Oblivion is de nieuwe film van Joseph Kosinski, die tot dusverre als regisseur alleen Tron: Legacy op z'n c.v. heeft.
De film is ook door hem geschreven, samen met William Monahan (o.a. van The Departed, Kingdom of Heaven en het aanstaande tweede deel van Sin City) en comic-schrijver Arvid Nelson.
De hoofdrollen in Oblivion zijn voor Tom Cruise, Olga Kurylenko, Morgan Freeman, Melissa Leo en Nikolaj Coster-Waldau.
De officiële synopsis:
Tom Cruise stars in Oblivion, an original and groundbreaking cinematic event from the director of TRON: Legacy and the producer of Rise of the Planet of the Apes. On a spectacular future Earth that has evolved beyond recognition, one man’s confrontation with the past will lead him on a journey of redemption and discovery as he battles to save mankind.
Jack Harper (Cruise) is one of the last few drone repairmen stationed on Earth. Part of a massive operation to extract vital resources after decades of war with a terrifying threat known as the Scavs, Jack’s mission is nearly complete. Living and patrolling the breathtaking skies from thousands of feet above, his soaring existence is brought crashing down when he rescues a beautiful stranger from a downed spacecraft. Her arrival triggers a chain of events that forces him to question everything he knows and puts the fate of humanity in his hands.
Oblivion is vanaf 18 april volgend jaar in onze bioscopen te zien (ruim een week voordat-ie in Amerika gaat draaien en bijna twee weken voordat de Belgen hem in de zalen krijgen).