Some projects only raise curiosity once concrete elements have been revealed and it is for sure the case of Surrogates. Indeed, details that have drawn attention to this feature are first the participation of Bruce Willis and secondly a really well-set trailer. Developed by Touchstone Pictures Studios, Surrogate is based on the graphic novel (written by Robert Venditti and illustrated by Brett Weldele) and is to be realised by Jonathan Mostow (Terminator 3). The trailer that I’m presenting you down below introduces us to the world surrounding Bruce Willis (as well as Radha Mitchel, Ving Rhames, Rosamund Pike, Valerie Azlynn…) with fairly strange appealing details (one-armed Bruce Willis? A whole unplugged robot population? Quite punchy actions scenes…) picturing all in all a rather promising movie, let’s hope for it! The answer on September 25th…
In this future, humans live in isolation while only communicating with their fellow man through robots that serve as social surrogates and are better-looking versions of their human counterparts. Bruce Willis stars as an FBI agent who enlists the aid of his own surrogate to investigate the murder of the genius college student who invented the surrogates. As the case grows more complicated, however, the withdrawn detective discovers that in order to actually catch the killer he will have to venture outside the safety of his own home for the first time in many years, and enlists the aid of another agent (Radha Mitchell) in tracking his target down.
I also suggest you take a look at the promotional website of the project, which is a real “fake website” from Virtual Self Industries, name of the company producing robots in the movie. There you can create your own robotised clone by uploading your picture! http://chooseyoursurrogate.com