In Atlas, she plays Atlas Shepherd, “a brilliant but misanthropic data analyst with a deep distrust of artificial intelligence,” who joins a team that’s aiming to secure a renegade robot. As it happens, Atlas and said machine share “a mysterious past,” according to Netflix. Inevitably, things don’t go as planned. Atlas finds herself stuck on a distant planet (a long way from any block), inside a robot she has to trust to help her protect life back home.
The first trailer doesn’t shed much more light on the plot, but it does have plenty of explosive visuals. Titanfall springs to mind here, especially since it shows a mech dropping from the sky to the surface.
Atlas also stars Simu Liu and Sterling K. Brown. The film is directed by Brad Peyton (San Andreas, Rampage). It’ll hit Netflix on May 24.
