'Jupiter Ascending': New trailer provides another look at the space opera
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The Wachowski siblings鈥 new film centers on a timeless sci-fi theme: a seemingly normal person suddenly finds out that they are the key to an intergalactic conflict.
鈥淛upiter Ascending,鈥 which is set to be released on July 18, stars Mila Kunis as Jupiter Jones, a woman who lives on Earth and works as a janitor until she suddenly meets Caine (Channing Tatum), an assassin who is sent to kill her but ends up looking after her instead. Jupiter then discovers that, according to Sean Bean鈥檚 character Stinger, she is actually royalty. 鈥淟es Miserables鈥 actor Eddie Redmayne co-stars as a villain who will lose his claim on Earth if Jupiter assumes her rightful place.
The Wachowskis are best known for the 鈥淢atrix鈥 trilogy and also directed the 2012 film 鈥淐loud Atlas鈥 as well as the 2008 movie 鈥淪peed Racer.鈥
Lana Wachowski told the that the movie has features from many different types of films.
鈥淚t's a science-fiction space opera," Wachowski said. "It has a lot of things from a lot of genres that we love. It's got a lot of original action, it's got a lot of romance.鈥
Much like their past films, 鈥淛upiter鈥 seems to include many battle sequences and special effects, judging from the new trailer.
鈥淲e seem not to be very good at making small things,鈥 Wachowski said. 鈥淲e keep saying 鈥楲et鈥檚 go make a small movie.鈥 But then they always end up being enormously complex. We want to somehow always find something that is different or that no one has tried.鈥澛
Meanwhile, Tatum said he feels the movie is 鈥渂reaking ground.鈥
鈥淲e鈥檙e doing stuff that鈥檚 never been done, inside the camera, in the CG world, and the physical stuff,鈥 he told . 鈥淭here鈥檚 very little, if not no, digital stuntmen in the movie鈥 hopefully everybody likes it.聽And it鈥檚 fun, it鈥檚 got some cheek to it.鈥