Words Jim Roberts

He survived the pandemic. His wife didn’t. Few did. Now, Jacob Elordi’s Hig patrols the Colorado skies in a battered 1956 Cessna with only his dog Jasper for company. Until a voice crackles through the radio…

A glimmer of possibility.

Peter Heller’s bestseller – hailed as one of the best dystopian books ever written – takes off with serious literary credentials and even stronger cinematic potential.

Ridley Scott returns to familiar territory, reuniting with the studio behind Alien, Prometheus, and The Martian; his great sci-fi stories of desolate beauty and human resilience that make him a natural fit for Heller’s post-apocalyptic frontier.

Wuthering Heights heartthrob Elordi settles into the cockpit after Beatles-biopic turbulence grounded Paul Mescal, and he’s a perfect Hig: a man clinging to hope in the ruins left by a devastating flu. He’s not alone. Alongside his canine co-pilot, he’s joined by Josh Brolin’s Bangley, the battle-hardened survivalist who helps him fend off murderous scavengers known as Reapers.

The cast keeps climbing. Guy Pearce, Allison Janney, Benedict Wong, and Margaret Qualley are also on board, with the latter playing a woman whose arrival might reignite something long dormant in Hig – something worth living for.

Hope is the compass Hig must fly toward, written in the stars, carried by his bond with Jasper, and sparked by those who  haven’t given up on trying to  forge a new world.

Star Man

Saltburn

Aussie-born Elordi has been soaring to stardom ever since his BAFTA-nominated breakout as charismatic Oxford golden boy Felix Catton.

Frankenstein

An Academy Award nomination soon followed for his transformation into the “Creature” in Gullermo del Toro’s reimagining of the timeless gothic tale. With his good looks quite literally struck from him, he proves there’s far more than beauty to this beast of an actor.

Wuthering Heights

He’s an electrifying screen presence and sent hearts aflutter in his recent reunion with director Emerald Fennell for her runaway hit adaptation of Emily Brontë’s beloved classic. Few romantic roles are bigger than Heathcliff, and Elordi is a perfect forbidden match for Margot Robbie’s Cathy.