Brad Pitt Has To Save The World In Ambitious ‘Ad Astra’ Trailer

Director James Gray’s final movie, the near-masterpiece The Lost City of Z, didn’t get Robert Pattinson the position of Batman (High Life and Good Time did), but it surely’s the position that propelled him into the dialog of the best under-35 actors working right this moment. For Grey’s subsequent function, Ad Astra, he’s working with Tommy Lee Jones, who was in… Batman Forever, together with Jim Carrey. Jones was not a fan. “I hate you. I really don’t like you,” the No Country for Old Men star informed Carrey to his face throughout manufacturing. “I cannot sanction your buffoonery.”

What does this must do with Ad Astra, outdoors of the free Batman connection? Nothing, actually. I simply wished to carry up the “buffoonery” story.

Besides, it’s not that Ad Astra wants my assist — it’s an formidable epic from Grey and cinematographer Hoyte van Hoytema (who did masterful work in Interstellar) about Brad Pitt happening an area mission to rescue his father, performed by Jones, who disappeared whereas trying to find aliens. This factor sells itself (particularly after watching the trailer). Here’s the official plot abstract:

Astronaut Roy McBride (Brad Pitt) travels to the outer edges of the photo voltaic system to seek out his lacking father (Tommy Lee Jones) and unravel a thriller that threatens the survival of our planet. His journey will uncover secrets and techniques that problem the character of human existence and our place within the cosmos.

Ad Astra, which additionally stars Ruth Negga, Liv Tyler, and Donald Sutherland, opens on September 20.