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Black Bear acquires distribution rights for Taylor Jenkins Reid film adaptation Atmosphere

The studio will co-finance the live-action project with Laika, which Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck will direct.

Updated Sep 24, 2026 · 19:32 UTC2 reports

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Black Bear has secured worldwide distribution rights to the live-action film adaptation of Taylor Jenkins Reid's novel Atmosphere.[Variety]
Black Bear will co-finance the project alongside animation studio Laika, oversee international sales, and manage theatrical distribution in the U.S. and its territories.[Variety]
Filmmaking duo Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck adapted the book and will direct the feature, which centers on pioneering NASA astronauts.[Variety]

Black Bear acquired worldwide distribution rights to the live-action film adaptation of Taylor Jenkins Reid's novel Atmosphere.[Variety · The Hollywood Reporter]
Black Bear will co-finance the feature with Laika, distribute it theatrically in the U.S. and its territories, and handle international sales.[Variety · The Hollywood Reporter]
Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck adapted the novel and are attached to direct the movie.[Variety · The Hollywood Reporter]
The producers include Travis Knight, Matt Levin, Jeremy Kipp Walker, Anna Boden, Ryan Fleck, Taylor Jenkins Reid, and Brad Mendelsohn.[Variety · The Hollywood Reporter]
Taylor Jenkins Reid's books have surpassed 24 million sales globally and led to adaptations such as Daisy Jones & the Six.[Variety]

Accounts differ on the film's exact setting, with one report placing it during NASA's Space Shuttle program in the 1980s and another characterizing it across the late 1970s and early 1980s.[Variety · The Hollywood Reporter]

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