A sorpresa, Deadline ha comunicato che Richard Linklater ha già girato il suo nuovo film per Netflix, intitolato Apollo 10 1/2: A Space Age Adventure.
Linklater è originario di Huston e aveva 8 anni quando la missione Apollo portò l’uomo sulla luna.
Secondo quanto riportato da Deadline: “Apollo 10 ½: A Space Age Adventure is told from two interwoven perspectives, capturing the astronaut and mission control view of the triumphant moment, and the lesser-seen bottom up perspective of what it was like from an excited kid’s perspective, living near NASA but mostly watching it on TV like hundreds of millions of others”.
Linklater ha dichiarato “It struck me years ago that this was my film to make, from both a chronological and proximity level – I was there, going into 3rd grade. Our unique animation style allows both the conjuring of a world long gone, and the flowing, playful expression of memory and imagination. It’s been a fun, creative journey to incorporate things like 3D graphics into a live-action shoot to help bring this story to life”.
Il film è stato girato in live action, ma così come Waking Life e A Scanner Darkly, dovrebbe essere trasformato in animazione con la tecnica del rotoscopio. Il protagonista sarà interpretato da Jack Black. Accanto a lui Zachary Levi e Glen Powell.
