Final yr, Apple dropped $100 million into an area race film starring Scarlett Johansson titled “Mission Artemis.” Now, the film is filming on the iconic Kennedy Area Heart, filling the press web site with classic automobiles to match the period of the movie.
The film has seen fairly a number of adjustments within the final yr. The director, initially set to be Jason Bateman, left the movie and was changed with Greg Berlanti attributable to inventive variations. With the altering schedule, Chris Evans, who was set to star alongside Johansson, additionally needed to go away, and he was changed with Channing Tatum. The solid additionally contains Jim Rash, Ray Romano, and Woody Harrelson.
Not a lot is understood in regards to the plot of the movie past its 1960’s timeframe and space-race focus, although some hints might be gathered by background casting calls for the film. Extras have been wanted to painting part of the Soviet area program, Interkosmos. This real-life program despatched people to area beginning within the late 70s (and satellites a lot earlier) and was designed to assist ship Soviet Union allies into area with each crewed and uncrewed missions. The casting name additionally known as for folks to play NASA staff and FBI/Secret Service brokers.
Filming for the film started in late October of final yr, however in February classic automobiles started to fill the parking a number of Kennedy Area Heart in Florida as preparations for some filming on-location started.
Together with classic automobiles filling the parking tons, the press web site clock, which was changed with a big show a number of years in the past, was made to look very like the unique, whereas bleachers and flags have been arrange.
Whereas filming could also be properly underway by this level (and at the least some solid members have already accomplished all their scenes), the discharge of the film continues to be a great distance away. Even the title of the film isn’t clear. Whereas it was revealed as “Mission Artemis,” Bateman stated in Could of final yr that it was solely a working title, and more likely to change. On set, crew members have apparently been referring to it as “Eleven,” although this itself my be only a manufacturing or ruse title.
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