Michael Pena to play astronaut Jose Hernandez in A Million Miles Away
Michael Pena is to play the astronaut Jose Hernandez in 'A Million Miles Away'. The 46-year-old actor has been tapped to appear in the drama from director Alejandra Marquez Abella for Amazon Studios. The picture is based on Hernandez's autobiography 'Reaching for the Stars'. The late Bettina Gilois wrote the initial script with Abella and Hernan Jimenez working on subsequent drafts. Mark Ciardi and Campbell McInnes are producing via the former's Select Films banner. Hernandez has been described as the first migrant worker to travel into space. He did not learn English until the age of 12 and s...