ASH: Sci-Fi Thriller Recast For Flying Lotus To Direct, Shooting In May

Eiza González (Ambulance) and Aaron Paul (Dual) are attached to star in Ash, the new sci-fi thriller from Grammy Award-winning producer, composer, filmmaker, and rapper Flying Lotus (V/H/S/99, Kuso). Both stars are replacing the previously-added Tessa Thompson and Joseph Gordon-Levitt who were initially cast last August.

Jonni Remmler is penning an original screenplay that sees González in the role of a woman who wakes up on a distant planet and finds the crew of her space station viciously killed, and must decide if she can trust the man (Paul) sent to rescue her. Additionally, Flying Lotus, a.k.a. Steven Ellison, will compose an original score for the pic.

XYZ Films is co-financing alongside IPR.VC, and is producing next to GFC Films, with Neill Blomkamp (District 9, Elysium) and Echo Lake onboard as exec producers. Ash marks a reunion for XYZ Films and GFC Films following the New Zealand collab, Toa Fraser’s 6 Days and period Maori actioner The Dead Lands.

Cameras roll in May in New Zealand.

“We are building something fresh and unique with ASH and having Eiza and Aaron in this world just makes it flames. They are absolute magic makers, brave and equally inspiring. All that to say… We ‘bout to kill this shit,” said Flying Lotus.  

Matthew Metcalfe and Nate Bolotin stated: “At the helm of the visionary artist Flying Lotus, and now in collaboration with the incredibly talented Eiza González and Aaron Paul, we are excited to embark on this journey to bring the unique world of ASH to life.”

González, co-star of Apple TV+ series, “Extrapolations,” will soon be seen in Netflix series treatment, Three Body Problem, from David Benioff and D.B Weiss (“Game of Thrones”), and is currently filming Ministry Of Ungentlemanly Warfare for director Guy Ritchie. She is repped by CAA, Linden Entertainment and Jackoway Austen Tyerman Wertheimer Mandelbaum Morris Bernstein Trattner & Klein.

Paul is best known for his role in AMC television drama “Breaking Bad” and follow-up El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie, as well as Need For Speed and HBO’s “Westworld,” crime thriller Triple 9 and 2019’s The Parts You Lose. He is repped by UTA and Viewpoint.

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