A documentary on the legacy of 2001: A Space Odyssey has gotten support from the estate of Stanley Kubrick and will be released next year, Deadline reports. Based on a short story by science-fiction author Arthur C. Clarke, The Sentinel, co-written by Clarke and Kubrick, and starring Keir Dullea, Gary Lockwood, and Douglas Rain, 2001: A Space Odyssey follows a story spanning millennia from prehistoric times to the future involving mysterious black monoliths, man’s technological advancements, and journey to the stars, as well as a malfunctioning robot named HAL-9000.
Now, a documentary, appropriately named Monolith, that examines the impact the 1968 film has had on generations of people since its release will go into production this month in collaboration with the director’s estate and the Stanley Kubrick Film Archive.
Directed by Stevan Riley and produced by Mike Medavoy and Michael Lee Peterson, Jason Clark, Sean Richard, Leonardo DiCaprio, and Jennifer Davisson, with Partners in Kind and TIME Studios as co-financiers.
In Riley’s words, Monolith will
“…showcase never-before-seen personal letters and narratives between Kubrick and Clarke, and feature insightful interviews from contemporary visionaries and changemakers across diverse disciplines who themselves took inspiration from the film to create the world we live in today.”
Monolith is scheduled for release in 2026.
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