Alan Ritchson and Conor Leslie Talk 'Dark Web Cicada 3301'

Titanic Super Friends, Alan Ritchson and Conor Leslie Talk Dark Web: Cicada 3301 available on Digital and On Demand March 12 and Blu-Ray and DVD March 16, 2021.

C0-Writer, Director and Producer Alan Richson (Titans, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, Blue Mountain State) makes his feature film directorial debut with Dark Web: Cicada 3301 a Cyber Thriller that co-stars Conor Leslie (Titans, The Man in the High Castle, Shots Fired).

Official Synopsis:

When disenfranchised hacker Connor (Kesy), his affable best friend Avi (Funches), and the cunning librarian Gwen (Leslie) discover a mysterious online treasure hunt, they must elude aggressive NSA agents, led by Agent Carver (Ritchson), as the trio race to find the clues and claim their prize.

Dark Web: Cicada 3301 marks the high-energy directorial debut of co-star Alan Ritchson, who co-wrote the screenplay with Joshua Montcalm. Ritchson also produced the movie with Marc Bach, Carl Beyer (The Kissing Booth 2 & 3), and D.J. Viola (Tell Me How I Die). Executive producers are Marina Acton (Seberg) and Dan Spilo (Seberg).

Discover more about the making of this nail-biting thriller, and the elaborate on-line puzzle that inspired it, when Dark Web: Cicada 3301 arrives on Blu-ray and DVD with bonus features including a commentary and deleted scenes.

We spoke with Ritchson and Leslie about working together on Titans and Dark Web: Cicada 3301, the challenges of co-writing, directing, producing and staring in your own project, how to use humor in trying situations as well as keeping a cyber crime film fresh for future generations with technology changing so rapidly.

Furthermore, we learn from Leslie how she has never been to either Wonder Con or San Diego Comic-Con and will now try to figure out once we can gather again to be able to walk the floor incognito.

Follow Alan Ritchson on Twitter @alanritchson and Instagram @alanritchson. Follow Conor Leslie on Twitter @ConorLeslie and Instagram @conorleslie.

Dark Web: Cicada 3301 available on Digital and On Demand March 12 and Blu-Ray and DVD March 16, 2021.