One of the buzzier film projects to emerge from the Comic-Con cacaphony this month is called “In Time,” a sci-fi thriller starring the hot-right-now duo Justin Timberlake and Amanda Seyfried. The film posits a future where no one lives past the age of 25—except for those who can afford to “buy time” and extend their lives. As they say, complications ensue.
The movie was written and directed by Andrew Niccol (“Gattaca,” “The Truman Show“) and features a starry supporting cast: Matt Bomer (“White Collar“), Johnny Galecki (“The Big Bang Theory“), Bella Heathcote, Vincent Kartheiser (“Mad Men“), Cillian Murphy (“Batman Begins“), Alex Pettyfer(“I Am Number Four“)andOlivia Wilde (“Cowboys & Aliens“), among others.
Timberlake told the Comic-Con press corps he was intrigued by the idea of society working out a way to stay young indefinitely. His character “wakes up with 24 hours on his body clock, so he only has a day to live. I just fell in love with the man he was. [I liked] the idea of what would you do, how would you live.”
Amanda Seyfried in "In Time" movie poster
He told Wired.com the film takes the premise behind the ’70s sci-fi classic “Logan’s Run” and builds on it. “We figured out how to look 25 forever,” he said. “The bad part is, what happens at that point is your body clock starts and you have a year of time to live. So basically you start running out of time.”
Nefarious “timekeepers” come after Timberlake’s character, who kidnaps Seyfried as he is on the run. “We slowly [become] closer until we are naked together,” Seyfried joked.
“In Time” is set for nationwide release on October 28 via 20th Century Fox.
Trivia: Costar Bella Heathcote is an Australian performer who made her debut in 2008 and costarred in the popular soap opera “Neighbours.” She was the recipient of a May 2010 Heath Ledger Scholarship handed out by the organization Australians in Film. Soon afterwards, she was hand-picked by director Tim Burton to costar in his bigscreen adaptation of “Dark Shadows” to be released next summer.
Nefarious “timekeepers” come after Timberlake’s character, who kidnaps Seyfried as he is on the run. “We slowly [become] closer until we are naked together,” Seyfried joked.