One of the first entries on the list of new movies in 2023, Distant is a sci-fi survival adventure for movie fans to enjoy. But coming from the directing duo behind Blades of Glory and Office Christmas Party, there might as well be a good dash of humor as part of the mix.
2023 has a handful of great sci-fi movies on its plate, including 65 directed by Adam Driver and Dune Part Two. How will Distant compare to them?
Directors: Josh Gordon, Will Speck
Writer: Spenser Cohen
Stars: Anthony Ramos, Naomi Scott, Kristofer Hivju
Filmmaking duo Will Speck and Josh Gordon have set their next project. Distant, a sci-fi comedy film, is set to hit theaters early next year. It is a joint venture between DreamWorks Pictures, Six Foot Turkey Productions and Automatik Entertainment and was filmed in Budapest, Hungary at the height of the pandemic in late 2020. The low number of Covid cases, rigid planning and government assistance meant that studios in Hungary were some of the first to welcome international film productions in the summer of 2020.
Speck and Gordon are best known for their work directing films like Blades of Glory and Office Christmas Party, as well as their television work like Netflix's Flaked and Hulu's Hit-Monkey. They are also working on the next adaptation of Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile. Perhaps his biggest triumph came with the biggest TV hit of 2007, the GEICO sitcom Cavemen, which aired less than half of its 13-episode order before cancellation. Ah, what could have been.
Little is known about the plot at this point, but we have a general idea of what to expect. Distant's story will center on an asteroid miner who crash-lands on an alien planet. While you're stuck there, you must navigate through rugged terrain and unfamiliar surroundings. The miner will also reportedly come into conflict with his AI survival suit during the mission. He soon, he locates another survivor, a woman trapped in her escape pod who is running out of oxygen. The miner then has to fight his way across the terrain to the woman, all while he deals with his own depleting oxygen levels and the alien creatures that are after him.
With that, let's move on to the filmmakers' next project. What do we know about Distant? Where will the science fiction story take the audience? Who has been chosen for the cast? When and where will the film be released? And what else should audiences know about Will Speck and Josh Gordon's Distant?
Distant is slated to hit US movie fans on January 27, first opening exclusively in theaters. The film then opens in the UK on February 10.
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