Ruth Negga joins sci-fi adventure movie ‘Ad Astra'

RUTH Negga (pictured right) has joined ‘Ad Astra'.

The 35-year- old actress will appear alongside the likes of Brad Pitt and Tommy Lee Jones in the sci- fi adventure movie about a guy who tries to find his missing scientist father who poses a threat to mankind.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Negga's part in the motion picture is being kept under wraps.

James Gray will direct the film from a script he wrote with Ethan Gross, and Pitt is among the producers.

Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Rodrigo Teixeira, Anthony Katagas and Gray will also coproduce the project.

Marc Butan, Lourenco Sant'Anna, Sophie Mas, Yu Dong,

Jeffrey Chan,

I feel very lucky to be doing what I'm doing, like all art, there's an unquantifiable aspect to this job, and there is a huge amount of luck involved. But luck is a funny thing; good or bad, it plays an important part in everything.

Anthony Mosawi and Paul Conway will executive produce the movie.

Negga - who has appeared in films such as ‘ Capital Letters', ‘Isolation' and ‘Breakfast on Pluto' - recently admitted she always dreamed of becoming an actress but didn't even appear in a school play during her younger years.

She said: “I didn't act as a child. I just knew I wanted to do it.

“No, I just watched movies. I don't know how to explain it.”

The star - who has been in a

Ruth Negga

relationship with Dominic Cooper for seven years - has insisted she is really “lucky” to have become an actress.

She added: “I feel very lucky to be doing what I'm doing, like all art, there's an unquantifiable aspect to this job, and there is a huge amount of luck involved.

“But luck is a funny thing; good or bad, it plays an important part in everything.” — BANG Showbiz