In 2073, a 37 year-old former-Marine
Commander Jack Harper (Tom Cruise) is one of the last few drone repairmen
stationed at Earth which was nearly destroyed by an alien invasion 60
years ago. As part of a massive operation to extract the planet's remaining
vital resources, he lives in an airborne "town" floating thousands
of meters above the Earth.
His
mission nearly complete, Jack's soaring existence comes crashing down
when he rescues a 22 year-old female stranger from a downed spacecraft.
Her arrival triggers a series of events that forces Jack to question
everything he knows about the war and its aftermath. In addition, after
being captured by an insurgency led by 102 year-old Malcolm Beech (Morgan
Freeman), Jack is told that the society in which he lives may in fact
be a police state.
Tom Cruise stars
in Oblivion, an original and groundbreaking
cinematic event from the director of TRON: Legacy and the producer of Rise of the Planet of the Apes. On a spectacular future Earth
that has evolved beyond recognition, one man’s confrontation with
the past will lead him on a journey of redemption and discovery as he
battles to save mankind.
Tom Cruise
had expressed interest in the film for a considerable period of time,
and officially committed to it on May 20, 2011.
For
casting one of the lead roles opposite Cruise, the producers considered
five actresses: Jessica Chastain, Olivia
Wilde, Brit Marling, Noomi
Rapace and Olga Kurylenko,
and all five auditioned on August 27, 2011.
It was subsequently announced that Chastain would play one of the film's
two female leads. In January 2012 Chastain entered into talks for a
part in the Kathryn Bigelow film Zero Dark Thirty and subsequently dropped out of Oblivion
contention. It was later announced that the role had been given to Kurylenko.
For
the other leading role, the producers initially considered Hayley
Atwell, Diane
Kruger and Kate Beckinsale.
The three actors traveled to Pittsburgh
to screen-test with Cruise, who was filming Jack Reacher.
The role finally went to Andrea
Riseborough. Melissa
Leo was cast at a later date.
Production began on March 12, 2012 and wrapped on July 14, 2012. Filming
locations included Baton
Rouge and New Orleans, Louisiana. Oblivion, shot in stunning digital 4K resolution on location
across the United States and Iceland, is an upcoming 2013 science
fiction film based on the Radical
Comics graphic novel Oblivion by Joseph Kosinski and directed and co-produced by
Kosinski.
Oblivion is a Universal Pictures presentation. It is distributed
by United International Pictures through Solar Entertainment Corporation.
Coming soon at your favorite theaters and cinemas this April.
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