A science fiction film titled Voyagers is directed by Neil Burger and is set to release on 9th April 2021. Principal photography of the film began back in 2019, and it is being distributed by production giant Lionsgate (The Hunger Games, The Twilight Saga). Initially set to come out in November of 2020, the film’s release date was pushed, like many others, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Voyagers’ plotline is set in the future and revolves around a group of thirty men and women who, on a multi-generational mission, are sent into the deep and dark corners of outer space. As one would expect, the mission goes awry before you could say the word “sideways,” as the people start to descend into insanity. Not sure if the threat is external or lies within themselves, the young men and women must find a way out before their brains are completely rewired.
What we could decipher from the trailer
The trailer captures the film’s synopsis perfectly and gives us a glimpse to understand better what may be going wrong. The visuals are on point, and it seems as though whoever has sent these people on the mission has lied to them. Thinking they are going on a quest to protect a possible future, these men and women take on the responsibility but may have just agreed to be turned into lab rats instead. Completely ignoring their superego and giving into their pleasure principle, the people aboard the mission slowly head towards what seems like self-destruction while the “experimenter” may just be checking how far the boundaries can be pushed, using the most innate human needs of hunger and sex and preying on the most natural animal instincts like violence.
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A cast filled with potential, this film may outdo its competitors
Indulging in this battle of nature versus nurture, the film’s cast includes, alongside Johnny Depp’s daughter Lily-Rose Depp (Tusk, 2014), Tye Sheridan (X-Men: Apocalypse, 2016), Fionn Whitehead (Don’t Tell A Soul, 2020), Viveik Kalra (Blinded by the Light, 2019), Colin Farrell (The Lobster, 2015), Quintessa Swindle (Granada Nights, 2020), Isaac Hempstead Wright (The Awakening, 2011), Chanté Adams (Monsters and Men, 2018), Archie Renaux (Gold Digger, 2019), Madison Hu (Bad Words, 2013) as well as Archie Madakwe (Midsommar, 2019).