Rebecca Ferguson to lead sci-fi thriller “Life”

After breaking out opposite Tom Cruise in “Mission: Impossible—Rogue Nation” last summer, Swedish actress Rebecca Ferguson had landed a number of dream casting lists and bagged a bunch of high-profile parts. Now she's scored one of her biggest roles to date, with the lead in upcoming science fiction film “Life”.

The story is an original idea from Paul Wernick and Rhett Reese, the pair behind the script for the upcoming “Deadpool”. The plot follows the crew of the International Space Station. When they retrieve a sample from Mars, they discover signs of life, but this particular life turns out to be way more intelligent than anyone expected.

Swedish director Daniel Espinosa will take on the directing duties for Skydance Pictures. He's coming off of Stalin-era drama “Child 44”, which was a big flop despite a star-studded cast that included the likes of Tom Hardy, Gary Oldman, Joel Kinnaman, Noomi Rapace, Jason Clarke and more. Still, “Life” has an intriguing concept, and hopefully he will start to regain his footing.

As for Rebecca Ferguson, this is just another step on what could be a quick rise to superstardom. She's in the process of filming the crime drama “The Snowman” with Michael Fassbender, and will appear in the highly anticipated mystery thriller “The Girl on the Train” with Emily Blunt. She also has Stephen Frears' biographical drama, “Florence Foster Jenkins”, co-starring Meryl Streep, in post-production right now. Then, of course, she'll also be back for more hyper kinetic action in “Mission: Impossible 6” at some point.
A filming date for “Life”, however, hasn't been set yet.

Source: Cinemablend