Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood 2022

Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood is a 2022 American animated coming of age comedy film set during the events preceding the Apollo 11 Moon landing, loosely based on the childhood of writer, director, and producer Richard Linklater. It presents a fictional tale of a fourth-grader who becomes the first person to land on the Moon. The film stars Glen Powell, Zachary Levi, and Jack Black. Linklater, who conceived the film in 2004, planned to film it in live action, but instead pursued an animation style influenced by Saturday morning cartoons due to the playful nature of animation. Home movies created in Houston, Texas during the 1960s were used for research with some included in the film. Principal photography began in February 2020 at Robert Rodriguez's Troublemaker Studios in Austin, Texas, and wrapped in March 2020.