The Tribeca Film Festival is almost wrapped up, but that doesn’t mean a few key titles aren’t playing. Screening Friday night was the sci-fi thriller, “Settlers,” with the strong cast of Sofia Boutella (“Star Trek Beyond“), Ismael Cruz Córdova (HBO‘s “The Undoing“), Brooklynn Prince (“The Florida Project“), Nell Tiger Free (M. Night Shyamalan’s Apple TV+ series “Servant“) and Jonny Lee Miller.
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The directorial debut of London-based filmmaker Wyatt Rockefeller, “Settlers,” is set in the aftermath of an ecological disaster, where a family from Earth must eke out an existence on a desolate Mars homestead and protect themselves from the perils of this forbidding landscape. Jonny Lee Miller and Sofia Boutella play a husband and wife, and Brooklynn Prince plays their daughter. Ismael Cruz Córdova plays a hostile outsider, and Nell Tiger Free plays the young girl as a young adult. Here’s the official synopsis:
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On a remote homestead amongst the Martian frontier, a refugee family from Earth clings to hope for a better life. But when strangers appear in the surrounding hills and attempt to run them off, nine-year-old Remmy (Brooklynn Prince, THE FLORIDA PROJECT) is faced with the desperate reality her mother (Sofia Boutella, THE MUMMY) and father (Jonny Lee Miller, TRAINSPOTTING) have tried so hard to keep from her.
An eye-catching sci-fi thriller with elements of the classic Western, “Settlers” was filmed on location in the isolated desert area of Vioolsdift, situated in the Northern Cape in South Africa. Rockefeller is among the NYU Production Lab’s slate of supported projects; he received a dual MBA-MFA in film at NYU and has written, directed, and produced numerous short films, commercials, and documentaries.
IFC Midnight has already picked up “Settlers” for release on July 23. The film will be available in select theaters, and everywhere you rent movies on that Friday. Watch the new trailer below.
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