HOLLYWOOD SPY SPOTLIGHTS: OCTOBER PREMIERES - "IN TIME" WITH JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE & AMANDA SEYFRIEND, AND ROLAND EMMERICH'S "ANONYMOUS"

Two of the movies which are looking to score success at the box office this October are sf thriller IN TIME, premiering October 28th, and medieval mystery ANONYMOUS also premiering October 28th.

FUTURE COMES "IN TIME"

Visually beautiful sf thriller IN TIME is set in the not-too-distant future where the aging gene has been switched off. To avoid over population, time has become the currency and the way people pay for luxuries and necessities. The rich can live forever, while the rest try to negotiate for their immortality. Justin Timberlake plays a poor young man accused of murder when he inherits a fortune of time from a dead upper old class man. He is forced to go on the run from a corrupt FBI-like police force known as the

'Timekeepers', as well as from a hoodlum-like middle-aged Mob called the 'Minutemen', led by a senior citizen named Fortis, who is 75 years old. Amanda Seyfried plays a rich girl Timberlake takes as a hostage during his run. Olivia Wilde and MAD MEN's Vincent Kartheiser play Timberlake's young looking parents, while Cillian Murphy plays the agent who tries to catch Timberlake. The cast also includes two stunning boys Alex Pettyfer and Matt Bomer.

IN TIME TIDBITS

The director of the film is Andrew Niccol famous for his highly stylized sf films GATTACA, SIMONE and THE TRUMAN SHOW.

The original title for the film was I'M.MORTAL. It is not known why did the producers opted for the less interesting new title. Justin Timberlake is older in real life than Olivia Wilde who plays his mother. The tagline of the film is "Live forever or die trying"! The music in the film is composed by amazing Craig Armstrong known for his musical masterpieces in MOULIN ROUGE, ELIZABETH GOLDEN AGE, LOVE ACTUALLY, THE QUIET AMERICAN and ROMEO AND JULIETTE.

PAST IS "ANONYMOUS"

Set in the political snake-pit of Elizabethan England, ANONYMOUS speculates on an issue that has for centuries intrigued academics and brilliant minds ranging from Mark Twain

and Charles Dickens to Henry James and Sigmund Freud, namely: who was the author of the plays credited to William Shakespeare? Experts have debated, books have been written, and scholars have devoted their lives to protecting or debunking theories surrounding the authorship of the most renowned works in English literature. ANONYMOUS poses one possible answer, focusing on a time when cloak-and-dagger political intrigue, illicit romances in the Royal Court, and the schemes of greedy nobles hungry for the power of the throne were exposed in

the most unlikely of places: the London stage. Set against the backdrop of the succession of Queen Elizabeth I, and the Essex Rebellion against her, ANONYMOUS brings the theory that it was Edward De Vere, Earl of Oxford who penned Shakespeare's plays.

ANONYMOUS TIDBITS

The cast of the film is lead by Rhys Ifans in the lead role, Vanessa Redgrave as Queen Elizabeth and David Thewlis. William Shakespeare is played by young Rafe Spall, while his rival Christopher Marlowe is played by Trystan Gravelle. Joely

Richardson plays young Queen Elizabeth. The film is directed by Roland Emmerich who is taking a break from his usual sf blockbusters (INDEPENDENCE DAY, STARGATE, THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW. Legendary sir Derek Jacobi will lend his equally legendary voice in the prologue of the film.