That’s a challenge James Gray and Brad Pitt will tackle together beginning this summer.
For Brad Pitt, this film represents a departure from the kind of subject matter he has tended to tackle.
Pitt has done science-fiction with movies like Twelve Monkeys and World War Z, but never before has he tackled hard sci-fi of the type promised by James Gray in his description of Ad Astra.
Finding a balance between realism and the audience-pleasing fantasy elements of sci-fi can challenge even the most talented of directors.