Indie Short Film ‘Edge of Space’ Is Becoming a Hit in Hollywood

As you know, Hollywood is a very competitive market, with movies coming out here and there. Some of these films are big-budget studio-backed projects, but there are also a lot of indie films that managed to make it into the mainstream from time to time, which is absolutely brilliant and we like it when it happens.

The story we have for you here is one such story, a story about an indie movie, but not just an indie movie, but also a short movie that is gathering a lot of praise in Hollywood right now, although we doubt that many of you have heard of it already.

The movie in question is titled Edge of Space, and in this report, we are going to reveal more information about this unlikely success story and potentially help it grow even more as the story of the movie reaches an even wider audience.

Edge of Space is a short movie set in 1961 and is based on real historical facts. The movie explores one aspect of the Space Wars between the United States and the Soviet Union, depicting the story of a determined USAF test pilot who is recruited by NASA for a brave and somewhat dangerous suborbital mission in an X-15 hypersonic rocket-powered aircraft.

While this is somewhat intriguing, the movie offers a lot more, according to several big names from Hollywood.

The movie was written and directed by Zurich Film Festival executive and former Roland Emmerich employee Jean de Meuron and stars Chad Michael Collins (Sniper film series), Kimberly Alexander, Jackson Robert Scott (It), and Kevin LaRosa II (Top Gun: Maverick aerial coordinator), among others. Emmerich, a friend of de Meuron’s, had a big influence on the movie and how it was made.

Producer Kim Magnusson, a two-time Best Live Action Short Film Oscar winner, joined the project as an executive producer, and is joined by Nicolas Emiliani and Elena Bawiec (Breaking) as producers; Michel Rangel (Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths) and Mario Cader-Frech also as executive producers; editor Chris Witt (Breaking); Emmy winner Mark Baechle (Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse) as a composer; Emmy nominee Peter Bawiec, M.P.S.E. (Midway) for sound.

Gaffer Orlando Hernandez (Sicario: Day Of The Soldado); and Company 3’s Bryan Smaller as colorist (John Wick: Chapter 4), among others.  Visual effects were done by VFX Los Angeles (Izzy Traub, Charles H. Joslain, and Joseph Sperber), while Rich Mento, former Co-President and Board Member of the Casting Society of America (CSA), served as casting director.

The film is a very ambitious project that is aiming high at this year’s awards season, being backed by praise from Ron Howard, Roland Emmerich, and 300 producer Gianni Nunnari. Emmerich, who gave a screening of the movie, said the following about it:

I’ve known Jean for a long time, and it’s been incredible to watch him grow as a storyteller. When I saw Edge of Space, I was blown away. The stunning production value, acting, cinematography, score, sound design, and excellent visual effects—everything comes together beautifully. It’s rare to experience a short film that feels this epic, with such massive scale and cinematic scope. It’s an impressive piece of work with great filmmaking.

Source: Deadline

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