Jupiter Ascending

Jupiter Ascending
Theatrical release poster
Theatrical release poster
Directed byThe Wachowskis
Written byThe Wachowskis
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyJohn Toll
Edited byAlexander Berner
Music byMichael Giacchino
Production
companies
Distributed by
Release dates
  • January 27, 2015 (2015-01-27) (Sundance Film Festival)
  • February 6, 2015 (2015-02-06) (United States)
  • February 19, 2015 (2015-02-19) (Australia)
Running time
127 minutes[2]
Countries
  • United States
  • Australia
LanguageEnglish
Budget$176–210 million[3][4]
Box office$184 million[3]

Jupiter Ascending is a 2015 space opera film[5] written, directed and co-produced by the Wachowskis. Starring Channing Tatum and Mila Kunis with Sean Bean, Eddie Redmayne and Douglas Booth in supporting roles, the film is centered on Jupiter Jones (Kunis), an ordinary cleaning woman, and Caine Wise (Tatum), an interplanetary warrior who informs Jones that her destiny extends beyond Earth. Supporting cast member Douglas Booth has described the film's fictional universe as a cross between The Matrix and Star Wars,[6][7][8] while Kunis identified indulgence[9] and consumerism as its underlying themes.[10][11][12]

The film was produced by Grant Hill and the Wachowskis, making Jupiter Ascending Hill's seventh collaboration with the Wachowskis as producer or executive producer. Several more longstanding Wachowski collaborators since the creation of the Matrix films contributed to the picture,[13] including production designer Hugh Bateup, visual effects supervisor Dan Glass, visual effects designer John Gaeta, standby propman Alex Boswell, supervising sound editor Dane Davis and costume designer Kym Barrett. Other notable past collaborators include Speed Racer composer Michael Giacchino, Cloud Atlas director of photography John Toll along with its editor Alexander Berner and hair and make-up designer Jeremy Woodhead, who worked on both.

Jupiter Ascending was released in the United States on February 6, 2015, by Warner Bros. Pictures. The film received generally negative reviews from critics; despite praise for the visual effects, the narrative was criticized as confusing. It grossed $184 million against a $176–210 million budget during its theatrical release.


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