''Atlas'' is an upcoming American

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directed by

Brad Peyton Brad Peyton (born May 27, 1978) is a Canadian film director, writer, and producer, best known for directing the Dwayne Johnson star vehicles '' Journey 2: The Mysterious Island'' (2012), '' San Andreas'' (2015), and '' Rampage'' (2018) as well as ...

from a screenplay by Leo Sardarian and Aron Eli Coleite.

Jennifer Lopez Jennifer Lynn Affleck (' Lopez; born July 24, 1969), also known as J.Lo, is an American singer, actress and dancer. In 1991, she began appearing as a Fly Girl dancer on the sketch comedy television series ''In Living Color'', where she rema ...

will produce and star in the film, with

Simu Liu Simu Liu ( ; ; born 19 April 1989) is a Canadian actor. He is known for portraying Shang-Chi in the 2021 Marvel Cinematic Universe film ''Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings''. He also played Jung Kim in the CBC Television sitcom ''Kim's ...

, Sterling K. Brown, Ricky Guillart, Lana Parrilla, and Abraham Popoola. ''Atlas'' is a co-production of

Netflix Netflix, Inc. is an American subscription video on-demand over-the-top streaming service and production company based in Los Gatos, California. Founded in 1997 by Reed Hastings and Marc Randolph in Scotts Valley, California, it offers a fil ...

, Safehouse Pictures, ASAP Entertainment,

Nuyorican Productions Nuyorican Productions, Inc. is an American production company founded by Jennifer Lopez and Benny Medina. History Lopez owns the film and television production company Nuyorican Productions, which was launched as early as 2001. It was co-foun ...

and Berlanti-Schechter Films, and is set to be released on Netflix.

Cast

* Sterling K. Brown * Abraham Popoola * Ricky Guillart *

Lana Parrilla Lana Parrilla (born July 15, 1977) is an American actress. She was a regular cast member in the fifth season of the ABC sitcom ''Spin City'' (2000–2001) and in the fourth season of '' 24'' (2005), and starred in ''Boomtown'' (2002–2003), '' ...

Production

The screenplay was originally written by Leo Sardarian, and Aron Eli Coleite performed rewrites.

, Sterling K. Brown, and Abraham Popoola joined the cast in August 2022. In September 2022, it was reported that Lana Parrilla has joined the cast.

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began on August 26, 2022, in

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and

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, and wrapped on November 26.

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* {{Brad Peyton Upcoming films American science fiction thriller films Films directed by Brad Peyton Films produced by Greg Berlanti Films shot in Los Angeles Films shot in New Zealand Nuyorican Productions films Upcoming English-language films Upcoming Netflix original films