Netflix has unveiled the full-length official trailer for Atlas, an expensive-looking sci-fi film led by Jennifer Lopez.
The film has J.Lo playing a government data analyst – with a deep distrust of artificial intelligence – on a mission to bring down the AI terrorist, Harlan (played by Shang-Chi star Simu Liu), who led the robot revolution. When a new mission goes awry and she finds herself stranded on a distant plane, strapped into a high-powered armour suit, she realises she may have to push that distrust aside.
“I loved that this is a big sci-fi action movie, but at its core, it’s a story of friendship — and a love story, in a way,” Lopez said in an interview with Netflix site Tudum. “I always see everything as a love story, but this is a different kind of love between two beings who connect in disastrous circumstances, and teach each other how to be more human.”
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Speaking about his AI villain, Harlan, Liu explained, “He was created by a brilliant scientist to be a protector of mankind, but unfortunately, you know how some things go.” And regarding his performance: “I basically built Harlan from all of my favourite movies and TV shows that have ever featured artificial lifeforms, like Michael Fassbender in Prometheus, Data from Star Trek: The Next Generation, HAL from 2001: A Space Odyssey, and so many more.”
The film was directed by San Andreas and Rampage helmer Brad Peyton, with a screenplay written by Leo Sardarian (StartUp) and Aron Eli Coleite (Locke & Key).
Atlas, with a supporting cast includes Sterling K. Brown, Gregory James Cohan, Abraham Popoola, Lana Parrilla, and Mark Strong, will be streaming on Netflix from May 24th.
