A New Sci-Fi Movie "The Space Between Us" Featured Some Places In Utah

Information Compiled By: Romrik Joshua Flores, Moroni Channel
The Republic of The Philippines

A new Sci-Fi Movie that will be released on August 2016, The Movie is about an astronaut sent to colonize Mars, she finds out that she's pregnant and will give birth to the first space baby who now has to grow up on Mars as part of humans' first colonization attempt. Thus technically making him an alien—how he deals with that, how humanity deals with that, and a romance that blossoms as a result.

The Space Between Us is one of the most intriguing Sci-Fi films this year. But did you know that some of the scenes there were taken in Utah?

Asa Butterfield (Ender’s Game which is also written by a Member of the Church) and Britt Robertson (Tomorrowland) star as the kids at the center of this interplanetary romance, while Gary Oldman and Carla Gugino provide other perspectives.

The Official Movie Description:
In this interplanetary adventure, a space shuttle embarks on the first mission to colonize Mars, only to discover after takeoff that one of the astronauts is pregnant. Shortly after landing, she dies from complications while giving birth to the first human born on the red planet – never revealing who the father is. Thus begins the extraordinary life of Gardner Elliot – an inquisitive, highly intelligent boy who reaches the age of 16 having only met 14 people in his very unconventional upbringing. While searching for clues about his father, and the home planet he’s never known, Gardner begins an online friendship with a street smart girl in Colorado named Tulsa. When he finally gets a chance to go to Earth, he’s eager to experience all of the wonders he could only read about on Mars – from the most simple to the extraordinary. But once his explorations begin, scientists discover that Gardner’s organs can’t withstand Earth’s atmosphere. Eager to find his father, Gardner escapes the team of scientists and joins with Tulsa on a race against time to unravel the mysteries of how he came to be, and where he belongs in the universe.

The movie was shot in New Mexico, Nevada and Utah, some of the landscapes were used to show Mars in the film, for which Asa had to train for Gardner’s first steps on Earth and the impact of gravity.The Space Between Us is scheduled for release on August 19 2016.

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