Check Out Stunning Images of the Scientifically Plausible Alien Planet FromAsh

If you ’re go away to fructify a sci - fi picture show on an foreign satellite , it ’s a dainty bonus ifthat planet actually exists . Or , at least , is revolutionise by one that really exists . In the new filmAsh , directorFlying Lotus weaves a bigsci - fi closed book as an astronaut ( Eiza González ) wakes up on an exotic existence with her whole bunch dead . A fellow astronaut who claim to hump her ( Aaron Paul ) then get but it ’s unclear if he ’s friend or foe .

The planet inAsh , referred to Ash , isbased on Kepler-442b , a rocky exo - major planet about 1,200 light years from Earth . accord to Flying Lotus , the connecter go bad recondite than that . “ The planet KOI-442 AKA Ash spark the curiosity of humanity from the farthest reaches of the cosmea because the air is almost breathable and could before long be a place for man to flourish , ” Flying Lotus said in a assertion . “ I need the planet itself to be a character and add to the sense of dread but at the same metre it also had to revolutionise wonderment and be a place that you would be willing to leave Earth for . ”

Exclusive to io9 , we ’re delighted to present to you this gallery of never - before - seen range of the satellite inAsh .

We’ve got exclusive images of the planet from the new sci-fi movie, Ash.

We’ve got exclusive images of the planet from the new sci-fi movie, Ash.Image: RLJE Films

As much work was sure as shooting put into every aspect of making this film , you may understandably tell that the pattern of the planet and its border galaxy were just as important as costumes , hair , and other element . The colours , the angles , the landscape , all of it just pops .

Ash , which co - stars Iko Uwais , Kate Elliott , Beulah Koale , and even Flying Lotus himself , will have its humans premiere at South by Southwest on Tuesday . It open in theaters March 21 .

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