• Distant

  • Spenser Cohen
  • Set Up
  • Sci-Fi
  • Thriller
  • 2019
  • 81.5
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Market: Thu, 14 Feb 2019Sold: Thu, 21 Feb 2019
Producer: Brian Kavanaugh-Jones, Anna Halberg
Executive: Jeb Brody
AgentDavid Boxerbaum, Felicia Prinz, Jenna Block, Liz Parker (Verve)
ManagerRyan Cunningham (Anonymous Content)
StudioAmblin Partners
ProductionSix Foot Turkey Productions
8-22-2019 - Update: Will Speck and Josh Gordon (BLADES OF GLORY) have signed on to direct. 2-26-2020 - Update: Rachel Brosnahan set to star.
An asteroid miner who, after crash-landing on an alien planet, must make his way across the harsh terrain, running out of oxygen, hunted by strange creatures, to the only other survivor: a woman who is trapped in her escape pod.
A hydraulic mechanic is on the search for another survivor while fending off aliens and competing with his dwindling oxygen supply after crashing onto a foreign planet.
A space explorer fights off the hash nd dangerous ecosystem of a mysterious planet as he tries to find the only other survivor who has the oxygen he desperately needs to stay alive.
After a spaceship crashes at an unknown planet in space, a survivor must locate the other survivors and seek refuge while being chased by gnarly creatures.
Film
Action, Adventure, Comedy, Sci-fi, Thriller, Disaster, Rescue, Travel, Survival, CGI, Creature, Environment, Journey, Love, Space/Outer Space, Technology
109
R
High
M
Unspecified
30
Attractive
The Martian, Passengers, Gravity, Prometheus
Three days
100% in outer space. Some scenes in a spacecraft and a pod. An alien forest and snow-like environment.
The Borealis crashes and ANDY (30’s) (adult) is dejected. Andy’s spacesuit converges into an Iron-man look alike. Andy finally lands on a mysterious planet. Andy walks for a while, observing his surroundings. Andy finds a pod in the distance and gets in. Andy is surprised to see a dead man inside the pod and quickly searches for more resources. Andy does not find any and leaves the pod quickly.

Andy begins to call out his name and identification in hopes of a response for another survivor. He calls out multiple instances without response. Finally, Andy gets a response from a survivor DWAYNE (adult). While Andy is turned away, Dwayne is eaten and dragged away by a Jackal. Andy thinks Dwayne ran away.

Andy grabs Dwayne’s gun and hears a connection from his helmet. He rushes to communicate with the person, running to get a better signal. Andy discovers NAOMI (adult) is pinned under a rock and plans to make his way to her. Andy gets attacked by Jackals and his oxygen decreases.

Andy gets another connection and tries to reroute to the other survivor. As he gets close, he sees the man being eaten by the Jackals. Andy...