Netflix is putting the hammer down on an abundance of compelling sci-fi films and series so far this year.
The streaming giant first started with Adam Sandler's “Spaceman” trilogy, and is next showing “3 Body Concern,” an upcoming alien invasion miniseries from the creators of HBO's “Game of Thrones.”
Now, it seems, out of the blue comes the first eye-catching trailer for Jennifer Lopez's new sci-fi thriller “Atlas” (“The Mother,” “This Is Me… Now: A Love Story”), in which the ageless wonder depicts a young astronaut An analyst teams up with an AI machine after a secret recovery mission goes wrong. And yes, this preview has a certain “Titanfall” video game vibe, but we'll take it!
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Here is the official summary:
The film follows Atlas Shepard (Jennifer Lopez), a brilliant but misanthropic data analyst with a deep distrust of artificial intelligence, who joins a mission to capture a renegade robot with whom she shares a mysterious past. But when plans go wrong, her only hope is to save the robot. “The future of humanity from artificial intelligence is to trust it.”
Also starring Simu Liu (“Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings,” “Barbie”) and Sterling K. Brown (“American Fiction,” “This is Us”), Gregory James Cohan, Abraham Popoola, Lana Parrilla and Mark Strong, “Atlas” is directed by Brad Peyton and will hit the streaming platform on May 24.
In this engaging teaser, Lopez is aboard a doomed spaceship on a mission to save humanity in typical lead girl fashion when she enters a sentient combat droid and escapes in a hail of laser fire and explosions only to crash-land on a deserted ice planet after firing up. All landing thrusters.
Peyton has a solid trio of successful Hollywood releases under his belt as a filmmaker, including 2012's “Journey 2: The Mysterious Island,” 2015's “San Andreas,” and 2018's “Rampage,” all starring mega-hero Dwayne “The Rock.” “Johnson.
Written by screenwriters Leo Sardarian and Aaron Eli Collette, “Atlas” will hit Netflix this spring and is produced by Peyton, Lopez, Jeff Ferson, Joby Harrold, Tori Tunnell, Ellen Goldsmith-Thomas, Benny Medina, Greg Berlanti and Sarah Schechter.
