Spiderhead is a 2022 science fiction thriller film directed by Joseph Kosinski and written by Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick. The film is based on the short story "Escape from Spiderhead" by George Saunders. It stars Chris Hemsworth, Miles Teller, and Jurnee Smollett. The film was released on Netflix on June 17, 2022.
The film is set in a futuristic prison where inmates are given experimental drugs that alter their emotions and behavior. The film follows Steve Abnesti (Hemsworth), the prison's director, as he tests his new drugs on the inmates. However, the inmates begin to rebel against Abnesti and his experiments, and they eventually escape from the prison.