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spacetime coordinates: a year after an eruption of the Katla volcano began, the nearby village of Vík, Iceland
Katla (stylized as KATLA) is an Icelandic drama/mystery/sci-fi television series created and directed by Baltasar Kormákur and Sigurjón Kjartansson, and written by Baltasar Kormákur, Sigurjón Kjartansson, Davíð Már Stefánsson and Lilja Sigurðardóttir. It premiered June 17, 2021 on Netflix. (wiki)
spacetime coordinates: ?? / The film is set almost entirely on a space station orbiting the Ocean planet Solaris, adding flashbacks to the previous experiences of its main characters on Earth.
Solaris is a 2002 American science fiction drama film written and directed by Steven Soderbergh, produced by James Cameron and Jon Landau, and starring George Clooney and Natascha McElhone. It is based on the 1961 science fiction novel of the same name by Polish writer Stanisław Lem.
Soderbergh “said that he didn’t intend Solaris to be a remake of Tarkovsky’s film but rather a new version of Stanislaw Lem’s novel”. (wiki)
‘We take off into the cosmos, ready for anything – – solitude, hardship, exhaustion, death. We’re proud of outselves. But when you think about it, our enthusiasm’s a sham. We don’t want other worlds; we want mirrors.’
spacetime coordinates: 2021 upstate New York
A Quiet Place Part II is a 2021 American horror film, and the sequel to 2018’s A Quiet Place, following the family from the first film as they continue to navigate and survive in a post-apocalyptic world inhabited by blind aliens with an acute sense of hearing.
The film was written, produced, and directed by John Krasinski for Paramount Pictures. Emily Blunt, Millicent Simmonds, and Noah Jupe reprise their roles from the first film while Cillian Murphy and Djimon Hounsou join the cast. (wiki)
In November 2020, Paramount Pictures hired Jeff Nichols to write and direct a spin-off based on an original idea from John Krasinski, who will produce. The film is scheduled to be released on March 31, 2023.
In May 2021, Emily Blunt revealed that Krasinski has an idea for a potential third main installment.
timespace coordinates: 2020’s Tsitsikamma forest in South Africa
Gaia is an 2021 South African eco horror thriller film directed and produced by Jaco Bouwer, from a screenplay by Tertius Kapp. It stars Monique Rockman, Carel Nel, Alex van Dyk, and Anthony Oseyemi. (wiki)
“The South African covid lock-down was announced one week into the shoot, and the crew had to pack up the whole show. Some went back to Cape Town, some stayed behind in the forest. Everyone drifted in uncertainty for a long time. The content of the film had such an uncanny resonance to what was happening in the world.” (trivia)
timespace coordinates: 2010 Los Angeles
Sound of My Voice is a 2011 American psychological thriller film directed by Zal Batmanglij in his feature directorial debut and starring Christopher Denham, Nicole Vicius and Brit Marling. The plot focuses on two documentary filmmakers who attempt to expose a cult led by a charismatic leader (Marling) who claims to be from the future. The film was written by Batmanglij and Marling.
The film was originally intended to be the first installment of a trilogy. (wiki)
timespace coordinates: early 2010’s American West (Nevada, Arizona, South Dakota, Nebraska, California)
Nomadland is a 2020 American drama film based on the 2017 non-fiction book Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century by Jessica Bruder. The film is written, produced, directed, and edited by Chloé Zhao, and stars Frances McDormand (who is also a producer on the film) as a vandwelling working nomad who leaves her hometown after her husband dies and the sole industry closes down, to be “houseless” and travel around the United States.
A number of real-life nomads appear as fictionalized versions of themselves, including Linda May, Swankie, and Bob Wells. (wiki)
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