We spoke to the cast of Spiderhead at their NYC premiere to talk about some of the mind bending tools used on inmates, what this type of behavior means ethically, and why it was so much fun shooting that boat race. Check out some of the cast including: Miles Teller, Jurnee Smollett, Mark Paguio, and more. 

The movie is currently streaming on Netflix now.

Host: Monica Gleberman

Editor: Marianna Randazzo

Social Media Graphic: Jojo

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Synopsis:

In a state-of-the-art penitentiary run by brilliant visionary Steve Abnesti (Chris Hemsworth), inmates wear a surgically attached device that administers dosages of mind-altering drugs in exchange for commuted sentences. There are no bars, no cells, or orange jumpsuits. In Spiderhead, incarcerated volunteers are free to be themselves. Until they’re not. At times, they’re a better version. Need to lighten up? There’s a drug for that. At a loss for words? There’s a drug for that, too. But when two subjects, Jeff (Miles Teller) and Lizzy (Jurnee Smollett), form a connection, their path to redemption take a twistier turn, as Abnesti’s experiments start to push the limits of free will altogether. Based on The New Yorker short story by George Saunders, SPIDERHEAD is a genre-bending and darkly funny psychological thriller directed by Joseph Kosinski (TRON: Legacy, Top Gun: Maverick) and written by Rhett Reese & Paul Wernick (Deadpool, Zombieland).

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