Atmosphere: A Journey Beyond the Stars

Production Details

Title: Atmosphere

Format: Feature Film

Production Begins: October 19

Filming Dates: October 19 – February 12, 2027

Filming Location: Atlanta

Producer: Travis Knight, Matt Levin, Taylor Jenkins Reid, Brad Mendelsohn, Jeremy Kipp Walker

Writer/Director: Anna Boden & Ryan Fleck

Synopsis

Joan Goodwin has been obsessed with the stars for as long as she can remember. Thoughtful and reserved, Joan is content with her life as a professor of physics and astronomy at Rice University and as aunt to her precocious niece, Frances. That is, until she comes across an advertisement seeking the first women scientists to join NASA’s space shuttle program. Suddenly, Joan burns to be one of the few people to go to space. Selected from a pool of thousands of applicants in the summer of 1980, Joan begins training at Houston’s Johnson Space Center, alongside an exceptional group of fellow candidates: Top Gun pilot Hank Redmond and scientist John Griffin, who are kind and easygoing even when the stakes are highest; mission specialist Lydia Danes, who has worked too hard to play nice; warmhearted Donna Fitzgerald, who is navigating her own secrets; and Vanessa Ford, the magnetic and mysterious aeronautical engineer, who can fix any engine and fly any plane. As the new astronauts become unlikely friends and prepare for their first flights, Joan finds a passion and a love she never imagined. In this new light, Joan begins to question everything she thinks she knows about her place in the observable universe.

Production Companies

Laika Entertainment

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Big Indie Hemlock, INC

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Big Indie Pictures

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Circle Management + Production

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About Atmosphere

Joan Goodwin has always been captivated by the stars. As a professor of physics and astronomy at Rice University, she leads a fulfilling life while caring for her imaginative niece, Frances. However, an advertisement for NASA’s inaugural space shuttle program ignites a desire in Joan to reach for the stars herself. Selected from thousands, she enters rigorous training at Houston’s Johnson Space Center. Along her journey, Joan forms close bonds with other aspiring astronauts, each with unique backgrounds and challenges. This experience pushes her to reevaluate her understanding of her role in the universe and discover a newfound purpose and connection.