''Distant'', also known as ''Long Distance'', is a 2024 American

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film produced by

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and Automatik, and distributed by

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. The film was directed by Josh Gordon and Will Speck and written by

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. It stars

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, and

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. The film was shot in 2020 and premiered in Vietnam on July 12, 2024.

Premise

The spaceship of

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miner Andy gets struck, crash-landing him on an alien planet, where he contends with his AI survival suit. Losing oxygen, he connects via radio with fellow crew member Naomi who, trapped inside her escape pod, guides him to search for and rescue her.

Cast

as Andy Ramirez *

as Naomi Calloway *

as Dwayne *

as the voice of L.E.O.N.A.R.D., Andy's AI survival suit

Production

On February 21, 2019,

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announced it had bought

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for film with its working title ''Distant''. In August 2019, Josh Gordon and Will Speck came on board as directors, with Brian Kavanaugh-Jones, Fred Berger, and Anna Halberg attached as producers. In December 2019,

joined the cast. Rachel Brosnahan was cast in February 2020, but later dropped out due to scheduling conflicts;

replaced her in August 2020. Filming began in

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, Hungary, on September 21, 2020. As a result of the

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, the cast and crew followed safety protocols such as "extensive sanitization" procedures, wearing face masks, and social distancing. Filming concluded on November 13, 2020. By May 2021, the film was still in post-production. Steven Price composed the score and Gregory Plotkin edited the film.

Release

''Distant'' currently does not have an American release date.

originally scheduled the film for March 11, 2022, September 16, 2022, and later January 27, 2023, before removing it from its release schedule. At one point, Amblin's website listed it for January 19, 2024, but in November 2023, it removed it from its schedule. The film first premiered in Vietnam, released by

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on July 12, 2024.

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