Sunshine is the new Sci-fi film from Danny Boyle. Up until now the Sunshine website has done a good job of keeping people up to date with the production, but we hadn't actually seen much of anything footage-wise, especially of the seemingly massive amount of special effects they've put into this. I have to admit I wasn't that excited about it, hence the lack of coverage. It looked ok, but nothing I was about to jump around about. The trailer arrived via fox searchlight and has spread over the web like wildfire, and looks… really good, much better than I expected in fact.

50 years into the future, the Sun begins to die, and Earth is dying as a result. A team of astronauts are sent to revive the Sun - but the mission fails. Seven years later, a new team are sent to finish the mission as they are Earth's last hope.

I love the cast he's put together for this, eclectic but could work really well; Cillian Murphy (master of the stink-eye), Chris Evans (Likable superhero fodder guy) and Michelle Yeoh (still hot as hell despite being old). At first they seem like some odd choices, but I really think it could work.

I'm waiting for Danny Boyle to make something really classic, I've liked bits of most things he's done, but I can't say i've ever loved one of his films throughout. Hopefully this will be the one that blows me away.

The best versions of the trailer I could find were on filmz.ru (there's 2 very slightly different trailers).

See trailer one here (quicktime)

and trailer two here (quicktime)