Olivia Wilde certainly looks good for a woman old enough to give birth to Justin Timberlake, but if you’re wondering what her beauty secret is, turns out it’s sci-fi trickery, since she’s only playing the role in Andrew Niccol’s latest, now untitled thriller.
Formerly named I’m.mortal (we can see why he might have ditched the slightly strained pun), the film is set in a world of the future where medical science has managed to switch the aging gene off at 25. But there’s a catch (isn’t there always?): to live on, you have to be in possession of time, the hot currency. Which means that while the rich are able to live as eternally youthful types, the poor must struggle and fight for every tick of the clock.
Our hero is a poor young man (Timberlake) named Will, who is falsely accused of murdering a wealthy bloke for his time allotment. Intending to clear his name, he kidnaps a beautiful, rich hostage (Amanda Seyfried).
He’ll be chased down by a corrupt lawman (Cillian Murphy), part of the Timekeeper force, and face trouble from Seyfried’s father, played by Mad Men’s Vincent Kartheiser, who has made his fortune selling time.
Niccol wrote the script and is gearing up to shoot either later this year or early next.
Wilde, meanwhile, has Tron Legacy and The Next Three Days both set for release, and comedy drama Butter arriving next year. Oh, and she’s just finished working on Jon Favreau’s Cowboys and Aliens, with Ryan Reynolds comedy The Change-Up next on her filming schedule.