Approaching the Unknown Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

Amy Renner

Sep. 3, 2016

Approaching the Unknown

Release Date: Friday, June 3, 2016 Limited

Mark Strong, Sanaa Lathan, Luke Wilson, Charles Baker, Mark Elijah Rosenberg

N/A Sci-Fi 1 hr, 30 m

2.6

57% WILL SEE

43% WON'T SEE

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Plot

What's the story about?

Captain William D. Stanaforth (Mark Strong) is on a one-way solo mission, taking humanity’s first steps toward colonizing Mars. Although the entire world is watching him, he is completely alone in a dark and distant sea of stars. Stanaforth rockets bravely through space facing insurmountable odds, but as the journey takes a toll on his life-sustaining systems, he is forced to make impossible choices that threaten his sanity, mission and very existence.

Cited as official plot version from vert-ent.com

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Top Cast

The lead cast starring in Approaching the Unknown.

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Mark Strong
John Carter, The End We Start From
Luke Wilson
The Family Stone, Horizon: An American Saga
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Sanaa Lathan
The Supremes at Earl’s All-You-Can-Eat, The Best Man Holiday
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Charles Baker
El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie, You Can't Win

Crew Behind the Film

The Approaching the Unknown behind-the-scenes crew and production team.

Director: Mark Elijah Rosenberg
Screenwriter: Mark Elijah Rosenberg

Studio: Vertical
Production Companies: —

Additional Information

MPA Rating: N/A Not available
Runtime: 1 hr, 30 m
Tagline: Not available
Also known as: Not available
Language: English

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Production Details

What we know about the Approaching the Unknown movie production.

Production Updates

Apr 2016

Completed

The film was tagged as Completed.

Release Dates

When was the film released?

Approaching the Unknown was released in limited movie theaters on Friday, June 3, 2016. There were 9 other movies released on the same date, including Me Before You, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows and Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping. As a limited release, Approaching the Unknown was shown in select movie theaters in major markets.

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