Summit Entertainment handled foreign sales and presented '' Pandorum '' to buyers at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival , but due to a deal with Contender Films in the UK , Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures took over and handled foreign sales to the film . Overture Films distributed '' Pandorum '' in North America , Icon in the United Kingdom and Australia , Svensk in Scandinavia , and Movie Eye in Japan . The film was set up as a possible franchise . According to Travis Milloy , it was to have a sequel and a prequel . If it performed well , Impact Pictures could green-light one or more sequels
2009 Cannes Film Festival
2009 Cannes Film Festival
Pandorum