Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has acquired the distribution rights to the sci-fi thriller Astro. It was written by Asif Akbar and Bernard Selling, directed by Akbar, and stars Gary Daniels (The Expendables), Dominique Swain (Boone: The Bounty Hunter), Marshal Hilton (Primal Rage), Louis Mandylor, Max Wasa, Omi Vaidya, Luke G. Crosby, Orson Chaplin, Gianni Capaldi, Spice Williams-Crosby, Courtney Akbar, Christopher Showerman and Michael Pare.
Astro tells the story of a billionaire's private space exploration program returning to Earth with an abducted extraterrestrial from a newly discovered alien planet.
It bows at Cannes in May before being released on DVD June 5th. Astro is a Film Life Factory, LLC and XVIII Entertainment, LLC production. ITN Distribution is handling sales in all domestic and certain parts of the European territories with Avail Films and XVIII Entertainment handling the rest of the world-wide sales at the upcoming Cannes Film Market.
Brian Steele Medina of Gemini Syndrome, composed the music and sound fx for Astro's trailer, which also features an unreleased track "We Are the Fallen" written by the alternative metal band. The film’s original score is composed by Erick Schroeder.
Asif Akbar and Bernard Selling are currently finishing the Astro book series based on the movie, it’ll be released on Amazon in July.
“We are excited to create and introduce a new modern day science-fiction franchise to the world”, says Akbar.
