Prospect is a 2018 American western sci fi film written and the feature directorial debut of Zeek Earl and Chris Caldwell who also co-wrote it. It stars Sophie Thatcher in her feature-film debut, alongside Pedro Pascal and Jay Duplass. The film follows a teenage girl and her father who travel to a toxic forest moon to prospect for valuable gems, where an encounter with rival prospectors leaves her dependent on a dangerous stranger for survival.
The film was expanded from Earl's and Caldwell's 2014 short film of the same name. Produced on a budget of less than $4 million, "Prospect was filmed in Washington states and made extensive use of practical sets, props and costumes to create its retrofuturistic setting. It premiered at the South by Southwest Film Festival on March 10, 2018. Gunpowder & Sky, through its science-fiction label Dust, released the film theatrically in the United States on November 2, 2018. The film was released on DVD and Blu-ray on March 5, 2019, followed by a video on demand release on March 8.
The film received generally favourable reviews, with critics particularly praising its world-building, production design and performances.
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