Poster and New Photos from the set of “The Steam Experiment”, now in post-production

"The Steam Experiment" filmed in Grand Rapids, set for a 2009 release

Its been awhile since I’ve had an update on the first movie I’ll be able to follow from its rumors, to announcement, to shooting in Grand Rapids, to a chance to go on-set, to the eventual release of the film.

So here they are, the poster and new photos for the suspense/thriller “The Steam Experiment” from the production company (Cinepro Pictures).

The photos show Val Kilmer in his role as “Jimmy” who takes his ridiculed theories on global warming to a deadly extreme, creating “The Steam Experiment” - and turning up the heat on his subjects.

Most of the photos are from on the set inside the turkish bath shot on set at Deano’s in Grand Rapids… with Eve Mauro, Patrick Muldoon, Quinn Duffy and Megan Brown.  Eric Roberts and Cordelia Reynolds (not pictured) are also Jimmy’s unsuspecting victims.

Steam Experiment expanded synopsis:

Since his decline into delusion and madness after professional disgrace, Professor Raymond Fowler (Val Kilmer) has been a patient at the Northrock Mental Institution in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Desperate to prove

his ridiculed work as valid and impending truth, Fowler conjures a macabre plan: Under the guise of the his alter ego, James Pettis, Fowler creates the ruse of the Annabelle Dating Service and lures six unwitting participants to be the subjects of The Steam Experiment.

His hypothesis: By 2012, the effects of global warming will heat the planet so drastically that major natural disasters and temperatures of 130 degrees during the winter will cause an immediate and drastic degradation of civilization into aggression and chaos. A published author and former university professor, Pettis received ridicule and ostracism by his academic colleagues for his outlandish claims.

The Experiment: Determined to prove the validity of his hypothesis, Fowler creates a microcosm of the impending civil devolution by locking six human beings in an increasingly hot steam room. This controlled environment, monitored by hidden cameras, affords him the opportunity to analyze the effects of the rising heat and restricted movement of his subjects. He predicts that his subjects will regress into a primal survival mode, turning upon one another and destroying themselves, acting as models for the behavior of the greater community under the duress of significant climate change.

For previous stories on “The Steam Experiment”, click on these links:

10/10/08 - Steam Experiment updates

9/25/08 - More Steam Experiment news

9/18/08 - Steam Experiment news

9/11/08 - From the set of The Steam Experiment

9/8/08 - Trying to confirm The Steam Experiment shooting in Grand Rapids

“Steam Experiment” poster courtesy Cinepro Pictures
New on-set photos courtesy Cinepro Pictures

Val Kilmer as Jimmy in "The Steam Experiment"

Val Kilmer in "The Steam Experiment"

Eve Mauro in "The Steam Experiment"

Eve Mauro in "The Steam Experiment"

Eve Mauro and Quinn Duffy in "The Steam Experiment"

Quinn Duffy in "The Steam Experiment"

Patrick Muldoon in "The Steam Experiment"

Megan Brown and Patrick Muldoon in "The Steam Experiment"

Megan Brown in "The Steam Experiment"

Quinn Duffy in "The Steam Experiment"

Eve Mauro in "The Steam Experiment"

Megan Brown in "The Steam Experiment"

"The Steam Experiment" back courtesy CinePro Pictures