The Future Is Today In Brad Bird’s TOMORROWLAND

It’s a great big beautiful tomorrow — here, in Tomorrowland!

On Monday the Walt Disney Studios announced that its live-action release previously known as 1952 will be titled TOMORROWLAND. The film will be released domestically on December 19, 2014. George Clooney (The Descendants) is set to star.

TOMORROWLAND is written by Damon Lindelof and Brad Bird from a concept by Lindelof and Jeff Jensen. Lindelof (Star Trek, Lost, Prometheus) will produce and Bird (The Incredibles, Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol) will produce and direct.

While it’s still not known if Bird’s movie is based on the Disneyland attractions, Walt Disney was known for his futurist ideas and Tomorrowland was the realized culmination of his views. In his own words: “Tomorrow can be a wonderful age. Our scientists today are opening the doors of the Space Age to achievements that will benefit our children and generations to come. The Tomorrowland attractions have been designed to give you an opportunity to participate in adventures that are a living blueprint of our future.”

Other films expected from the studio in 2014 are THE MUPPETS 2 (March 21), CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE WINTER SOLDIER (April 4), MALEFICENT (July 2), and GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY (August 1).