<P> Alex Proyas' 2009 film Knowing ends with the two young protagonists directed towards the Tree of Life . </P> <P> The Tree of Life is a Terrence Malick film released in May 2011, starring Brad Pitt, Sean Penn and Jessica Chastain . </P> <P> The Marvel Cinematic Universe film franchise features a Tree of Life, in a more science - based version of the mythical tree . In the 2011 Marvel Studios superhero film Thor, the Asgardian warrior Thor explains that the Nine Realms of the Asgardian cosmos are linked by Yggdrasil, the Norse mythological Tree of Life, which is here interpreted as a nebula in space connecting the planets in an orbit . </P> <P> In Fortnite Battle Royale there is a large tree on the map located somewhere between Flush Factory & Greasy Grove, commonly dubbed between players as' the Tree of Life' . </P>

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