Ad Astra release date: When is Brad Pitt movie in cinemas? What is the running time?

Ad Astra is Brad Pitt’s latest movie and is getting a lot of attention. After its premiere at Venice Film Festival, some critics are tipping it for awards success. It might even win Pitt his first Oscar.

When is Ad Astra out in cinemas?

The film premiered at Venice Film Festival on August 29.

It will then be released in the UK on September 18 and in the USA on September 20.

Most other countries will be able to see the film in late September, with release dates spread over a couple of weeks.

What is the running time for Ad Astra?

Ad Astra is a fairly economical two hours and four minutes long, meaning you’ll be home at a reasonable time even if you see it after dinner.

This is certainly shorter than Pitt’s most recent film, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, which comes in at a staggering two hours and 40 minutes.

It’s also shorter than his upcoming film, The King, on which he served as producer.

This film comes in at two hours and 15 minutes.

What is Ad Astra about?

In Ad Astra, astronaut Roy McBride undertakes mission to travel to the outer edges of the unforgiving solar system, to uncover the truth about his missing father and unravel a mystery which threatens the planet.

His father, played by Tommy Lee Jones, was part of a doomed expedition which, 30 years later, threatens the human race, and Roy is the only man to stop it.

With a space-based synopsis it’s expected the film will have some stunning visual and special effects.

Ad Astra is out in cinemas on September 18