Fans of terrifying sci fi thrillers should note down May 24th in their diaries; that's when the Brad Pitt-led 'Ad Astra' gets its release, and all signs point to it being fantastic. The plot revolves around Pitt's character venturing into deep space to find out what happened to his father, who was also an astronaut, and disappeared without trace on a mission twenty years prior.
According to writer and director James Gray, the film is loosely inspired by the classic Joseph Conrad tale 'Heart of Darkness' and promises 'the most realistic depiction of space travel ever seen in a movie', with a focus on space being an unfriendly environment for humans. We suspect that means it will be even more nerve jangling than 'Gravity', and we can't wait to see it. Based on the description, though, we suspect we're not going to get a happy ending.