Jupiter Ascending (2015)

A young woman discovers her destiny as an heiress of intergalactic nobility and must fight to protect the inhabitants of Earth from an ancient and destructive industry.

Directors:

Lana Wachowski (as The Wachowskis), Lilly Wachowski (as The Wachowskis)

Writers:

Lilly Wachowski (as The Wachowskis), Lana Wachowski (as The Wachowskis)

Stars:

Channing Tatum, Mila Kunis, Eddie Redmayne

4 wins & 16 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Mila Kunis	...	Jupiter Jones
Channing Tatum	...	Caine Wise
Sean Bean	...	Stinger Apini
Eddie Redmayne	...	Balem Abrasax
Douglas Booth	...	Titus Abrasax
Tuppence Middleton	...	Kalique Abrasax
Nikki Amuka-Bird	...	Diomika Tsing
Christina Cole	...	Gemma Chatterjee
Nicholas A. Newman	...	Nesh
Ramon Tikaram	...	Phylo Percadium
Ariyon Bakare	...	Greeghan
Maria Doyle Kennedy	...	Aleksa
Frog Stone	...	Aunt Nino
David Ajala	...	Ibis
Doona Bae	...	Razo

Storyline

Jupiter Jones was born under a night sky, with signs predicting that she was destined for great things. Now grown, Jupiter dreams of the stars but wakes up to the cold reality of a job cleaning other people's houses and an endless run of bad breaks. Only when Caine Wise, a genetically engineered ex-military hunter, arrives on Earth to track her down does Jupiter begin to glimpse the fate that has been waiting for her all along - her genetic signature marks her as next in line for an extraordinary inheritance that could alter the balance of the cosmos.

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Plot Keywords:

space opera | bees | planet earth | human as resource | female starship captain | 

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Taglines:

Expand your universe.

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for some violence, sequences of sci-fi action, some suggestive content and partial nudity

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official Google+

Country:

USA Australia

Language:

English Russian

Release Date:

6 February 2015 (USA)

Also Known As:

El destino de Júpiter

Filming Locations:

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$176,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$18,372,372, 8 February 2015, Wide Release

Gross USA:

$47,387,723

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$183,887,723

Company Credits

Production Co:

Warner Bros.,Village Roadshow Pictures,Dune Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

127 min

Sound Mix:

SDDS Datasat Dolby Digital Dolby Atmos Auro 11.1

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Panoramic scene of Zalintyre correspond to Bilbao City in Spain modified by computer. Famous buildings as Guggenheim Museum (Gehry design), La Salve bridge or Zubizuri bridge (Calatrava design) are easily identified.

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Goofs

The first time Jupiter is shown scrubbing the bowl of the toilet the seat is down. This is not something that anyone who knows how to clean a toilet (including actresses) would do. Apparently they caught this error and had her scrub it with the seat up the second time.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Jupiter Jones: Technically speaking, I'm an alien. And from the perspective of Immigration, an illegal one. My parents met at the University in Saint Petersburg, where he taught Astrophysics and she taught Applied Mathematics. My mother fell in love with him when she found him almost frozen to death on the bank of the Neva, staring at the stars.

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Crazy Credits

The opening logos for Warner Brothers Pictures, Village Roadshow Pictures, and Rat-Pac Dune Entertainment are shown as solid gold with fancy engraving highlights.

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Connections

Featured in The Blockbuster Buster: Jupiter Ascending (2015)

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Soundtracks

Fanfare for the History of Planet Earth
Written by Ethan Stoller

User Reviews

Not a classic of the genre but very entertaining

This film is basically a mash-up of Dune, John Carter and Doctor Who (and quite a few others). And a very well made and hugely entertaining mash-up at that. I enjoyed it. Not a classic of the genre but very entertaining - although I can understand some people getting upset at not being able to follow the somewhat demanding, fast paced, multi-level story, whispered dialogue, and unconventional narrative. I especially liked the neat blend of science fiction and fantasy and the nice fairy tale vibe. I loved those dragons. I enjoyed it about as much as I enjoyed Blade Runner and The Fifth Element. It certainly does not deserve some of the ridiculously negative reviews that I have seen. Which just goes to show it is all a question of personal taste I suppose.