Andrew McCarthy in Spaceship Sci-Fi Mystery ‘Orion’ Official Trailer​

“You don’t have a choice!” “Enter the chamber.” 🧑‍🚀 Blue Harbor Entertainment has revealed the first official trailer for an indie sci-fi thriller titled Orion, made by filmmaker Jaco Bouwer. This premiered at a festival last year and will be out in US theaters starting in October coming up this fall. Yet another psychological thriller mystery mashed into a sci-fi story about a spaceship coming back to Earth. What exactly is going on? Are they even actually on Earth or somewhere else? Or is he dead or what? Focused on a NASA interrogator & an amnesiac astronaut named Apollo, this is a high-stakes psychological chess match as the interrogator attempts to learn from Apollo what really happened on his catastrophic mission before the rest of the crew was killed. An astronaut returns to Earth with no idea what went wrong. They must uncover the terrifying truth about what came back with him—and the threat it now poses to Earth. This stars Andrew McCarthy, Drew Van Acker, Debby Ryan, Theodora Miranne, and Natalia Lesz. There have been some other films with this same concept, most recently The Astronaut with Kate Mara that is eerily similar. Take a look.

Here’s the first official trailer (+ poster) for Jaco Bouwer’s sci-fi thriller Orion, direct from YouTube:

🚀 After a catastrophic mission leaves his crew dead and his memory shattered, an astronaut returns to Earth with no idea what went wrong. To uncover the truth, he must rely on a space agency interrogator he isn’t sure he can trust. As his fractured memories begin to return, the two race to piece together what happened, uncovering the terrifying truth about what came back with him—and the threat it now poses to Earth. Orion is directed by the international theatre director / filmmaker Jaco Bouwer, director of the films Gaia and Breathing In, plus episodes of “Spinners” and “Niggies” series previously. The screenplay is written by Anne Vithayathil. Produced by Sunil Perkash, Drew Van Acker, Elle Army and Scott Army. This initially premiered at the 2025 FilmQuest Film Festival last year. Blue Harbor Entertainment debuts Jaco Bouwer’s Orion sci-fi film in select US theaters starting October 2nd, 2026 this fall. Who wants to watch?

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