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# Who doesn't love giant mechs?
- URL: https://www.andrewliptak.com/atlas-movie-netflix-trailer-watch/
- Published: 2024-03-16T12:00:32.000Z
- Updated: 2024-03-16T12:00:31.000Z
- Description: Atlas begins streaming on Netflix on May 24th
- Author: Andrew Liptak
- Tags: Science Fiction, Trailers, Film, Streaming Services, Military SF

I've largely fallen out of the habit of watching movie trailers. I think my time out of a newsroom and being away from the daily grind of the entertainment news cycle has cured me of some of that impulse to immediately go into writing mode when I see news of one. 

Or at least somewhat: Netflix released a trailer for an upcoming film, *Atlas*, directed by Brad Payton (*San Andreas*, *Rampage*, *Sweet Girl*), and it's the type of film that I'm perfectly tailored to enjoy. Here's the trailer: 

The story sounds pretty interesting. [Announced way back in 2021](https://www.andrewliptak.com/jennifer-lopez-will-defend-humanity-from-an-apocalyptic-ai-in-netflixs-atlas/), it follows a government analyst named Atlas Shepherd (played by Jennifer Lopez), who's tasked with heading off to a dangerous planet to capture a rogue artificial intelligence that she has some prior connection to, and then has to learn to trust in order to survive. It also stars Simu Liu (*Shang-Chi*) and Sterling K. Brown (*American Fiction*), which is promising.

[Jennifer Lopez Will Defend Humanity From an Apocalyptic AI in Netflix’s AtlasJennifer Lopez has lined up her next movie, just a week after signing an overall deal with Netflix: Atlas, a science fiction thriller in which an artificial intelligence has determined that the best way to eliminate war is to eliminate humanity. According to Deadline, Lopez will produce the film, which![](https://www.andrewliptak.com/favicon.ico)Transfer OrbitAndrew Liptak![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2c/d7/2cd7d323-e6ed-4666-8092-07e380dbdf2a/content/images/2024/03/jennifer-lopez-atlas-65bbb301d5409.jpg)](https://www.andrewliptak.com/jennifer-lopez-will-defend-humanity-from-an-apocalyptic-ai-in-netflixs-atlas/)

Will it be good? Who can say? Netflix has a mixed track record when it comes to original films, but as I wrote back when it was announced, while it sounds like a generic human vs. AI story, the script landed on the vaunted [Black List](https://blcklst.com/lists?ref=andrewliptak.com) in [2017](https://d1dlq8f5fkueth.cloudfront.net/annual-lists/2017.pdf?ref=andrewliptak.com), which is a good sign.

And even if it isn't – it feels like it could fit alongside films like *Battle: LA* or *Edge of Tomorrow*, which are perfectly fine military SF action films. And, y'know: giant mechs. I get some neat *Titanfall* vibes from this, and it's making me think that I should dust off the draft that I've got of a mech story (written for an anthology eons ago that I never ended up finishing) and take another swing at it.