Despite the real rise in popularity of adventure youth films, there are not so many interesting and truly high-quality films among them. It is to such pictures that "Future Earth" belongs. The actors who played the main roles fit perfectly into the characters.
Released in 2015, the film project demonstrated excellent acting. However, skill alone was not enough for the film to pay off at the box office.
The plot of the tape
In the story of Casey, a teenage girl becomes a participant in an unforgettable adventure filled with new impressions and dangers. By the will of fate, the heroine received a mysterious object, for which the hunt has begun.
To clarify the riddle of the artifact and find the answer to all questions, Casey turns to the brilliant inventor Frank, known for his very difficult character, for help.
From Frank, Casey learns that the inventor, who is still trying to follow the fulfillment of the formidable prophecy, once visited the city of the future.
While waiting for the transfer to Earth, the girl realizes that the laboratory is creating a self-fulfilling prophecy, inspiring the idea of the last days to all people. They saw the future as it was shown in the pictures of the death of humanity.
The impact could have been stopped by eliminating the laboratory pushing the world towards the end. Nyx admitted that showing apocalyptic imagery was his idea, but it was originally just a warning. After that, Frank and Casey are looking for new creators worthy to live in the city of the future.
A lot of pleasant emotions await the audience, an exciting atmosphere of fantastic adventures. In a good film, there are a lot of spectacular shots, interesting characters, action. Against the background of modern teenage rather tough cinema, the film looks different. Apparently, for this reason, he did not become a blockbuster.
Actors and roles
A lot of promising interesting artists starred in the film. The main character, Casey, was performed by Britt Robertson.
Casey
The girl was the eldest of seven children. She has three sisters and the same number of brothers. Fourteen-year-old Robertson moved to her grandmother Los Angeles. There, the future actress began looking for work on television.
At sixteen, she played the daughter of the heroine of the sitcom "Women of a Certain Age", but the film never came out. Britt's first notable work was Falling in Love with Brother's Bride in 2007. She won the role of Steve Carell's daughter. The following year, the aspiring performer took part in the series "Swinger City", which was closed after one season.
The girl managed to take part in the rating projects "C. S. I.: Scene of the Crime", "Law and Order: Special Victims Unit" and "Law and Order: Criminal Intent". In the TV serial "Life is Unpredictable" in 2010 she got it from the key roles. Then there was the main character in The Secret Circle.
After working in 2012 in The First Time, where she reincarnated as one of the leading heroines, Robertson worked in the TV series Under the Dome. It was around this time that Britt was offered the lead role in Tomorrowland with Brad Bird. The career of a young performer is actively gaining momentum.
Athena and Frank
Raffy Cassidy plays the robot girl Athena, helping the heroine complete a mission. The young and very promising British performer is known for her work in the films "Dark Shadows", "Snow White and the Huntsman".
Playing the role of Frank Walker, the inventor who provided information and assistance to Casey and the once exiled future from Earth, George Clooney is a famous American artist, producer, director and businessman. He starred in dozens of films of various genres. Popularity came to him after the series "Ambulance" and the film "From Dusk Till Dawn".
On account of his prestigious awards "Golden Globe", "Oscar", BAFTA. Clooney was recognized as one of the 100 most influential people on the planet. The performer is the highest paid actor according to Forbes in 2018. Walker was performed by the promising young artist Thomas Robinson as a child.
Nyx
The role of Nyx, the antihero, remained with Hugh Laurie. The British performer is a professional pianist, screenwriter, director, producer, singer and writer. Laurie is famous for his work in The Black Viper, The Fry and Laurie Show, Jeeves and Worcester. The star of the role was Dr. House in the TV series of the same name.
Laurie was the youngest in the family. He has a brother and two sisters. Hugh graduated from a prestigious school in Oxford, studied at the Cambridge College named after George Selwin. He completed his studies with a bachelor's degree in archeology and anthropology. Laurie began to play on stage during training and due to a forced break in sports training.
At the student theater, an acquaintance with other participants, Emma Thompson and Stephen Fry, took place, which grew into a long-term collaboration. The first theater prize was brought to the artist, together with his friends, the comedy play "The Cellar Tapes" written and staged in 1982.
Glory came after the release of the comedy "Black Viper". Laurie played several characters in the film. He participated in the film adaptation of the stories about Jeeves. The image of the frivolous aristocrat Bertie Wooster revealed the artist's style and talent. The music in the film was performed by Laurie himself. He sometimes performs with a rock band himself.
Laurie began acting in films in the mid-nineties. The actor performed his first leading role in the 2000 film "Anything is possible, baby". The artist has recorded several audiobooks, including "The Wind in the Willows" by Kenneth Graham, "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens, "Three Men in a Boat, Not including a Dog" by Jerome K. Jerome and "Gulliver's Travels" by Jonathan Swift. In 1996, Laurie's bestselling novel The Gun Dealer was released.
After playing the title role in the TV series "House", the British performer gained popularity overseas. He so successfully reincarnated as a genius gloomy doctor and so perfectly imitated an American accent that no one guessed that he was an Englishman.
In Tomorrowland, Laurie played former judge David Nicks, who became the mayor of the city of the future. The tachyon laboratory he created allows us to look to the future. Nyx not only warns of the death of humanity, he brings it closer. Only the destruction of his brainchild and a fight with Nyx himself can prevent a catastrophe.
Interesting Facts
After its release, the picture was heavily criticized. They noted the lack of elaboration and even naivety of its plot, the lack of disclosure of the characters' characters, even the lack of logic. However, the audience received the film more warmly. The artists coped brilliantly with the game.
A lot of interesting things are connected with the picture. Some of the scenes were filmed at the NASA launch pad at Cape Canaveral. For the sake of filming the picture, its director refused to work on the next series of "Star Wars" with the subtitle "The Force Awakens."
At the time of the European distribution, the filmmakers had to change its name to "Disney Project T", as the "Earth of the Future" or "Tomorrowland" was the name of the electronic music festival. In one of the episodes of the picture on the shelves, you can see the figures of the cartoon characters "Supermake" and "Steel Giant", created by Brad Byrd.
Both the film crew and the performers strove to create a kind and good film project for teenagers. There is enough adventure, fantasy, action in their picture. However, the end result was not what everyone wanted. It is impossible to say unequivocally that the film turned out to be bad or good. This is also noticeable in the audience responses.
Film lovers admitted that the picture is of very high quality, but something is missing in it. It is not clear why criticism fell on the tape so much, which ultimately became the main reason for its low success at the box office.
