Eiza González and Aaron Paul to star in Flying Lotus’ sci-fi thriller ASH
Eiza González and Aaron Paul are attached to star in the new sci-fi thriller ASH, directed by Flying Lotus and based on an original screenplay written by Jonni Remmler. Paul and González will replace Tessa Thompson and Joseph Gordon-Levitt who were previously announced. XYZ Films and GFC Films are to produce, with Neill Blomkamp (DISTRICT 9) and Echo Lake onboard as exec producers. XYZ Films is co-financing alongside IPR.VC. Flying Lotus is also set to compose an original score, with production commencing in New Zealand in May.
When a woman (Gonzalez) wakes up on a distant planet and finds the crew of her space station viciously killed, she must decide if she can trust the man (Paul) sent to rescue her.
Eiza González will soon be seen in David Benioff and D.B Weiss's (“Game of Thrones”) series, THREE BODY PROBLEM for Netflix and is currently filming MINISTRY OF AN UNGENTLEMENLY WARFARE directed by Guy Ritchie. Eiza is best known for starring in Edgar Wright’s BABY DRIVER. She can also be seen in J. Blakeson’s I CARE A LOT and AMBULANCE. She can currently be seen in the Apple TV+ series "Extrapolations."
Paul recently starred in the sci-fi film DUAL, a Sundance official selection also from XYZ Films. He starred in HBO’s “Westworld” and is best known for his iconic role of Jesse in AMC’s “Breaking Bad,” and “El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie.” He has also been seen in THE PARTS YOU LOSE and TRIPLE 9.
Flying Lotus aka Steven Ellison is a genre-bending Grammy Award-winning producer, composer, filmmaker, rapper and founder/owner of Brainfeeder Records. Originally from Los Angeles, California, he has defined an entire creative generation by synthesizing his vast range of musical and narrative visual influences into an expansive yet unmistakable world of sound and imagery. Since 2006, Ellison has released six studio albums to global critical acclaim and composed much of the bumper music heard on Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim. An alumnus of The Los Angeles Film School, his debut film KUSO premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2017, and last year he executive produced and scored the successful Netflix anime series YASUKE, directed by LeSean Thomas (“The Boondocks”) and starring LaKeith Stanfield (Sorry to Bother You, “Atlanta”) based on the real historical figure of a famed Black samurai from 16th century Japan. Most recently Steven wrote, directed and scored a segment for the latest installment of the anthology franchise V/H/S/99. Ellison has worked with celebrated visionaries from David Lynch and Alma Harel, to Hiro Murai, Khalil Joseph and Shinichiro Watanabe, and has been mentored by legendary filmmaker, Terence Malick.
"We are building something fresh and unique with ASH and having Eiza and Aaron in this world just makes it flames. They are absolute magic makers, brave and equally inspiring. All that to say… We ‘bout to kill this shit,” said Flying Lotus.
Matthew Metcalfe and Nate Bolotin stated: "At the helm of the visionary artist Flying Lotus, and now in collaboration with the incredibly talented Eiza González and Aaron Paul, we are excited to embark on this journey to bring the unique world of ASH to life."