Asa Butterfield is the first child of Mars in The Space Between Us trailer

Last Updated on July 31, 2021

Every so often there seems to be a surge of interest in Mars and we get a handful of films following astronauts on, or traveling to, the red planet. On the heels of THE MARTIAN, one of the most successful films to be set on Mars, we're due to return with Peter Chelsom's THE SPACE BETWEEN US. The film follows Gardner Elliot (Asa Butterfield), the first person to be born on Mars as he begins an online romance with Tulsa (Britt Robertson) and hatches a plan to travel across the universe to meet her. Way to go Elliot, you're making us all look bad. STX Entertainment has released the first trailer for THE SPACE BETWEEN US and although it looks promising, you should know that this trailer seems to be one of those which gives away the entire plot of the film.

"Bring him home!"

A synopsis for THE SPACE BETWEEN US:

Gardner Elliot, the first human born on Mars, is secretly raised in an experimental colony after his astronaut mother dies during childbirth. Sixteen years later, Gardner begins an online romance with a girl living in Colorado and hatches a plan to travel across the universe to meet her. Now, on the run, with Earth’s gravity threatening his very existence, Gardner must race against time and nature to find his love and win her heart. Once united, the two teens venture to seek out the enigmatic billionaire who funded the original expedition to Mars, in hopes of uncovering information about Gardner’s mother and the mysterious circumstances surrounding how Gardner came into existence.

THE SPACE BETWEEN US is set to hit theaters on August 19, 2016.