Amblin Sci-Fi Film ‘Distant’ Adds ‘Game Of Thrones’ Veteran Kristofer Hivju
By Ben Pearson/Oct. 6, 2020 5:30 pm EST
Hivju has joined the cast of Distant, a science fiction film from Amblin Partners that has Anthony Ramos (Hamilton, upcoming In the Heights) and Naomi Scott (2019’s Aladdin, 2017’s Power Rangers) on board in the lead roles. Learn more about the project below.
Deadline reports that Hivju is the latest addition to Amblin’s Distant cast, although there’s no word yet on who he’ll play. Here’s the synopsis for the movie:
With Ramos likely playing the asteroid miner and Naomi Scott likely playing the woman in the escape pod, could this mean that Hivju might be playing an alien? Or could he be part of another team that also crash-landed on the same planet?
Distant tells the story of an asteroid miner who, after crash-landing on an alien planet, must contend with the challenges of his new surroundings, while making his way across the harsh terrain to the only other survivor – a woman who is trapped in her escape pod.
While most audiences primarily know him from his multi-season arc on Game of Thrones or his appearance as a villain in The Fate of the Furious, Hivju has actually appeared in several comedies in his career – most prominently, he played a supporting role in Force Majeure, the excellent 2014 Swedish film that was remade earlier this year into a film called Downhill. (He also showed up in Downhill for good measure.)
