Futuristic action thriller "Oblivion" staring Tom Cruise comes out in theaters this Friday.
Shot in stunning 4K resolution on location across the United States and Iceland, "Oblivion" follows Jack Harper, played by Cruise, as he as he serves as a security repairmen stationed on an evacuated Earth.
Jack's mission is part of a massive operation to extract vital resources after decades of war with a terrifying alien threat who scavenge what's left of planet Earth.
Two weeks from re-joining the remaining survivors on a lunar colony far from the war-torn world he once called home.
While on patrol Jack rescues a beautiful stranger from a downed spacecraft, who while drawn to him through a strange connection that transcends logic, triggers a chain if events that makes Jack question all he thought he knew.
The fate of humanity rest on the heroism of one man who believed Earth was soon to be lost forever.
Cruise is joined in this epic action-adventure by Academy Award® winner MORGAN FREEMAN (The Dark Knight Rises, Wanted) as Beech, leader of a band of survivors who are highly suspicious of Jack’s motives; OLGA KURYLENKO (Quantum of Solace, Seven Psychopaths) as Julia Rusakova, a traveler who has crossed time and space in search of true love; ANDREA RISEBOROUGH (W.E., Happy-Go-Lucky) as Victoria “Vika” Olsen, Jack’s by-the-book navigator who is ready to depart Earth forever; NIKOLAJ COSTER-WALDAU (Mama, television’s Game of Thrones) as Sykes, second-in-command of the revolution and the first to want Jack eliminated; and Oscar® winner MELISSA LEO (The Fighter, Frozen River) as Sally, the commanding officer overseeing the evacuation who has an agenda of her own.
Director/producer JOSEPH KOSINSKI has assembled an elite behind-the-scenes team of frequent collaborators to transform his graphic novel original story into an epic motion-picture event. They are led by Oscar®-winning cinematographer CLAUDIO MIRANDA (Life of Pi, TRON: Legacy), production designer DARREN GILFORD (TRON: Legacy, Idiocracy), Oscar®-winning VFX supervisor ERIC BARBA (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, TRON: Legacy), VFX producer and co-producer STEVE GAUB (TRON: Legacy, Terminator Salvation), co-producer BRUCE FRANKLIN (TRON: Legacy, Terminator Salvation) and orchestrator JOSEPH TRAPANESE (TRON: Legacy).
Welcome additions to the crew include editor RICHARD FRANCIS-BRUCE (Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, The Shawshank Redemption), costume designer MARLENE STEWART (Tropic Thunder, Date Night) and composer M83.
Joining Kosinski on Oblivion are fellow producers PETER CHERNIN (Rise of the Planet of the Apes, upcoming The Heat), DYLAN CLARK (Rise of the Planet of the Apes, The Heat), BARRY LEVINE (Detroit Rock City, upcoming Hercules) and DUNCAN HENDERSON (Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone). The team is working from a screenplay by KARL GAJDUSEK (Trespass, upcoming The Last Days of American Crime) and MICHAEL DEBRUYN.
Executive producers of the action-adventure are DAVE MORRISON (44 Inch Chest), JESSE BERGER (Hercules) and JUSTIN SPRINGER (TRON: Legacy).
Oblivion was shot in stunning digital 4K resolution on location across the United States and Iceland, including interiors in Baton Rouge and New Orleans, Louisiana, and exteriors in New York City, New York; Mammoth, California; and across Iceland.
"Oblivion" out in theaters April 19.
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