The Fix is a 2024 sci-fi thriller, directed by Kelsey Egan, who made her feature film debut with the Showmax Original Glasshouse,  and was the most awarded film at the 2022 South African Film and Television Awards (SAFTAs).

The concept for The Fix was in development for several years before being put to screen.

Production was originally scheduled to take place in 2019 but was postponed being re-financed and principal photography officially began in September 2021.

Test screenings began in February 2022 at the University of Pennsylvania’s faculty of Cinema and Media Studies and at the Cannes Film Festival, in 2023, it was announced The Exchange acquired worldwide distribution rights to The Fix.

Set in a dystopian future Cape Town, with toxic air, The Fix follows a model (Grace van Dien, known for Stranger Things S4) who takes a new designer drug at a party and suffers a shocking transformation.

Pursued by forces with competing interests in the drug’s effects, she discovers that her mutations could save the human race.

The Fix released on Showmax on 31 October 2024, and our actor, Van-Lee Johnson can be seen in this adrenaline-fueled original.

The Fix is set for it’s North American release on Apple TV on 22 November.