Two-time Academy Award winner Anthony Hopkins (The Silence of the Lambs, The Father) is about to star in 2048, a post-apocalyptic sci-fi movie from director Timothy Woodward Jr. (The Outsider, The Name). The screenplay was written by Sean Ryan.
Set in a future “the place a dying planet has compelled the final remnants of humanity underground, 2048 unfolds inside an enormous subterranean society managed by the Collective, an authoritarian regime that governs almost each side of life and has erased all reminiscence of the world above.
“The story follows Wesley, an extraordinary employee whose life is upended when he turns into entangled with a hidden resistance questioning all the things the Collective has taught them.
“As Wesley begins trying to find the reality, he attracts the eye of Bryant, performed by Hopkins, the sensible and ruthless architect of the Collective, who maintains his grip over society by surveillance, manipulation and psychological terror.”
Hopkins and Woodward Jr. just lately teamed up on the sci-fi-horror movie Eyes In The Bushes, which is in post-production.
Hopkins mentioned of the upcoming venture: “Having just lately been directed by Tim Woodward Jr, I assumed it will be attention-grabbing to search out one other script to movie. There have been numerous options and concepts briefly talked about, after which, abruptly, the screenplay 2048 emerged from these conversations.
“The story is advanced and engaging: it faucets into the mysterious contradictions which are hidden inside human nature, our capability for each extraordinary inventive achievement and compassion, and the horrible thriller of cruelty.
“Bryant is an equally advanced character, clever, restrained and horrifying within the absolute conviction with which he views the world. I’m so trying ahead to working with Timothy once more and to convey this story to life.”
Extra casting for 2048 is underway, with manufacturing deliberate for Los Angeles.
by way of: Deadline
