Jupiter Ascending is a 2015 American-Australian space opera film written produced and directed by The Wachowskis. Starring Mila Kunis Channing Tatum Sean Bean and Eddie Redmayne the film is centered on Jupiter Jones (Kunis) an ordinary cleaning woman and Caine Wise (Tatum) an interplanetary warrior who informs Jones that her destiny extends beyond Earth. Supporting cast member Douglas Booth has described the film s fictional universe as a cross between The Matrix and Star Wars while Kunis identified indulgence and consumerism as it s underlying themes