Not a lot is known about the upcoming film Approaching the Unknown, though it certainly has its seeming connection to a film like The Martian in a way, as it features Mark Strong in the lead heading to Mars and dealing with some problems along the way. With Luke Wilson also starring from the earthbound side of it, the first trailer has arrived and it certainly has an interesting approach to it.
The film was written and directed by Mark Elijah Rosenberg and stars Mark Strong, Luke Wilson and Sanaa Lathan. It’s being distributed by Paramount Pictures with a limited June 3rd, 2016 premiere in theaters and iTunes.
Plot concept: Captain William D. Stanaforth (Mark Strong) is on a one-way solo mission, taking humanity’s first steps toward colonizing Mars. Although the entire world is watching him, he is completely alone in a dark and distant sea of stars. Stanaforth rockets bravely through space facing insurmountable odds, but as the journey takes a toll on his life-sustaining systems, he is forced to make impossible choices that threaten his sanity, mission and very existence.
