Brick's Rian Johnson Going Sci-Fi Next With Looper
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With Rian Johnson, we're already talking about his next sci-fi project before Brothers Bloom even hits theaters, but Bloom will get its time when it debuts in October. IGN spoke with Johnson and learned that his next project is a sci-fi flick titled Looper, that will be "really violent and dark." If you've seen Brick, you'll know that anything Johnson is working on is exciting.
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"To me, it's a lot more like the first Terminator. It's very sci-fi, but it's very character-based and very concentrated. It's very different from the Terminator movies, but it's like the first Terminator in that time travel is involved with it, but only as a plot device."
Finally, Story Details for Rian Johnson's Looper!
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Hollywood Reporter's official announcement on the project today finally includes some brief details on the story: "Looper is set in a present-day world in which a group of hitmen are sent their victims from the future."