Director Lelio–who most recently directed The Wonder with Florence Pugh–was one of those people inspired by Cosmos, in fact. Together, the pair wrote classic scientific television programming such as Cosmos, the influence of which can still be felt in educational circles decades later. Sagan and Druyan would go on to marry in 1981, and remained together until Sagan’s tragic passing in 1996 at only 62 years of age, following a battle with blood cancer. The story is set in 1977 and concerns the meeting of Sagan and Druyan as they work together on the team that designed and assembled to so-called Golden Record, an object embedded in the two Voyager craft that was intended to offer an overview of human civilization, art and philosophy in case it was somehow received by an alien civilization. Voyagers takes place a little earlier, in the lead up to NASA’s launch of the iconic voyager interstellar probes, which have since made their way outside the bounds of our solar system, becoming the first man-made objects to do so.
The film is being produced by Druyan herself, along with FilmNation Entertainment and Lynda Obst, who also produced 1997’s Contact, itself based on Sagan’s 1985 novel.
The film, directed by Oscar-winning Chilean filmmaker Sebastián Lelio, who was awarded the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film for 2017’s A Fantastic Woman, will tell the story of the romance and scientific/cultural achievements of a truly monumental pair, Sagan and partner Ann Druyan, who will be played by Daisy Edgar-Jones. Actor Andrew Garfield will be stepping into the shoes of one of the most beloved scientific figures in history when he portrays astronomer and educator Carl Sagan in the upcoming romantic drama Voyagers.
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