Josh Holloway (Duster, Lost) will star in an MPI Original Films adaptation of William R. Forstchen's bestselling novel One Second After. Deadline reported that Holloway will play John Matherson, a college professor and former military officer who must protect his community after an electromagnetic pulse attack cripples the nation.
Veteran stunt coordinator and second unit director Scott Rogers (Tron: Ares, John Wick: Chapter 4) will direct the film, which is a co-production of MPI Original Films and Startling Inc. with filming set to begin in Sofia, Bulgaria next month. J. Michael Straczynski wrote the script.