The Dotted Line: Denzel, Hathaway and 'The Tempest'
By Kit Bowen, Hollywood.com Staff
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Friday, October 10, 2008
SIGN OF THE TIMES
Boy, they are moving fast these days. There is a movie already in the works that speaks to our current depressing economic conditions called Fortuna and will star Lost’s Dominic Monaghan and Six Feet Under’s Freddy Rodriguez. According to the Reporter, the horror thriller is set in 2100 and envisions an Earth where a collapsed economy and climate crises have eliminated the middle class, leaving a few very wealthy and the teeming masses in severe poverty. To give hope and avoid revolt, the elite create Fortuna, a mysterious game where one in a thousand wins a big payday and joins the upper classes. But their hidden goal to "reduce poverty" by 30 percent over 50 years. Uh-huh, meaning they all DIE in the game, I get it. What fun!
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