Ad Astra
Brad Pitt ’s sci - fi filmAd Astrahas landed an other 2019 release date . The Lost City of Z ’s James Gray is direct , and he’saiming to produce“the most realistic depiction of space travel that ’s been put in a movie ” , transmit the construct that “ infinite is awfully uncongenial to us ” with “ kind of a Heart of Darkness story about travelling to the outer edge of our solar organization . ”
Pitt will star as Roy McBride , an astronaut on a military mission to Neptune . His character ’s founder went missing on a similar trip , year prior , providing an aroused hook to the film . Tommy Lee Jones has joined the production , as Clifford McBride , the aforementioned absent dad . Preacher’sRuth Neggahas signed up , too , although it ’s unclear if hers in an Earth - hold or spaceman role . Donald Sutherland , Jamie Kennedy and John Finn round out the core hurl . Filming began in July and , if you were wondering , the titleAd Astracomes from Latin , read as “ to the stars . ”
And now comes theAd Astrarelease date news . Deadlineis reporting that the pic - which Nathan Hale from twentieth Century Fox , New Regency and Bona Film Group - is slated for a wide theatrical release embark on January 11 , 2019 . This is slightly surprising , considering that a Pitt - starring sci - fi epos might once have been view a sure affair for a summertime release . Times are changing , though , and Hollywood is always trying to find new profitable point in the calendar .
presently , Ad Astrais the only motion picture with this liberation date . M Night Shyamalan’sGlass , swash as a “ very different”superhero movie , will follow a week later on January 18 . DC Entertainment’sAquaman(December 21 , 2018 ) and Disney’sMary Poppins Returns(December 25 , 2018 ) will precedeAd Astra ’s arrival in dramatics . This seems like a good slot , then , positioning Gray ’s film far and aside from other sci - fi spectacles .
However , the tone of this release date could in earnest diminish if Disney / Lucasfilm choose to pushHan Soloback to December 2018.Star Warshas become synonymous with a yuletide release in late years , butHan Solois presently slated for May 2018 . Some have argued thatpushingHan Soloto December would make sense , grant that Ron Howard stepped in previous , during a troubled yield , to take the reins from the film ’s original directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller .
As it put up , though , Han Soloremains in May 2018 andAd Astralooks good in its January 2019 time slot . If anything budges and this programing has to vary , you’re able to be sure of finding all the latest updates right here on Screen Rant .
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reservoir : Deadline
