New Casting Confirms Plot Details for Brad Bird's TOMORROWLAND

A few more story details have been revealed for Brad Bird and Damon Lindelof's upcoming sci-fi film,Tomorrowland. They come from a recent casting announcement in which a young English actress by the name of Raffey Cassidy (Snow White and the Huntsman) has been cast as a robot child in the story. She will star alongside George Clooney as the lead and Hugh Laurie as the villain.

So without further ado here are the details that THR had to offer,

Cassidy will play a young girl robot who has been around for decades. Also a key factor: She knows several fighting styles. She has a previous relationship with Clooney’s character, a bitter inventor.

This basically confirms the plot that was previously leaked out, but at the same time clarifies and adds a few new details. I imagine we'll get to see this little robot girl kick some ass. Here's the description of the story that was released a few months ago.

The “Tomorrowland” that they keep referring to in this break-down appears to be a place where science has blown past the world we live in, and when Frank Walker was a young man, he first encountered the promise of Tomorrowland at the 1964 World’s Fair.  David Nix was there, showing off his own work, and he told Walker to come back when he was older and his inventions actually worked.  A girl named Athena saw great promise in 11-year-old Frank, though, and she snuck him into Tomorrowland.  Eventually, Frank was discovered by Nix and thrown out, but not before learning that the girl he loved, Athena, was actually a robot.

By the time we meet Frank in the film, he’s much older, and George Clooney is set to play the part.  Nix is the role that Hugh Laurie is signed for, and by the point the main story of the film kicks in, Nix has been in charge of Disneyland for many years, and he’s become rotten, corrupt.  Athena, unchanged since Frank was a young man, plays a key role in the film, and the hero is a girl named Casey who has a quick scientific mind that becomes important as the story unfolds.  Nix is a guy who values technical accomplishment over creative thinking, and when he throws Frank out of Tomorrowland, he’s not alone.  Every creative thinker is banished, allowing Nix to focus purely on aesthetics and technical advancement for its own sake.

There's still a lot of mystery surrounding this film, it's an exciting project, and I'm looking forward to seeing what this talented team of filmmakers ends up doing with it!