Preview for 'Cloud Atlas'

Ever wonder what a corporate-runned futuristic Korea may look like?  Well, the new concept art for Cloud Atlas has some intriguing ideas for Seoul 2144.  Considering the source material, based on the novel by David Mitchell, the film is being directed by a trio of visually arresting directors: Tom Tykwer with Andy and Lana Wachowski.  The cast is huge and they've been reported to be playing many roles, genders and races.

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'Cloud Atlas' Concept Art Debuts

The Wachowskis (The Matrix, V for Vendetta) have proven their most daring movie project yet, Cloud Atlas will certainly be visually stunning.  Thanks to Twitch film we now get an opportunity to see  the concept artwork behind this upcoming star-studded film.  The sci-flick due out in October, 2012 took a little heat and was met with skepticism this summer when it was reported actors like Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, Jim Sturgess, Hugo Weaving and Susan Sarandon would be playing characters of different sexes and races.  

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Plans For More Matrix Films Turn Out to be a Hoax

On Monday, we told you AICN was reporting Keanu Reeves announced during a key note speech at the London International School of Performing Arts University that he had met with the Wachowskis and plans were in place to make two more Matrix films. It was a surprising story that got people talking. The only problem is that it turns out to be completely untrue.

Screen Rant did some digging and found that the story was completely fabricated. They contacted the London International School of Performing Arts, which told them that Keanu Reeves never made an appearance there. They then contacted Reeves' rep, who also confirmed that the story was false.

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Wachowski Projects Update: 'Hood' Coming Next

Since 2008's generally disappointing Speed Racer, the Wachowskis—Andy and Lana—have had some time to consider what they'll do next. Finally it sounds like they've settled on their next project, called Hood, from a script that they've written. It's "a modern, urban take on the Robin Hood myth," according to THR.

This picture is almost as busy as the Wachowskis themselves.

With the screenplay completed, the siblings are now looking for actors, and the "insider" rumor is that Will Smith is their first choice to star. Everything else about the project has thus far been kept in strict secret, which is par for the course for the Wachowskis.

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Wachowskis Working on "Hard R" Gay Soldier Movie

The Wachowskis will be back in a theater near you, pending the discovery of a distributor for their new film, which is described as a war movie about a gay soldier stationed in Iraq and his relationship with an Iraqi. Oh, and it's supposed to be "hard R." If there's two things the studios love betting on, it's Iraq War movies and male homosexuality.

News of the project dates back to earlier this year, when Arianna Huffington (pictured above with the siblings), revealed that she and Jesse Ventura shot some test footage for the Wachowskis. At the time, she said it was science fiction, and that was the end of it.

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