Casey Affleck & Laurence Fishburne in Sci-Fi Thriller ‘Slingshot’ Trailer
by Alex Billington
July 30, 2024
Source: YouTube
“The drugs used to induce hibernation can produce side effects.” Oh yeah he’s losing it. Bleecker Street has revealed the first official trailer for a sci-fi thriller titled Slingshot, set on a spacecraft traveling to Saturn’s moon Titan. This film has been on the schedule for a while – opening at the end of August – and I’m glad we finally get a look at some footage from it. Laurence Fishburne stars as Captain Franks, along with Casey Affleck as John, plus a supporting cast including Tomer Capone, David Morrissey, Emily Beecham, Charlotta Lövgren, Mark Ebulué, as well as Nikolett Barabas as the voice of “Odyssey” the spaceship system. An astronaut struggles to maintain his grip on reality aboard a possibly compromised mission to Titan. The title refers to a space travel maneuver (using gravity to “slingshot” them) that will either catapult them to Titan or send them into deep space forever. Exciting! I’m always up for thrilling space movies like this. Will they hold together & pull it off? Will everyone go crazy & kill each other? Only one way to find out.
Here’s the first official trailer (+ poster) for Mikael Håfström’s film Slingshot, direct from YouTube:
A psychological thriller starring Casey Affleck and Laurence Fishburne, Slingshot follows an elite trio of astronauts aboard a years-long, possibly compromised mission to Saturn’s moon Titan. As the team gears up for a highly dangerous slingshot maneuver that will either catapult them to Titan or into deep space, it becomes increasingly difficult for one astronaut to maintain his grip on reality. Slingshot is directed by acclaimed Swedish filmmaker Mikael Håfström, director of many movies including Vendetta, Days Like This, Evil, Drowning Ghost, Derailed, 1408, Shanghai, The Rite, Escape Plan, Quick, Outside the Wire, and the thriller Stockholm Bloodbath most recently. The screenplay is written by R. Scott Adams and Nathan Parker. Produced by Richard Saperstein, István Major, & Beau Turpin. Bleecker Street launches Håfström’s Slingshot movie in theaters nationwide starting on August 30th, 2024. Look good? Who wants to watch?
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