Vanessa Kirby, Lewis Pullman to Star in Movie "The Spacesuit"

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*”) will 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, with UTA Independent Film Group and CAA Media Finance will represent North America.

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 Spacesuit" 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.