Ad Astra (film)

Ad Astra is a 2019 psychological science fiction film about Roy McBride, an astronaut who travels to the outer edges of the solar system to find his missing father. His father, a pioneering astronaut played by Tommy Lee Jones, disappeared decades earlier while searching for alien life on a mission near Neptune. When mysterious and catastrophic power surges originating from Neptune threaten life on Earth, Roy must retrace his father's voyage, uncovering dark truths and confronting deep emotional isolation along the way. Directed by James Gray. Written by James Gray and Ethan Gross. Roy McBride Why continue? Why keep trying? Cast Brad Pitt as Roy Richard McBride Tommy Lee Jones as H. Clifford McBride Ruth Negga as Helen Lantos Liv Tyler as Eve McBride Donald Sutherland as Colonel Thomas Pruitt John Ortiz as Lieutenant General Rivas Greg Bryk as Chip Garnes Loren Dean as Donald Stanford Natasha Lyonne as Tanya Pincus John Finn as Brigadier General Stroud Kimberly Elise as Lorraine Deavers Sean Blakemore as Willie Levant Bobby Nish as Franklin Yoshida LisaGay Hamilton as Major General Amelia Vogel Donnie Keshawarz as Captain Lawrence Tanner External links Category:2019 English-language films Category:2019 American films Category:Adventure films Category:Drama films Category:Science fiction films Category:Films about astronauts Category:Films about extraterrestrial life Category:Films about father–son relationships Category:Films directed by James Gray