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He starred in the successful war film Inglourious Basterds (2009), and produced the superhero film Kick-Ass (2010) and its sequel in 2013. In 2011, he earned critical acclaim for producing and starring in two films—the experimental drama The Tree of Life and the biopic sports drama Moneyball —both of which were nominated for the Academy ...
- Brad Pitt
William Bradley Pitt (born December 18, 1963) is an American...
- Voyage of Time
Voyage of Time was released in two versions: a forty-minute...
- Killing Them Softly
Killing Them Softly (stylized in all lowercase in marketing...
- Kalifornia
Kalifornia is a 1993 American road thriller film directed by...
- The Mexican
The Mexican is a 2001 American dark comedy adventure crime...
- Big Men
Big Men is a 2014 documentary film produced and directed by...
- Seven Years in Tibet
Seven Years in Tibet is a 1997 American biographical war...
- Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind is a 2002 American...
- Cool World
Cool World is a 1992 American live-action/adult animated...
- Across The Tracks
Joe Maloney (Brad Pitt) is a straight A student vying for an...
- Brad Pitt
Brad Pitt has starred in 48 movies from 1988 to 2022. How many have you seen? Not included in the list are. Animation Films: Happy Feet Two (2011), Megamind (2010), Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas (2003) Documentaries: Voyage of Time: The IMAX Experience (2016; voice), Hitting the Apex (2016; voice)
In 2014, he starred in the war film Fury (2014), opposite Shia LaBeouf, Logan Lerman, Jon Bernthal, and Michael Peña. Pitt and Jolie have 6 children, 3 adopted & 3 biological.
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In the early 22nd century, mysterious power surges threaten to destabilize human civilization. Major Roy McBride is informed that the surges have been traced to the "Lima Project", a space station in orbit around Neptune, sent twenty-nine years earlier to search for intelligent life. Roy's father, H. Clifford McBride, was the project's leader. Roy ...
Development
Director James Gray first confirmed his plans to write and direct Ad Astra on May12, 2016, during the 2016 Cannes Film Festival. In April 2017, while promoting The Lost City of Z, Gray compared the story of Ad Astra to Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness. Gray also mentioned that he intended for the film to feature "the most realistic depiction of space travel that's been put in a movie and to basically say, 'Space is awfully hostile to us'". Gray also confirmed that filming for Ad Astra would...
Casting
On April 10, 2017, Gray confirmed that Brad Pitt would star in Ad Astra. In June, Tommy Lee Jones joined the cast to portray Pitt's lost father.In August, Ruth Negga, John Finn, and Donald Sutherland joined the cast.
Filming
Principal photography on the film began in mid-August 2017 in Santa Clarita, California, lasting 60 days. Following poor initial test screenings, reshoots were conducted (although Pitt was unavailable), increasing the production budget from $80million to over $100million. Charlie Kaufman provided an uncredited rewrite of the voice-over dialogue in the film. Gray did not have control over the film's final cut, which he told The Hollywood Reporterwas "as painful a thing as I have experienced ou...
Theatrical
Ad Astra had its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival on August29, 2019. It was released on September20, 2019, by 20th Century Fox. It had previously been scheduled for January11, 2019, and then for May24 before being pushed back.
Home media
Ad Astra was released on digital and Movies Anywhere by 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment on December3, 2019, with Blu-ray, 4K Ultra HD, and DVD releases following on December17.
Box office
Ad Astra grossed $50.2 million in the United States and Canada and $85.2million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $135.4million against an estimated production budget of $80million. In the United States and Canada, the film was released alongside Downton Abbey and Rambo: Last Blood, and was projected to gross $15–20 million from 3,450 theaters in its opening weekend. The film made $7.2million on its first day, including $1.5million from Thursday night previews. It went on to debu...
Critical response
On Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 83% based on 392 reviews, with an average rating of 7.5/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "Ad Astra takes a visually thrilling journey through the vast reaches of space while charting an ambitious course for the heart of the bond between parent and child." On Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, the film has a score of 80 out of 100, based on 56 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews". Audiences polled by Cinem...
Ad Astra at IMDbAd Astra at MetacriticAd Astra at Rotten Tomatoes- $135.4 million
- Max Richter
- $80–100 million
He continues to wildly vary his film choices, appearing in everything from high-concept popcorn flicks such as Megamind (2010) to adventurous critic-bait like Inglourious Basterds (2009) and The Tree of Life (2011). He has received two Best Actor Oscar nominations, for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008) and Moneyball (2011).
His greatest commercial successes have been Ocean's Eleven (2001), Troy (2004), Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005), World War Z (2013), and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019), for which he won a second Golden Globe Award and the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.
