13 Announced Movies You Won't Believe Are Real

9. Lucy In The Sky

Lucy in the Sky Natalie Portman
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The Pitch: Loosely based on true events, this drama revolves around astronaut Lucy Cola (Natalie Portman), who begins an affair with a fellow astronaut after returning home from a lengthy mission in space.

Once Lucy loses touch with her own family - a psychological symptom of space travel - she's pushed fully over the edge after her lover embarks on his own affair with a trainee astronaut.

Noah Hawley (FX's Fargo) directs, while Jon Hamm, Zazie Beetz, Dan Stevens, Ellen Burstyn and Nick Offerman co-star.

Will It Be Any Good?: On paper this sounds fantastic, and by presenting itself as only a loose interpretation of Lisa Nowak's battery and attempted kidnapping of a U.S. Air Force Captain, it'll avoid a lot of the criticism usually associated with biographical dramas.

The cast is fantastic and Hawley has proven himself an extremely confident and capable director, especially when it comes to left-field material like this.

On one hand Oscar buzz wouldn't be surprising, but on the other, it could end up a little too weird for the Academy.

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