Vanessa Kirby and Lewis Pullman will co-star in a sci-fi thriller The Spacesuit, with HanWay Films launching international sales at Cannes.
Written and directed by Kitty Green (The Assistant, The Royal Hotel), The Spacesuit follows an astronaut (Kirby), who is forced to make an impossible decision after an incident with her co-pilot (Pullman) leaves an indelible stain on the mission in the days leading up to lift-off, triggering a race against the clock.
The film reunites Green with producers James Schamus (Brokeback Mountain, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon) and Scott Macaulay (Raising Victor Vargas, Saving Face), alongside Joe Pirro (We Grown Now, The Wedding Banquet), Rita Walsh (The Wolves Always Come at Night) and Kath Shelper (Samson and Delilah, The Royal Hotel). Vanessa Kirby and Juliet Kirby will executive produce via their production company, Aluna.
“We are thrilled to be working with Kitty Green again , whose genius is to take on utterly relatable situations women face, give them true cinematic canvases and imbue them with unbearable tension to provoke bigger conversations and entertain,” said Gabrielle Stewart, CEO of HanWay Films. “We cannot wait to be taken on this journey by Kitty with Vanessa Kirby and Lewis Pullman, and the excellent team she has gathered.”
Kirby is best known for roles in the recent Marvel film Fantastic Four: First Steps and Napoleon, as well as her stint as Princess Margaret in The Crown. For her performance in 2020’s Pieces of a Woman, she became an Academy Award nominee.
Pullman just starred in Mona Fastvold’s The Testament of Ann Lee, Thunderbolts*, and Lessons in Chemistry alongside Brie Larson. His breakout role came in Top Gun: Maverick.
Kirby is represented by CAA (U.S.), Hamilton Hodell (U.K.), Linden Entertainment, JSSK & Prosper. Lewis Pullman is represented by Anonymous Content, CAA and ID. Kitty Green is repped by UTA, Tyre, Ramer, Brown & Passman.
