Afterburn is an upcoming American post-apocalyptic science fiction action film directed by J.J. Perry and written by Matt Johnson. It is based on the Red 5 Comics series of the same name by Scott Chitwood and Paul Ens.^[1] The story is set a decade after the Earth's technology was decimated by a solar flare.^[1] Original development began in 2018, halted and restarted in 2024.^[1]

• Dave Bautista starring as Jake, an ex-soldier who works as a treasure hunter seeking pre-flare objects for powerful clients, among these being the Mona Lisa.^[1]
• Samuel L. Jackson co-starring as Valentine, a freedom fighter.^[1]
• Olga Kurylenko as Drea, a freedom fighter.^[2]
• Kristofer Hivju^[2]

Gerard Butler was to star as of 2018,^[3] but had exited by February 2024.^[1]

In April 2012, it was announced that Tommy Wirkola would direct and Gerard Butler would star in the action film, Afterburn.^{[4][unreliable source?]} On February 15, 2018, it was reported that Jung Byung-gil would direct the film, from a script by Matt Johnson with revisions by Nimród Antal;^[2][3] Byung-Gil, however, exited the directorship by February 2024.^[4] J. J. Perry was hired as the new director, and actors Dave Bautista and Samuel L. Jackson joined the cast as the leads.^[1]

The film was originally to be produced by Original Film (Neal Moritz and Toby Jaffe), G-BASE (Alan Siegel and Gerard Butler), and Endurance Media (Steve Richards) and Lewis Taewan Kim.^[3] The film's executive producers were to be Steve Barnett and James Tomlinson.^[3] Financing was to be provided by Endurance Media.^[3] With the departure of Gerard Butler and entrance of Dave Bautista, G-BASE withdrew to be replaced by Dogbone Entertainment and Bautista.^[1]