Tom Hanks and Robin Wright age backwards and forwards through time in the trailer for Robert Zemeckis' Here (original) (raw)

It's a "Forrest Gump" reunion.

Published on June 26, 2024 08:56AM EDT

Robert Zemeckis is going back to the future and the past and everywhere in between.

The acclaimed director reunites with Forrest Gump stars Tom Hanks and Robin Wright for Here, based on Richard McGuire’s graphic novel of the same name.

Robin Wright and Tom Hanks in 'Here'.

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While spanning a century, the camera remains in one location, which eventually turning into the living room of a suburban home, and the two stars are digitally de-aged to play younger versions of themselves. The effect is a little less creepy than the computer-generated faces in Zemeckis' The Polar Express.

“The single perspective never changes, but everything around it does,” Zemeckis told Vanity Fair. “It’s actually never been done before. There are similar scenes in very early silent movies, before the language of montage was invented. But other than that, yeah, it was a risky venture.”

Tom Hanks and Robin Wright star in 'Here'.

Sony Pictures

Hanks plays Richard, beginning in the 1960s as a teenager when he meets his future wife Margaret, played by Wright. They start a family, raise kids, and age into their late 80s, all from the presumed comfort of their living room.

Zemeckis co-wrote the script with Forrest Gump scribe Eric Roth based on the 2014 graphic novel, which was adapted from a comic strip McGuire created in 1989. The film also stars Michelle Dockery (Downton Abbey), Gwilym Lee (Bohemian Rhapsody), David Fynn (The Mauritanian), Ophelia Lovibond (Guardians of the Galaxy), Nicholas Pinnock (For Life), Nikki Amuka-Bird (Knock at the Cabin), and Anya Marco Harris.

Check out the trailer below.