Sci-Fi Film and Television Developments
Push
8/1/08 - Dakota Fanning, who stars in the upcoming supernatural thriller Push, said that she was excited to play a character that was nothing like her in real life: a sarcastic teen punk. Fanning plays Cassie, a 14-year-old clairvoyant. "Cassie is what they call a watcher, and that means that she can see the future, but it comes in, like, flashes of seconds or minutes," Fanning said. "And whatever decision that anybody makes can change the future. So she's always kind of trying to beat her power in a way and try to get to that future first before it changes. It was really so much fun to play a true character, and I felt that's what Cassie was. It was so fun to be a part of, like, the costume and everything." Push, also starring Chris Evans and Camilla Belle, is set to open on Feb. 9, 2009.
7/28/08 - Chris Evans said that he plays a telekinetic ex-patriot on the run from a clandestine government agency out to exploit those with special mental abilities. "I play Nick Gant," Evans said. "He's a mover, which is essentially, he's telekinetic. Nick's father was telekinetic. Nick's father was actually killed by the division when Nick was 8. Nick's father was phenomenally powerful, and the division felt he was uncontrollable, so they killed him, actually, in front of Nick. As a result, Nick has no one else, no mother, no siblings. He kind of has turned his back on his power, on people. He chooses to not let anyone in because it's too painful. He's gone to Hong Kong to hide, to escape, and pretty much live a lonesome life." Evans adds, "The best thing is, in the movie you get to see him kind of mature in his ability. He kind of stops using his power. I think it kind of brings up brutal memories. I think the only time he uses his power is he gambles a lot, a dice game, where he kind of manipulates the dice. Other than that, I think he kind of is pretty clumsy with it. So throughout the film, you see his kind of growth in that field. And that was great, because you get to work out how you would move a table. Do you do it with your eyes? Your hands? It doesn't always work out, doesn't go as far as you want it to, so it kind of lent itself to my own experience." Push is set to open on Feb. 9, 2009.
12/31/06 - This film centers on teens with psychic and telekinetic abilities who are hiding from the US government. Banding together, the youths try to permanently escape the grips of the secret agency.
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