PREVIEW: Stowaway (15)

WHO’S IN IT?

Anna Kendrick (Pitch Perfect), Toni Collette (Hereditary), Shamier Anderson (Across the Line), Daniel Dae Kim (Always Be My Maybe)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Joe Penna (Arctic), director, writer; Ryan Morrison (Arctic), writer, editor; Ulrich Schwarz (Bounty), Maximilian Leo (7500), Nick Spicer (I Kill Giants), Clay Pecorin (The Big Wedding), Aram Tertzakian (The Raid 2) and Jonas Katzenstein (Volt), producers; Volker Bertelmann (Ammonite), composer; Klemens Becker (Westler: East of the Wall), cinematographer

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

On a spacecraft headed to Mars, the crew discovers an accidental stowaway (Anderson) shortly after lift-off, but too late to turn back to Earth. Soon, the ship’s medical researcher (Kendrick) becomes the sole voice of reason when the group comes to a grim decision…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Filmmaker and former YouTuber Joe Penna – better known to some as MysteryGuitarMan – is behind this claustrophobic and thought-provoking sci-fi story, which comes with intense performances by the likes of Anna Kendrick and Toni Collette.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

THURSDAY 22ND APRIL 2021

WHERE CAN I FIND IT?

STREAMING EXCLUSIVELY ON NETFLIX

 

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