The trailer has been unveiled for sci-fi thriller Astro, set to premiere at Cannes this May before landing on home entertainment this July.
Directed by Asif Akbar, who co-wrote the script with Bernard Selling, the film tells of a billionaire’s private space exploration program returning to Earth with an abducted extraterrestrial from a newly discovered alien planet.
Gary Daniels (The Expendables) and Dominique Swain (Boone: The Bounty Hunter) lead the cast with Louis Mandylor, Max Wasa, Omi Vaidya, Luke G. Crosby, Orson Chaplin, Gianni Capaldi, Spice Williams-Crosby, Courtney Akbar, Christopher Showerman and Michael Pare also starring. Marshal Hilton filled us in on his role in Astro during an interview with the Bunnyman 2/Primal Rage actor. Check it out.
Astro is a Film Life Factory, LLC and XVIII Entertainment, LLC production. ITN Distribution is handling sales in all domestic and certain parts of the European territories with Avail Films and XVIII Entertainment handling the rest of the worldwide sales at the upcoming Cannes Film Market.
Brian Steele Medina of Gemini Syndrome composed the music and sound fx for Astro‘s trailer, which also features an unreleased track “We Are the Fallen” written by the alternative metal band. The film’s original score is composed by Erick Schroeder.
What? You thought it was just a movie? Wrong. There’s more! Asif Akbar and Bernard Selling are currently wrapping up the Astro book series based on the movie, which will be released on Amazon this July.
We are excited to create and introduce a new modern day science-fiction franchise to the world”, says Akbar.
Astro will land on home entertainment this July.
