Ruth Negga Joins Brad Pitt In James Gray’s Sci-Fi Film ‘Ad Astra’Posted by Wilson Morales
August 7, 2017
Source: THR
Oscar-nominated actress Ruth Negga will star opposite Brad Pitt and Tommy Lee Jones in James Gray‘s upcoming sci-fi’s film Ad Astra, reports The Hollywood Reporter.
The film is described as an adventure film about one man’s journey across a lawless and unforgiving solar system to find his missing father, a renegade scientist who poses a threat to all of mankind.
Gray will direct the feature film from a script he co-wrote with Ethan Gross. New Regency, 20th Century Fox and Bona Film Group are financing the film. Fox will distribute in the U.S. and internationally in every market except Greater China, where Bona Film Group will distribute the project.
Pitt, Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner are producing under their Plan B banner with RT Features’ Rodrigo Teixeira, Keep Your Head Productions’ Anthony Katagas, and Gray. Mad River’s Marc Butan and RT’ Features’ Lourenco Sant’Anna and Sophie Mas are executive producing along with Yu Dong, Jeffrey Chan, Anthony Mosawi and Paul Conway.
Negga, who stars on the AMC series Preacher, received an Oscar nomination for her work in Jeff Nichols’ Loving opposite Joel Edgerton.
