In 2013 there was "Gravity";
In 2014 there was "Interstellar";
In 2015 there was "The Martian";
2016 and 2017 "Space Traveler", "Alien Awakening" on top;
In 2018, there was "The First Man to Land on the Moon".
Hollywood almost every year will release a topical space movie, and in 2019, it will be "Star Exploration".
It's a second collaboration between directors James Gray and Brad Pitt.
Previously, they had teamed up to create "Lost Z", Gray wrote and directed himself, and Pitt acted as a producer, but the film's reputation was at best good.
James Gray is a young and famous American independent film director. In 1994, he won a Venice Silver Lion award for Little Odessa. That year, Jiang Wen, Oliver Stone, and Peter Jackson were all shortlisted for the Venice Main Competition, and in the end, two Golden Lion Awards for Best Picture, three Silver Lion Awards, and a jury prize were awarded.
That year, James Gray was only 25 years old.
Then between 2000 and 2013, he made 4 entries for the main competition in Cannes, and the European film industry gave him a lot of recognition.
However, back in the United States, he did not receive anything during the Hollywood awards season.
The discerning Brad Pitt did not miss the director. When he was preparing for Lost City Z, he designated James Gray to shoot it.
The cooperation between the two should be more pleasant, and since it is pleasant, it should continue.
So, Star Quest came.
The film was produced by Brad Pitt's Plan B Company.
From "Infernal Affairs" to "Vice President", the films planned by B have repeatedly made Oscar hits, and Pete personally has no little golden man, but he has proved his film status in another way.
Plan 2019 B has only 3 films. The historical biopic "King of Lancaster" starring "Sweet Tea" was handed over to Netflix for distribution, and the black-themed "The Last Black Man in San Francisco" focused on second-tier film festivals, and the remaining "Interstellar Exploration" must be an ambitious "Okio masterpiece".
The cast can be called Oscar-level.
Brad Pitt himself is on the pitch this time, vowing to help James Gray prove his prowess in Hollywood. From the perspective of promotional materials, Pete is the absolute protagonist of the whole film, although it is a space movie, but the story is mainly about family affection, plus he plays an astronaut with autism, and there should be a lot of room for performance.
Brad Pitt, who has faded and cool, can reach the level of strength, and he has been nominated for oscars twice for "Penalty Shootout" and "The Wonders of Benjamin Button", both of which are more moderate roles, so the academy side prefers that he can show his inner drama skills.
This year, Pitt also has a "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood" aimed at the awards season, and in theory, he has the opportunity to nominate for both Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor.
Tommy Lee Jones returned to the big screen two years after the comedy "Agent of the Sunset," where he played the father of the character Brad Pitt, a space pioneer who traveled to Neptune to explore extraterrestrial civilizations.
Old Tang is better known for his "Men in Black" series with Will Smith, an old actor who has been debuting for nearly 50 years and was the winner of the 1994 Oscar for Best Supporting Actor. Since he is a "missing person" in the story, more often than not, he can only "play against Pete".
The old man who can really play against Pete is Donald Sutherland, who played the villain king in the "Hunger Games" series.
The 84-year-old is playing an astronaut, and his role is not an old friend of Tommy Lee Jones's role, which must be nasa's talent shortage.
"Elf Princess" Liv Taylor plays Pete's wife, a type of role she already knows. In Marvel's Invincible Hulk, she played hulk's girlfriend, but she has not been able to return to the Marvel Universe ever since.
Ruth Nega, also from the Marvel Universe, may have a more important role. She had an eye-catching performance in the American drama "Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.", and this time was a good opportunity for her to prove herself on the big screen.
The plot of "Interstellar Exploration" has a secret project about humans in search of alien intelligent beings. Clifford McBride, played by Tommy Lee Jones, traveled to Neptune 20 years ago to explore, but the mission failed and never returned.
Years later, NASA rediscovers the clifford trail and appoints Brad Pitt's Roy McBride to inherit his father's mission, and an interstellar quest to find his father begins.
The trailer mentions that Clifford's secret research is about some kind of antimatter that threatens the entire galaxy.
What Roy needs to do is stop this antimatter effect from spiraling out of control. In layman's terms, he wants to unravel his father's unsolved mysteries and save the world.
Director James Gray has revealed that the film will have the most realistic depiction of interstellar travel in film history, which will show the unfavorable side of space for human beings.
Multiple trailers not only show spectacular space scenes, but also action scenes such as "Moon Wars".
Not surprisingly, imax booked.
The schedule of "Interstellar Exploration" has been pushed back and forth, originally scheduled to be released on January 11, 2019, pushed to May 24, I thought I had the opportunity to enter Cannes, but unfortunately the production progress was still not in time.
The final schedule was determined on September 20, and it was shortlisted for the main competition of the Venice Film Festival, and the quality was expected.
Bona Pictures will be responsible for the Chinese distribution of the film, and the mainland cinema line will most likely be able to introduce it.
What is to be confronted in the universe is not man or thing, but eternal nothingness. - "Space Exploration"