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Damien Sayre Chazelle (/ʃəˈzɛl/; born January 19, 1985) is a French-American filmmaker. He directed the psychological drama Whiplash (2014), the musical romance La La Land (2016), the biographical drama First Man (2018), and the period black comedy Babylon (2022). For Whiplash, he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. His biggest commercial success came with La La Land, nominated for 14 Academy Awards, winning six, including Best Director, making him the youngest person to win the award at age 32. He has also directed two episodes of the Netflix limited series The Eddy (2020). Description above from the Wikipedia article Damien Chazelle, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

In the year 2145, humanity has colonized distant planets, forming the Neon Horizon Alliance, a coalition of planets ruled by the elite mega-corporation Solaris Industries. Beneath the polished surface of interstellar prosperity, tension brews between the colonies and Solaris’ authoritarian regime. On the edge of the galaxy lies Eos, a resource-rich planet shrouded in mystery and home to a dangerous secret—a powerful, alien artifact buried deep beneath the planet’s surface. When an unprecedented cosmic event threatens to destabilize the solar systems, Solaris sends an elite team led by Commander Zara Valkyr, a battle-hardened officer with a secretive past, on a mission to Eos. Alongside her is Dr. Isaac Harper, a brilliant but disgraced scientist, and Ryn Solace (John Boyega), a rebellious pilot with deep ties to the resistance movement. Their mission is simple: retrieve the artifact, stabilize the region, and prevent it from falling into rebel hands. But as they delve deeper into Eos’ deadly jungles and uncharted landscapes, they uncover far more than they bargained for. The alien artifact holds the key to an ancient, sentient force capable of reshaping reality itself. As Solaris seeks to control this unimaginable power, Zara and her crew must decide whether to hand it over or risk igniting an intergalactic war by defying their superiors.
