The first trailer from STX Entertainment’s The Space Between Us has landed and let’s just say… it soars.
The film is the latest from director Peter Chelsom (Serendipity, Hector and the Search for Happiness) and stars Asa Butterfield as Gardner Elliot, the first human born on Mars. He was raised in secrecy as his mother and crew was sent to the Red Planet to live, not knowing that she was pregnant as they took off into history.
As a 16-year-old, he strikes up an online romance with a Earth-bound girl (played by Tomorrowland’s Britt Robertson). Determined to meet her, he begins the journey to Earth, a place he’s never experienced. That creates complications, not the least of which are physiological.
The all-star cast also features Gary Oldman as the mission leader, Carla Gugino, BD Wong (Jurassic World) and Janet Montgomery.
Here’s the official synopsis and the first poster from the film set to land in theaters on August 19.
The Space Between Us Synopsis:
In this interplanetary adventure, a space shuttle embarks on the first mission to colonize Mars, only to discover after takeoff that one of the astronauts is pregnant. Shortly after landing, she dies from complications while giving birth to the first human born on the red planet – never revealing who the father is. Thus begins the extraordinary life of Gardner Elliot – an inquisitive, highly intelligent boy who reaches the age of 16 having only met 14 people in his very unconventional upbringing.
While searching for clues about his father, and the home planet he’s never known, Gardner begins an online friendship with a street smart girl in Colorado named Tulsa. When he finally gets a chance to go to Earth, he’s eager to experience all of the wonders he could only read about on Mars – from the most simple to the extraordinary. But once his explorations begin, scientists discover that Gardner’s organs can’t withstand Earth’s atmosphere.
Eager to find his father, Gardner escapes the team of scientists and joins with Tulsa on a race against time to unravel the mysteries of how he came to be, and where he belongs in the universe.