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Thu Dec 1, 2016, 08:36 AM Dec 2016

Nicolas Cage to star in climate change disaster movie

Nicolas Cage to star in climate change disaster movie

Catherine Shoard - Thursday 1 December 2016 04.58 EST

The actor will take the lead in The Humanity Bureau, set in 2030 when global warming has destroyed much of the Earth’s hottest regions

Nicolas Cage is to take the lead in a new sci-fi movie depicting a world ravaged by climate change. The film, called The Humanity Project, takes place in 2030, when much of the midwest of America has been rendered uninhabitable.

The government agency of the title exiles people felt to be unproductive and banishes them to a colony, New Eden. Cage plays a caseworker seeking to appeal the exile of a single mother (Sarah Lind) and her son (Jakob Davies).

The film has been scripted by Dave Schultz, will be directed by Rob King, and is due to start shooting in British Columbia next week....

Source:
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/dec/01/nicolas-cage-climate-change-disaster-movie-the-humanity-bureau
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