Tom Hanks will once again star alongside Robin Wright in a Robert Zemeckis film. Director of Forrest Gump 30 years later brings together the endearing couple of actors to see them grow, fall in love, mature and age in Herean ambitious proposal for which the resource of Artificial Intelligence was used. What you need to know about the long-awaited film based on the graphic novel by Richard McGuire, which has already released its first trailer.
The preview, lasting a minute and a half, begins by presenting the idea of the film, showing a location throughout the years, from prehistoric times to the present day. “A cinematic journey through time,” warns the trailer as time moves forward in the same room in which the artificially rejuvenated Hanks and Wright fall in love. “I could spend the rest of my life here,” says Wright’s character, and, indeed, she will spend it with Hanks building a family in that home.
“Set in a single room, Here It follows the numerous generations of inhabitants who made that room their home. An original story of love, loss, laughter and life, which will make us travel from a very remote past to the near future. This exciting journey across hundreds of thousands of years will take place, from start to finish, in one place. Here,” reads the official synopsis of the film.
The challenge of using AI, according to Robert Zemeckis
Zemeckis, who is passionate about technology and visual effects, turned to Methaphysic Live for this film, an AI tool that can rejuvenate and age actors’ faces in real time, without the need for special effects. The film is based on the graphic novel of the same name by Richard McGuire and takes place over the course of a century in a single location. The camera never moves from a fixed position inside a house during the 104 minutes of the film, as viewers learn the stories of the people who made their home there. “The single perspective never changes, but everything around it does,” Zemeckis noted in production notes. “It had never been done before. There are similar scenes in the first silent films, before the language of montage was invented. But apart from that, it is a risky adventure,” he added.
This is what Tom Hanks and Robin Wright look like after being rejuvenated by AI 30 years after Forrest Gump.
Despite the high technology used, the filmmaker believes the film would not be the same without the strong performances from the leads. “It only works because the performances are so good,” he added. “Both Tom and Robin instantly understood that ‘we have to go back and channel how we were 50 years ago or 40 years ago, and we have to bring that energy, that kind of posture, and even raise our voices higher.’ That kind of thing.” Hanks and Wright will be accompanied by Paul Bettany (A Beautiful Mind, Dogville), Kelly Reilly (The flight, Mystery in Venice), Michelle Dockery (Downton Abbey). Its premiere is scheduled for early 2025 and is emerging as one of the most talked about films.
