Brain Assassin

Franklyn is an upcom­ing British fan­tasy film fol­low­ing a dark and dystopian theme. The movie is set between the par­al­lel worlds of con­tem­po­rary Lon­don and the futur­is­tic faith dom­i­nated metrop­o­lis of Mean­while City. Franklyn offers a glimpse into the inner work­ings of fate and fol­lows the tales of four characters:

• Jonathan Preest (Ryan Phillippe) is a masked athe­ist detec­tive search­ing for his neme­sis, Mean­while City’s dan­ger­ous leader.
• Emilia (Eva Green) is a beau­ti­ful young art stu­dent whose con­duct­ing ever more dan­ger­ous art projects.
• Milo (Sam Riley) is a heart­bro­ken thirty-​​something yearn­ing for the purity of first love.
• Peter Esser (Bernard Hill) is a bro­ken man, search­ing des­per­ately for his miss­ing son amongst London’s homeless.

Even though the trailer isn’t a work of art, the film has caught my inter­est. Franklyn pre­miered at the 52^nd Lon­don Film Fes­ti­val on 16 Octo­ber 2008. The film will hit the­aters in the UK on 20 Feb­ru­ary 2009. A release date for the United States has yet to be set. Of course, you can also visit the offi­cial site to stay up to date.