Vertical has acquired U.S. rights to sci-fi thriller The Astronaut, starring Kate Mara (The Martian, “American Horror Story”).

Vertical plans to release the film in the Fall.

Laurence Fishburne (John Wick films, The Matrix trilogy, Event Horizon) and Gabriel Luna (Terminator: Dark Fate, “The Last Of Us”) star alongside Mara.

In the film, “When astronaut Sam Walker (Mara) returns from her first space mission, she’s found miraculously alive in a punctured capsule floating deep off the coast of the Atlantic Ocean. Expecting to be reunited with her husband (Luna), she finds herself placed under intense NASA surveillance in a high security house for rehabilitation and medical testing under the control of General William Harris (Fishburne). However, when disturbing occurrences begin happening around the property, she fears that something extraterrestrial has followed her back to Earth.”

The sci-fi thriller was written and directed by Jess Varley (Phobias).