Hugh Jackman just dropped the first trailer for the much-anticipated sci-fi mystery Reminiscence on his social media, and it looks exactly as we’d hoped, a Philip K. Dickian journey through memory in a climate change-near-apocalyptic future.
It’s from Westworld co-creator Lisa Joy, co-produced by her husband and creative partner Jonathan Nolan (The Dark Knight, Interstellar), and the trailer promises numerous elements that have left us intrigued.
The story follows Jackman as Nicolas Bannister, a man living in a sunken Miami surrounded by giant walls keeping the sea out, in a world that has gotten so bleak that the only thing anyone wants to do is, as the title suggests, reminisce about a past long gone. Bannister’s job is to offer his clients the ability to relive any memory they want, and when a femme-fatale-esque Mae (Rebecca Ferguson) uses his services, he’s plunged into a romance and murder mystery through the dark world that Mae was lost in.
Joy explained that the idea was originally inspired by her grandfather, whose home in England was named after a woman from his past that he hadn’t seen in decades. It made her think of the way we live in our memories, long after they are gone. Joy’s film make the concept literal.
“It made me start thinking about memory and our lives in general and the moments that pass by and disappear that meant something, that changed us. And how nice it would be to be able to go back to those memories, fully, for a moment. To live that life and feel the way he felt when you experienced them,” says Joy.
The film drops in Middle East cinemas on August 19, so keep an eye out for Esquire Middle East for more updates on Jackman’s latest.
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