New Trailer for Gary Oldman’s ‘The Space Between Us’

Gary Oldman (Sirius Black from the Harry Potter series) is set to start in teen sic-fi romance The Space Between Us released next month, starring Asa Butterfield and Britt Robertson.

Set to be released December 2016, the movie has now been pushed back to February 3rd, and has released a new trailer! The film tells the story of a teenage Martian being sent to Earth for the first time to look for his father, meeting his pen-pal from Earth along the way.

Oldman plays NASA’s director, Nathaniel Shepherd (photo below from Empire Online), responsible for their Mars programme in the movie.

A more detailed summary from Slash Film is as follows:

“Gardner Elliot’s (Butterfield) mother was an astronaut who didn’t realize she was pregnant until after she set out on a mission to colonize Mars. Gardner is the first child born on the red planet, where he grows up in a community of 15 people. The only person he knows on Earth is his online pen pal, Tulsa (Robertson), a high school student living in Colorado. Gardner pays a visit to his friend, and Tulsa decides to help him search for his father. Director Peter Chelsom‘s (Serendipity) film co-stars Carla Gugino and Gary Oldman as a curmudgeonly doctor who just won’t let Gardner enjoy Earth.”

And a full synopsis from IMDB:

“In this interplanetary adventure, a space shuttle embarks on the first mission to colonize Mars, only to discover after takeoff that one of the astronauts is pregnant. Shortly after landing, she dies from complications while giving birth to the first human born on the red planet – never revealing who the father is. Thus begins the extraordinary life of Gardner Elliot – an inquisitive, highly intelligent boy who reaches the age of 16 having only met 14 people in his very unconventional upbringing.

While searching for clues about his father, and the home planet he’s never known, Gardner begins an online friendship with a street smart girl in Colorado named Tulsa. When he finally gets a chance to go to Earth, he’s eager to experience all of the wonders he could only read about on Mars – from the most simple to the extraordinary. But once his explorations begin, scientists discover that Gardner’s organs can’t withstand Earth’s atmosphere.

Eager to find his father, Gardner escapes the team of scientists and joins with Tulsa on a race against time to unravel the mysteries of how he came to be, and where he belongs in the universe.”

Watch the trailer below: