Adam Sandler has done some of the best work of his career through his partnership with Netflix. While he’s occasionally shown us that he can be an incredible dramatic actor when given the right material, since signing on with the streamer he’s delivered more than ever. And that looks to be happening again with Spaceman, a sci-fi drama about an astronaut who gets some unusual help in figuring out what his life should be back on Earth.
Three years ago it was announced that Sandler would lead Spaceman, a sci-fi drama from Chernobyl director Johan Renck. Sandler stars with Carey Mulligan, Paul Dano, Kunal Nayyar, Lena Olin, and Isabella Rossellini in the film about a lonely astronaut on a faraway research mission in outer space, while at home his marriage is falling apart. Fortunately, he has some help in dealing with all of this, and it’s a mysterious creature that lurks in the shadows of his ship.
Sandler does some of his best acting when playing characters with one foot in reality, while Mulligan is simply one of the best actors in the world and a contender to receive an Oscar nomination for her recent performance in Maestro.
The film was penned by Colby Day, and adapted from Jaroslav Kalfař’s 2017 book, Spaceman of Bohemia.
Here is the synopsis: Six months into a solitary research mission to the edge of the solar system, an astronaut, Jakub (Adam Sandler), realizes that the marriage he left behind might not be waiting for him when he returns to Earth. Desperate to fix things with his wife, Lenka (Carey Mulligan), he is helped by a mysterious creature from the beginning of time he finds hiding in the bowels of his ship. Hanuš (voiced by Paul Dano) works with Jakub to make sense of what went wrong before it is too late.
Netflix will begin streaming Spaceman on March 1st and you can find out more here.
