Tomorrowland Today: Teaser Trailer, NYCC footage, and more!
In the most exciting Disney-theme-park-attraction-being-made-into-a-movie news of the week, we were finally given a glimpse into the thrilling and futuristic world of Disney’s upcoming Tomorrowland. A teaser trailer was put online after the film’s presentation at New York Comic Con. It is all kinds of perfect for the following reasons: we still have no idea what’s going on, the visuals are amazing, and George Clooney asks us if we want to go. YES WE DO, GEORGE CLOONEY. Tomorrowland, the grocery store, wherever.
Maybe you’re all, “Pfft, rides can’t be movies.” That’s what we all said about Pirates of the Caribbean and now we’re gearing up for Pirates of the Caribbean 47: The Curse of the Bitcoin. I visited Disney World’s Tomorrowland as a child and fondly remember Space Mountain and eating chicken nugs in a food court that looked like Mars.
Tomorrowland: where you can eat on Mars and wait four hours to ride a roller coaster in the dark.
So how does that work into a movie? Details have been torturously vague, with little snippets of Tomorrowland info teased at 2013’s D23 Expo. I knew Brad Bird (ummm, The Iron Giant, The Incredibles) was directing and co-wrote the story with Damon Lindelhof (of Lost and The Leftovers fame). That was enough to blow my mind and now we’ve got the teaser trailer AND Slashfilm reporting on the NYCC presentation.
Firstly, how can I get Chris Hardwick’s job? Secondly, Lindelhof says that Tomorrowland was born out of the thought of “what a Disney movie should be.” He goes on to explain he would go see a movie called Tomorrowland, especially with Brad Bird directing it. (Duh.) And then the actors (Raffey Cassidy, Britt Robertson, Hugh Laurie, George mother-effing Clooney) joined the panel. Laurie was asked if he played a good or bad character and he assured us that he was a (side eye) good character.
Sure you are.
Clooney also apologized for being Batman and explained he was still technically on his honeymoon. I dunno about you guys but spending my honeymoon at NYCC would be uh-mazing. (Clarification: spending my honeymoon with George Clooney at NYCC. Further clarification: spending my honeymoon with George Clooney in his nipply Batman costume at NYCC.)
First Comic Con, now he’s making an appearance in a Chris Hardwick selfie. Best honeymoon ever?
You can also head over to the SlashFilm coverage and read a transcript of a Tomorrowland clip that was screened at NYCC. I imagine it will be on the internet soon enough and also reading a movie clip is weird (admit it) so I won’t bother. (I would, however, consider re-enacting it with puppets but who has the time, really.) Apparently Frank (George Clooney) speaks sternly and Casey (Britt Robertson) sticks her tongue out at security cameras. Also, robots.
My favourite tidbit of news is from a video from the press line where Lindelhof hints that the Disney World’s Tomorrowland might “be a cover for the real place.” I REPEAT: MIGHT BE A COVER FOR THE REAL PLACE. GIRD YOUR LOINS, GUYS—IT’S ALL REAL. THIS IS NOT A DRILL.
Where’s my pin, dammit?!
But the most important question is how the Carousel of Progress is going to be integrated into Tomorrowland. You know, the delightful ride (made for the New York World’s Fair, then part of Disney Land’s original Tomorrowland until the 70s and now part of Disney World’s Magic Kingdom) that depicted the progress of the mighty ‘Murica through endearing anecdotes and terrifying animatronic people. If Grandma isn’t Resident Flying Ace I can’t be held responsible for my actions.
Disney’s Tomorrowland will be released on May 22, 2015. Until then, have you been traumatized by the Carousel of Progress? Are you excited for Tomorrowland? Do you wish you were on George Clooney’s honeymoon too? Tell me all about it.
