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After accidentally crash-landing in 2022, time-traveling fighter pilot Adam Reed teams up with his 12-year-old self on a mission to save the future. (netflix)
The Adam Project is a 2022 American science fiction action comedy film directed by Shawn Levy. The film stars Ryan Reynolds (who also produces), Walker Scobell, Mark Ruffalo, Jennifer Garner, Catherine Keener, and Zoe Saldaña. (wiki)
The Zero Theorem is a 2013 (U K / Romania / France co-production) science fiction film directed by Terry Gilliam and starring Christoph Waltz, David Thewlis, Mélanie Thierry, and Lucas Hedges. Written by Pat Rushin, the story centres on Qohen Leth (Waltz), a reclusive computer genius tasked with solving a formula that will determine whether life holds any meaning.
Gilliam has given conflicting statements about whether The Zero Theorem is meant as the third part of a satirical dystopian trilogy (“Orwellian triptych”) that began with 1985’s Brazil and continued with 1995’s 12 Monkeys.
In an e-mail sent to production designer Dave Warren, Gilliam concisely stated the look he intended for the film: “Neo Rauch + Ukulele Ike = The Zero Theorem”.
Commenting on the film’s misrepresentation by critics, Gilliam stated on his official Facebook page that one of the few critics to note that The Zero Theorem was not a comedy, but rather a tragedy, was Dave Lancaster of Cinemas Online. (wiki)
timespace coordinates: year 2057, mission to reignite the dying Sun.
Sunshine is a 2007 science fiction psychological thriller film directed by Danny Boyle and written by Alex Garland. The ensemble cast features Cillian Murphy, Chris Evans, Rose Byrne, Michelle Yeoh, Cliff Curtis, Troy Garity, Hiroyuki Sanada, Benedict Wong, and Chipo Chung. The director cast a group of international actors for the film, and had the actors live together and learn about topics related to their roles, as a form of method acting. (wiki)
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timespace coordinates: 2010’s (World War III) English countryside
How I Live Now is a 2013 romantic speculative drama film based on the 2004 novel of the same name by Meg Rosoff. It was directed by Kevin Macdonald, starring Saoirse Ronan, George MacKay, Tom Holland and Harley Bird. (wiki)
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Fresh is a 2022 American black comedy horror-thriller film directed by Mimi Cave, in her directorial debut, from a screenplay by Lauryn Kahn. It stars Daisy Edgar-Jones, Sebastian Stan and Jonica T. Gibbs. The film is a co-production between Legendary Pictures and Hyperobject Industries; Adam McKay produced the film alongside Kevin J. Messick and Maeve Cullinane. (wiki)
timespace coordinates: The story of the film is a tale about robotic “technobeings,” artificial intelligence, and cloning, all of it set in a subtly designed future that’s been scarred by environmental hubris. // The home of the family was based on mid-century “California Modern” structures developed by Joseph Eichler. In fact, one of Eichler homes just outside of New York City in suburban Rockland County, the only three built on the East Coast, was used by production team by completely renovating the house in the process of prepping it for a tight 29-day shoot. // Costumes by Arjun Bhasin were designed to indicate a shift away from synthetics, toward sustainability and renewable materials.
After Yang is a 2021 American science fiction drama film written, directed, and edited by Kogonada. It stars Colin Farrell, Jodie Turner-Smith, Justin H. Min, Malea Emma Tjandrawidjaja, Ritchie Coster, Sarita Choudhury, Clifton Collins Jr., and Haley Lu Richardson. The plot follows a family’s mission to repair their unresponsive robotic child. The film had its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival on July 8, 2021, and was released on March 4, 2022, by A24 and Showtime. (wiki)
Adapted from a short story by Alexander Weinstein which is “Saying Goodbye to Yang” included in the author’s 2016 collection, “Children of the New World”.
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timespace coordinates: isolated highway rest stop in the mountains somewhere on the road from Sacramento to Salt Lake City
No Exit is a 2022 American thriller film directed by Damien Power from a screenplay by Andrew Barrer and Gabriel Ferrari, based on the 2017 novel of the same name by Taylor Adams. It stars Havana Rose Liu as a recovering drug addict who discovers a kidnapping in progress while stranded at a rest stop during a blizzard. Danny Ramirez, David Rysdahl, Dale Dickey, and Dennis Haysbert co-star as the four suspects while Mila Harris plays the victim. (wiki)
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