December 22nd, 2011
Empire Online is reporting the wrap of filming for Cloud Atlas, the adaption of the genre-bending David Mitchell novel starring Jim Sturgess, Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, Hugo Weaving, Susan Sarandon, and Hugh Grant. The project was uniquely funded through multi-country international backing and was filmed with two units working simultaneously, each helmed separately by co-directors Tom Tykwer, Lana Wachowski and brother, Andy Wachowski. Empire also released a wrap photo which shows the directors and producers among some of the film’s props:
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The article went on to give some hints about the image saying:
If you know the book, you’ll also recognise props from the six interlinking tales. We’ve spotted the VW Beetle of crusading journo Luisa Rey (Berry), the ’70s thriller that should inject serious voltage into the film’s middle act (if you really know the book, you’ll know that it’s actually rust orange not drab green). Also on display are a pair of Chatham Island totems, a piano belonging to the composer of the ‘Letters from Zedelghem’ chapters, some dystopian gadgetry from near-future Korea, and a cart that we’re guessing gets used to carry post-apocalyptic veggies around Hawaii.
If none of this makes the slightest sense to you, get hold of the book as quickly as possible. It’s awesome. Look out for more on the movie as we get it. It’s out in the US on October 26, with a UK release still TBC.
And this today from Jim Sturgess on his official Twitter account:
Tags: Andy Wachowski, David Mitchell, Halle Berry, jim sturgess, Lana Wachowski, Tom Hanks, Tom Tykwer
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