it was involved as executive producer and funding; this figure comes from the financing company's own page and no trade report corroborates it.[4](https://safierent.com/films/midnight-2/)
## Release status and what has changed since 2023
The film's public record begins with the August 2024 trade announcements of the principal cast and the completed Connecticut shoot.[1](https://deadline.com/2024/08/rosario-dawson-alexandra-shipp-milla-jovovich-join-midnight-1236035819/) Ryan Guzman's casting was also reported in August 2024.[2](https://deadline.com/2024/08/ryan-guzman-midnight-1236043942/) In September 2024, Great Escape was to present the film to buyers at the Toronto market.[1](https://deadline.com/2024/08/rosario-dawson-alexandra-shipp-milla-jovovich-join-midnight-1236035819/) As of December 15, 2024, filming was completed and editing, music, sound, and visual effects were underway, with the official release date not yet announced.[3](https://www.movieinsider.com/m4210/midnight)
No distributor or platform has been announced. AlloCiné lists the film as a 2025 U.S.-Canada co-production with the distributor field blank, while the director's site lists it as a 2026 title; the two datings are unresolved.[6](https://www.allocine.fr/film/fichefilm_gen_cfilm=1000009108.html) • [5](https://joshuaotismiller.com/midnight/)
## Same-titled films in context
The three *Midnight* films differ in language, format, and premise. The Korean film is a 100-minute theatrical thriller about a deaf woman pursued by a serial killer, praised at the New Zealand International Film Festival for sound design that puts the audience in the protagonist's position of being preyed upon by a murderer she cannot hear.[7](https://www.nziff.co.nz/2021/wellington/midnight/) • [8](https://epic-pictures.com/film/midnight) The Miike short is a 19-minute iPhone-shot adaptation of an [Osamu Tezuka](https://www.edgepedia.org/osamu-tezuka) manga about a taxi driver.[9](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/apple-takashi-miike-short-film-midnight-iphone-1235844102/)
## References
1. [Rosario Dawson, Alexandra Shipp, Milla Jovovich Join 'Midnight' Action Thriller, Deadline (August 2024)](https://deadline.com/2024/08/rosario-dawson-alexandra-shipp-milla-jovovich-join-midnight-1236035819/)
2. [Ryan Guzman Joins Action Thriller 'Midnight', Deadline (August 2024)](https://deadline.com/2024/08/ryan-guzman-midnight-1236043942/)
3. [Midnight Movie, MovieInsider](https://www.movieinsider.com/m4210/midnight)
4. [Midnight – $10 Million – Executive Producer & Funding, Safier Entertainment](https://safierent.com/films/midnight-2/)
5. [Midnight (2026), Directed by Joshua Otis Miller, official site](https://joshuaotismiller.com/midnight/)
6. [Midnight - Film 2025, AlloCiné](https://www.allocine.fr/film/fichefilm_gen_cfilm=1000009108.html)
7. [Midnight, New Zealand International Film Festival 2021 programme](https://www.nziff.co.nz/2021/wellington/midnight/)
8. [Midnight, Epic Pictures catalog](https://epic-pictures.com/film/midnight)
9. [Apple Releases Takashi Miike Short Film Shot on an iPhone, The Hollywood Reporter (2023)](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/apple-takashi-miike-short-film-midnight-iphone-1235844102/)
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