Watch First Trailer For Richard Linklater’s Apollo 10 1/2: A Space Age Childhood

Richard Linklater is returning to familiar territory with his next film, Apollo 10 1/2: A Space Age Childhood. He’s mastered the coming of age drama’s and that new film will be Rotoscope, last seen in Scanner Darkly. Ahead of it’s world premiere at SXSW Festival in a few weeks and Netflix next month, the streaming giants have released the first Trailer.

We go back to the Summer of 1969, Houston, Texas and the Apollo 11 moon landing. All seen through the eyes of a young 10 year old boy who has his own dreams to one day go into space. He finds his dreams coming true when NASA come looking for him as the ship is too small for adults to fit in!

The film is loosely based on the director’s own childhood and his fascination as a boy for Space exploration. The film looks to have tone of innocence as it’s mostly from a child’s perspective. It does look to showcase the changing times from the fashion, the pop culture and the politics. Looks an interesting film…

Apollo 10 ½: A Space Age Childhood tells the story of the first moon landing in the summer of 1969 from two interwoven perspectives – the astronaut and mission control view of the triumphant moment, and through the eyes of a kid growing up in Houston, Texas who has intergalactic dreams of his own. Taking inspiration from Academy Award-nominated® filmmaker Richard Linklater’s own life, Apollo 10 ½: A Space Age Childhood is a snapshot of American life in the 1960s that is part coming of age, part societal commentary, and part out-of-this-world adventure.

The film stars Milo Coy, Lee Eddy, Bill Wise, Natalie L’Amoreaux, Josh Wiggins, Sam Chipman, Jessica Brynn Cohen, Danielle Guilbot, along side Zachary Levi, Glen Powell, and Jack Black.

Apollo 10 1/2: A Space Age Childhood will be released on Netflix on 1st April.