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The Discovery is a 2017 British-American romantic science fiction film, directed by Charlie McDowell from a screenplay by himself and Justin Lader. It stars Rooney Mara, Jason Segel, Robert Redford, Jesse Plemons, Riley Keough, and Ron Canada. The film had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on January 20, 2017.
The film received mostly negative reviews, with a rotten 7% rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 29 reviews, with the website's critical consensus reading "Ironically, for a biopic about a voyage many associate with people accepting that the world is round, Christopher Columbus: The Discovery falls completely flat."
Star Trek: Discovery is an American television series created for Paramount+ (originally known as CBS All Access) by Bryan Fuller and Alex Kurtzman.Set roughly a decade before the events of the original Star Trek series and separate from the timeline of the concurrent feature films, Discovery explores the Federation–Klingon war while following the crew of the USS Discovery.
In March 2017, Jason Isaacs was cast as Captain Lorca of the USS Discovery, [29] and Mary Wiseman joined as Tilly, a cadet. [24] In April, Martin-Green's casting was officially confirmed and her character's name was revealed to be Michael Burnham. [122] At the end of that month, Latif was recast to the role of Starfleet Lieutenant Tyler. [123]
The film was released to celebrate the 500th anniversary of Columbus' voyage. [3] The premiere debuted less than two months after Christopher Columbus: The Discovery by John Glen, often leading to confusion between the two films. The film received mixed to negative reviews, with particular criticism aimed at the film's historical inaccuracies.
2010: The Year We Make Contact (titled on-screen as 2010) is a 1984 American science-fiction film written, produced, shot, and directed by Peter Hyams.The film was made as a sequel to Stanley Kubrick's 1968 film 2001: A Space Odyssey and adapts Arthur C. Clarke's 1982 novel, 2010: Odyssey Two.
The following summary appeared in the 2001 PBS DVD Gold release of the film: "Sent by President Thomas Jefferson to find the fabled Northwest Passage, Meriwether Lewis and William Clark led the most important expedition in American history—a voyage of danger and discovery from St. Louis to the headwaters of the Missouri River, over the Continental Divide to the Pacific.
The film was a New York Times Critic's Pick. [2] As of June 2020 [update] , the film holds an 88% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes , based on 26 reviews with an average rating of 6.24 out of 10. The website's critics consensus reads: " The Discoverers is occasionally guilty of contrived silliness, but its humor and genuine warmth are more ...