A destructive re-entry to Earth leaves a trio of astronauts stranded in the ocean’s depths in the first images from Lionsgate’s sci-fi survival thriller Above the Below, releasing in theaters on December 4.
Idris Elba (Thor: Ragnarok, Beast) stars alongside Caitlin FitzGerald (“We Were Liars”) and Hero Fiennes Tiffin (“Young Sherlock”) as the stranded astronauts, but Elba also co-directs with Martin Owen (The Loneliest Boy in the World).
The official synopsis reads: “When three astronauts survive a catastrophic fall from space, they become trapped in the crushing depths of the ocean with oxygen rapidly running out. Facing a race against time where every breath could be their last, they must make impossible choices about who will risk everything to reach the surface and who may be left behind.”
Elizabeth Morris, Matthew Mitchell, and Vicki Sargent wrote the screenplay.
Elba teased claustrophobic, suspenseful thrills ahead to Collider: “I’m very excited to show people that I can hold my breath for four minutes. Joking aside (I can hold my breath for that long), but you know, this film was very practical. We did a lot of the things in this film. We did build the spacecraft, we submerged it in water, we shot a lot of it underwater. There’s a real practicality to this film that adds to the claustrophobia and the thriller aspect of it. So I’m really excited for people to literally go on that journey with us, from space to the ocean, and be entertained, be thrilled, and be claustrophobic.”
That claustrophobia is reflected in at least one of the first look images below. Look for the lean 85-minute survival thriller to arrive this December.
