Did humanity learn nothing from the end of 2010? Did the message, “All these worlds are yours except Europa. Attempt no landing there” really not penetrate? Apparently not, because we’re launching a cinematic mission there, spearheaded by Sharlto Copley, Michael Nyqvist, Anamaria Marinca and Daniel Wu.
According to Deadline, Cronicas director Sebastian Cordero is in pre-production on Europa, which will be offered up for sale at the Toronto Film Festival kicking off today. Assuming the funds come together the plan is to kick off shooting in the next couple of months in New York.
Philip Gelatt wrote the script, which finds a team of six astronauts from various international space stations dispatched by a corporation to journey off to the titular moon of Jupiter.
You’d think Copley for one would be sick of outer space affairs, having starred in District 9 and currently working on Neil Blomkamp’s even more intriguing follow-up, Elysium. Nyqvist is still best known for playing in the original version of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, and will crop up in both Abduction and Mission Impossible – Ghost Protocol. Marinca was seen in 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days, while Wu will get more exposure for Western audiences in RZA’s martial arts epic The Man with the Iron Fists.
Don’t blame us if they discover something nasty lurking under the moon's ice – we were warned, after all…