Sunshine (2007)

Name: Sunshine (2007)
Genre: Science Fiction, Thriller
Released: 2026-05-28
Duration: 1 h 48 min
Cast: Cillian Murphy, Rose Byrne, Chris Evans

<p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-width: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;">PRESENTED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH SCIENCE ON SCREEN <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-width: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;">In the near future, the Sun is dying, threatening life on Earth. A crew aboard the spaceship Icarus II is tasked with delivering a massive nuclear device to reignite the Sun. Along the journey, they encounter psychological strain, equipment failure, and the wreckage of a previous mission. Tensions rise as crew members confront fear, isolation, and ethical dilemmas, culminating in desperate measures to complete the mission. From writer Alex Garland and Academy Award winning director, Danny Boyle, and featuring an international cast including Cillian Murphy, Chris Evans, Rose Byrne, Michelle Yeoh, Cliff Curtin, Hiroyuki Sanada, and Mark Strong, Sunshine combines science fiction, psychological tension, and visual spectacle to explore human survival in the most extreme circumstances. <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-width: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; min-height: 17px;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-width: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;">DISCUSSION w/ Kent Rochford PhD, CEO of SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-width: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;">“How the Sun Shines: Creating Light from Fusion and How Manifests On Earth” <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-width: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; min-height: 17px;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-width: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;">DESCRIPTION: The sun has been revered and worshiped by civilization throughout history, but over the last hundred years advances in science have allowed us to understand how it actually functions. Kent Rochford provides an in-depth examination of the science of light, how the sun uses fusion energy to create it, and how we are able to perceive it ninety-three million miles away on Earth.  <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-width: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; min-height: 17px;"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-width: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;">SPEAKER BIO: Kent Rochford is the CEO of SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics.  Before relocating to Bellingham in 2018, Dr. Rochford was the Associate Director for Laboratory Programs at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) responsible for the breadth of NIST R&D, and served as the Acting NIST Director in 2017 .  Earlier, he was Chief of the NIST Quantum Electronics and Photonics Division Chief in Boulder, Colorado, and has held research and management roles at multinational companies and startups.  He holds a PhD in optical sciences from the University of Arizona, an MBA from the University of Colorado, and has been quoted in The OnionScience Fiction, ThrillerPT1H48MR2026-05-28

Cillian Murphy

Rose Byrne

Chris Evans

Danny Boyle

Andrew Macdonald

Sunshine (2007)"Sunshine (2007)"

Showtimes

May 28, 7:45 pm