Zemeckis' “Here” (11.15.24) is a risk-taking endeavor as it was shot from a single POV, without movement or zooms, across a centuries-spanning narrative. I covered the film yesterday, and now a trailer has been released.
Based on Richard McGuire’s graphic novel, “Here,” which clocks in at 104 minutes, covers the events of a single room and its inhabitants spanning from the past (paleolithic, dinosaurs) to well into the future as Tom Hanks and Robin Wright get de-aged in a film that sees them meet as teenagers and grow old well into their 80s.
In “Here,” Zemeckis uses deepfake VFX to de-age actors with the help of effects studio Metaphysic. The technology will use high-resolution photorealistic face swaps and de-aging effects on top of actors’ performances live and in real-time without the need for further compositing or VFX work.
In the trailer, they mention Zemeckis as the "director of..." “Forrest Gump,” “Cast Away,” “Contact” and “Back to the Future.” They forget “Who Framed Roger Rabbit,” which is up there with his very best films.