Vanessa Kirby and Lewis Pullman to Play Astronauts in Kitty Green’s ‘The Spacesuit,’ HanWay Launching in Cannes

Oscar nominee and BAFTA winner Vanessa Kirby (“Pieces of a Woman,” “Fantastic Four: First Steps”) and Emmy nominee Lewis Pullman (“The Testament of Ann Lee,” “Thunderbolts*”) are to star in the “The Spacesuit,” the next feature from “The Assistant” and “The Royal Hotel” writer/director Kitty Green.

HanWay Films is set to launch international sales on the project in Cannes, while UTA Independent Film Group and CAA Media Finance will represent North America.

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Announced just as the recent Artemis II mission has seen a renewed focus on space exploration, “The Spacesuit” is described as offering a “timely and provocative new perspective” on the subject, one that should see Green explore the sort of socially-resonant power, gender and institutional dynamics as she has in her previous work.

The story follows an astronaut (Kirby) who is forced to make an impossible decision after an incident with her co-pilot (Pullman) leaves an indelible stain on the mission in the days leading up to lift off, setting off a tense race against the clock. According to the filmmakers, the film expands on the same themes as Green’s earlier films while “dialling up both the stakes and scale.”

Building on their previous collaboration on “The Assistant” and Green’s hit Netflix doc “Casting JonBenet,” “The Spacesuit” reunites Green with acclaimed producers James Schamus (“The Wedding Banquet,” “Brokeback Mountain,” “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon”) and Scott Macaulay (“Raising Victor Vargas,” “Saving Face,” Gummo”), alongside Joe Pirro (“We Grown Now,” “The Wedding Banquet”), Rita Walsh (“The Wolves Always Come at Night”) and Kath Shelper (“Samson and Delilah,” “The Royal Hotel”). Vanessa Kirby and Juliet Kirby also executive produce via their production company Aluna.

“We are thrilled to be working with Kitty Green again whose genius is to take on utterly relatable situations women face, give them true cinematic canvases and imbue them with unbearable tension to provoke bigger conversations and entertain,” said Gabrielle Stewart, CEO of HanWay Films. “We cannot wait to be taken on this journey by Kitty with Vanessa Kirby and Lewis Pullman, and the excellent team she has gathered.”

Kirby is represented by CAA (US), Hamilton Hodell (UK), Linden Entertainment, JSSK & Prosper. Pullman is represented by Anonymous Content, CAA and ID. Green is repped by UTA, Tyre, Ramer, Brown & Passman.