Cameras Roll on the Wachowskis' New Sci-Fi Adventure "Jupiter Ascending"

Cameras Roll on the Wachowskis' New Sci-Fi Adventure "Jupiter Ascending"

BURBANK, California, April 15, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --



- Channing Tatum and Mila Kunis Star



Filming is underway on Warner Bros. Pictures' and Village Roadshow Pictures' "Jupiter
Ascending," an original science fiction epic adventure from filmmakers Lana and Andy
Wachowski. Channing Tatum and Mila Kunis star in the film, which began shooting at Warner
Bros. Studios Leavesden on April 2, 2013.



From the streets of Chicago to far flung galaxies whirling through space, "Jupiter
Ascending" was conceived and written by the Wachowskis, who are also directing.
Award-winning producer Grant Hill, with whom the writer/directors have collaborated since
"The Matrix" Trilogy, is producing the film together with the Wachowskis. Roberto Malerba
and Bruce Berman are serving as executive producers.



Jupiter Jones (Mila Kunis) was born under a night sky, with signs predicting that she
was destined for great things. Now grown, Jupiter dreams of the stars but wakes up to the
cold reality of a job cleaning toilets and an endless run of bad breaks. Only when Caine
(Channing Tatum), a genetically engineered ex-military hunter, arrives on Earth to track
her down does Jupiter begin to glimpse the fate that has been waiting for her all along -
her genetic signature marks her as next in line for an extraordinary inheritance that
could alter the balance of the cosmos.



Channing Tatum ("Magic Mike") and Mila Kunis ("Oz the Great and Powerful") lead an
international cast that also includes Sean Bean ("The Lord of the Rings" Trilogy), Eddie
Redmayne ("Les Misérables"), Douglas Booth ("LOL"), Tuppence Middleton (TV's "The Lady
Vanishes"), Doona Bae ("Cloud Atlas"), James D'Arcy ("Hitchcock") and Tim Pigott-Smith
("Alice in Wonderland").



Behind the scenes, "Jupiter Ascending" reunites the Wachowskis with their longstanding
collaborators, who most recently worked with them on "Cloud Atlas." They include
Oscar(R)-winning cinematographer John Toll ("Braveheart," "Legends of the Fall");
production designer Hugh Bateup; editor Alexander Berner; costume designer Kym Barrett;
and makeup and hair designer Jeremy Woodhead. "Jupiter Ascending" will showcase the kind
of cutting-edge visual effects that have become the benchmarks of the Wachowskis' films.
Dan Glass ("Batman Begins," "Cloud Atlas") is the film's visual effects supervisor, a post
he has occupied for the Wachowskis since "The Matrix" Trilogy. Additionally, John Gaeta,
the visual effects Oscar(R) winner behind "The Matrix," is contributing to the visual
effects design.



The production will remain in the UK at the studios through June, at which time
filming will move to Chicago for completion.



"Jupiter Ascending" will be distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures, a Warner Bros.
Entertainment Company, and in select territories by Village Roadshow Pictures.




Warner Bros Entertainment UK Ltd

CONTACT: For more information, please contact: Warner Bros. Pictures Publicity: Louisa Radcliffe, +44(0)207-984-5000, Louisa.radcliffe@warnerbros.com


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