When the disembodied head of Michael Cera tells you to get into a garments dryer and travel into the future, you do it. Particularly if these phrases are coming courtesy of Steven Soderbergh, the Oscar-winning director of Visitors, Ocean’s Eleven, Magic Mike, and so many extra.
Soderbergh has a brand new challenge popping out known as Command Z and, from the seems to be of the primary trailer, it’s form of Being John Malkovich meets Scorching Tub Time Machine meets Primer. Cera stars because the chief of a challenge that can ship three folks (performed by Roy Wooden Jr., Chloe Radcliffe, and JJ Maley) again in time to the yr 2023, the place they’ll take over the ideas of a number of different beings in an try to save lots of the world. One in all them is performed by Liev Schreiber.
The trailer isn’t embeddable so you must go over to Soderbergh’s website, Extension765, to watch it, which you’ll at that hyperlink. Right here’s the poster although.
Together with the poster, the PR group launched a form of meta letter that explains a little bit of what the heck is occurring. Right here it’s:
Pricey 765rs
I feel by now you’re used to me describing the considerably MERCURIAL habits of our boss, Mr/Dr Soderbergh, however this most up-to-date growth is subsequent degree and might’t be saved to myself for causes you’ll quickly perceive. This very morning, our fearful chief defined that in three days (July seventeenth for many who don’t wish to do the maths) we shall be “dropping” a sequence of some type known as COMMAND Z. If I appear hedgy, it’s as a result of A) None of us have seen it; and B) it’s apparently about ninety minutes lengthy, however there are eight episodes of various size, so is it an precise sequence or only a film reduce up into items? Frankly, I don’t care as a result of what this implies IN THE REAL WORLD is these of us within the Success Heart (aka The BB, aka BLOFELD’S BASEMENT) are about to get some heavy site visitors and oh, did I occur to inform you I ALSO RUN THE I.T. DEPARTMENT? So: we’re completely fulfilling Mr/Dr Soderbergh’s directives to the letter however I’m simply letting you recognize: even the smallest improve in site visitors goes to make my life a dwelling hell, probably ceaselessly. So take into consideration that after which take into consideration this: After I requested Mr/Dr Soderbergh why he’d performed this, why he’d made this challenge and why he’d made it in secret, he stated, “Hope, Fabrizia. Hope and laughter.” Truthfully, I don’t even know the place to start out with this man.
Have an excellent weekend. See you Monday (or not) !
Fabrizia del Dongo
So there are some clues in there. It’s an eight-episode internet sequence that runs about 90 minutes whole (so, about 11 minutes every chapter). We will add that the group behind it wouldn’t say if all eight shall be launched directly, however you’ll have to pay for them. And admittedly, with the completely insanity that you simply simply noticed and examine, who wouldn’t?
Command Z is out July 17 solely on Extension765.
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