JUPITER ASCENDING (12A)

WHO’S IN IT?

Mila Kunis (Ted), Channing Tatum (Magic Mike), Sean Bean (Lord of the Rings), Eddie Redmayne (The Theory of Everything), Douglas Booth (The Riot Club), Tuppence Middleton (Trance), Bae Doona (Cloud Atlas), James D’Arcy (W.E), Tim Pigott-Smith (Quantum of Solace), David Ajala (The Dark Knight), Charlotte Beaumont (Broadchurch), Terry Gilliam (Monty Python and the Holy Grail), Gugu Mbatha-Raw (Belle), Vanessa Kirby (About Time), Kick Gurry (Edge of Tomorrow), Edward Hogg (Bunny and the Bull)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Andy and Lana Wachowski (The Matrix), directors, writers, producers; Grant Hill (The Tree of Life), producer; Michael Giacchino (Up), composer; John Toll (The Adjustment Bureau), cinematographer; Alexander Berner (Cloud Atlas), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

Down-on-her-luck caretaker Jupiter (Kunis) learns that she is an heir to a grand fortune: the Earth itself, thanks to her genetic signature which makes her royalty to a dynasty within the galaxy. However, she soon finds herself in the middle of a war between siblings Balem (Redmayne), Kalique (Middleton) and Titus (Booth) over the inheritance, and under the protection of genetically-engineered warrior Caine Wise (Tatum) she must come forward and make her claim before Balem destroys her planet…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

The Wachowski siblings return to the big screen, with a brand-new and original sci-fi action film which may or may not reinvent them in the same way that the Matrix film series did years before.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 6TH FEBRUARY 2015

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