The official trailer has arrived for Apollo 10 ½: A Space Age Childhood, the new animated film from Richard Linklater heading to Netflix in April. Animated in the style of A Scanner Darkly and Waking Life, earlier films by Linklater, the new movie definitely has that Linklater feel to it. You can get an idea of what the movie will be like by watching the official trailer below.
The official synopsis for Apollo 10 ½: A Space Age Childhood reads:
Richard Linklater wrote and directed Apollo 10 ½: A Space Age Childhood. He also produced alongside Mike Blizzard, Tommy Pallotta, Femke Wolting, and Bruno Felix. John Sloss executive produced. The movie stars Milo Coy, Lee Eddy, Bill Wise, Natalie L’Amoreaux, Josh Wiggins, Sam Chipman, Jessica Brynn Cohen, Danielle Guilbot with Zachary Levi and Glen Powell, and Jack Black.
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In a statement on the new film, Linklater said:
Apollo 10 ½: A Space Age Childhood Spent Years in Development
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This project has been in the works for years. Back in 2020, Richard Linklater spoke about the film in an interview with Empire, though he couldn’t divulge too much information at the time. He did talk about how personal the story was to him, first getting the idea many years ago and finally moving forward with production, all leading up to the April release.
Apollo 10 ½: A Space Age Childhood will be released globally on Netflix on April 1, 2022.
