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“The universe knew we were coming.”
After NASA picks up a trio of mysterious signals from within our own solar system, astronaut Roger Nelson is dispatched on a multi-year solo mission aboard the Magellan spacecraft to investigate the sources.

Brandon Ray Olive
Commander Roger Nelson

K. Danor Gerald
Becker

D.L. Walker
Secretary Stewart

Matthew Mercer
A.I. Ferdinand (voice)

Nicola Posener
A.I. Neil (voice)

Whitney Palmer
Abigail Nelson

Jim Horning
Navigation Engineer (voice)
Demetrius Daniels
John

Davey Morrison
Matthew
Priscilla Poland
Magellan is a thriller, mystery, science fiction film released in 2017 exploring themes of moon, artificial intelligence (a.i.), nasa, saturn, space, first contact. Directed by Rob York, it stars Brandon Ray Olive, K. Danor Gerald, D.L. Walker. After NASA picks up a trio of mysterious signals from within our own solar system, astronaut Roger Nelson is dispatched on a multi-year solo mission aboard the Magellan spacecraft to investigate the sources.
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