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The movie is set in 2063. Earth has become hot,
dry and disease-stricken but scientists have discovered a new
planet that can support human life.
Salvation is an 86-year journey away, and 30 babies are bred for
the trip, during which they are expected to reproduce in order
for their grandchildren to populate their destination.
Overseen by an ageing guardian played by Colin Farrell, the
voyage takes an unexpected turn when, as they grow older, the
youngsters discover they are being drugged into an obedient
existence and begin to rebel.
Sheridan - Wade Watts in the Steven Spielberg-directed "Ready
Player One" (2018) - said that what might have felt like
unfamiliar terrain to the actors when making the movie now
probably hits closer to home.
"These characters are all in isolation with each other, in a
very confined environment. And I think ... based on everyone's
experience during COVID, it's probably been very similar," the
24-year-old, who plays crew member Christopher, said.
"You start to ask questions about yourself and start to realise
things that you typically wouldn't outside of that containment,
and so I think that this film is really timely," he told Reuters
from Boston, where he is currently filming George Clooney drama
"The Tender Bar".
His 21-year-old co-star Lily-Rose Depp, who plays the
spaceship's medical officer, Sela, liked the way the movie
forces its young crew to confront moral and existential
questions.
"I was really excited by the idea of what is human nature when
we strip away any sort of environmental and societal influence,"
she said.
"Voyagers" is written and directed by "Limitless" and
"Divergent" filmmaker Neil Burger, who said he set out to tell a
story about human nature in a vacuum. "Who are we at our core
... Are we moral or aren't we?"
(Reporting by Hanna Rantala; editing by John Stonestreet)
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