Three years have handed because it was introduced that Emma Roberts (House Cadet) and Laurence Fishburne (The Matrix) had signed on to star within the sci-fi thriller The Astronaut, which might mark the solo function writing and directing debut of Jess Varley, who beforehand contributed a section to the anthology movie Phobias. The Astronaut made it means via manufacturing a few yr later, however not with Roberts within the lead. Roberts needed to drop out of the mission and was changed by Kate Mara (Class of ’09). The movie had its world premiere at this yr’s South by Southwest Movie Competition – and earlier this month, it secured a distribution deal in the US with Vertical! The Astronaut is now heading towards an October 17th theatrical launch, and with that date proper across the nook, a trailer and poster have been unveiled. You may watch the trailer within the embed above and take a look at the poster on the backside of this text.
The screenplay Varley wrote has the next synopsis: When astronaut Sam Walker (Mara) returns from her first area mission, she’s discovered miraculously alive in a punctured capsule floating deep off the coast of the Atlantic Ocean. Basic William Harris (Fishburne) arranges for her to be positioned below intense NASA surveillance in a excessive safety home for rehabilitation and medical testing. Nevertheless, when disturbing occurrences start taking place across the property, she fears that one thing extraterrestrial has adopted her again to Earth.
Gabriel Luna of The Final of Us can be within the solid, together with Ivana Milicevic (On line casino Royale) and Macy Grey (Phobias).
The Astronaut is produced by Eric B. Fleischman, Chris Abernathy, Cameron Fuller, and style common Brad Fuller, who has produced such movies as A Quiet Place, the Purge franchise, and the remakes/reboots of The Texas Chainsaw Bloodbath, The Amityville Horror, The Hitcher, Friday the thirteenth, and A Nightmare on Elm Road. Fishburne govt produced with Jan McAdoo and Stephen Braun.
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