Who says Hollywood is out of ideas? Set on one of those vague futuristic Earths where something horrible has happened, Children of Men
is the tale of a world without sperm. Yes, that's right: in the PD
James novel on which the film is based, mankind has lost the ability to
reproduce, and the world is (not surprisingly) a pretty chaotic place.
Suddenly, a woman discovers that she's pregnant. How did this happen?
Independent sperm living in lakes and streams? Alien sperm? God? (Ok, I
made up the options. Still, though, they're bound to occur to someone
in the movie at some point.)Alfonso Cuaron (Y tu mamá también, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban) is set to direct, and Julianne Moore is already on board, though she actually may be playing the tough broad who imposes order on things, rather than the pregnant chick. Also already cast is the always delectable Clive Owen, who is somehow related to the girl who found some sperm. As you know, we here at Cinematical would watch Clive Owen do laundry, so there's already going to be fight to review this one when it comes out. But wait - thing may get even better! Word is that Hooligan Charlie Hunnam (who you would all be much more excited about if you'd seen the UK's Queer as Folk) is in talks to join the cast. Could he be the Spermy Wonder? I can hardly wait.
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9-07-2005 @ 4:04PM
Siggy Llama said...
Could Clive possibly be as hot (or fertile) as Rod Piper in Hell Comes to Frogtown?
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9-07-2005 @ 8:21PM
Pretty_Patches said...
I am interested in seeing this one. And yes Clive Owen is on a hot streak. Lets hope he doesn't do a Jude Law and have to many movies coming out right behind themselves. Then there will be jokes about him from Chris Rock.
Donna A.
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10-20-2005 @ 3:49PM
Robert Newton said...
This sounds much like "Y: The Last Man", though in that story, every mammal with a Y-chromosome is dead (though a man inevitably spoils the all-girl party).
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