These Robots Will Replace Us in The Surrogates

Posted by Neil Miller (neil@filmschoolrejects.com) on May 28, 2008

The photo that you see above comes to us this morning from the fine sci-fi geeks over at i09.com, who have uncovered some awesome new details about the upcoming Disney/Touchstone film The Surrogates. The film is set in a futuristic world in which humans have naturally evolved into hermits (lets face it, we know it’s going to happen) by creating identical robots that can go out and live their lives while they sit around and watch American Idol reruns (Oh, how I do love that David Archuleta). Bruce Willis plays a cop who ventures out of his home for the first time in a long time in order to investigate some robot-on-robot killings. What ensues is probably along the lines of iRobot, but with a few less instances of “Aw Hell Naw!”

The production is currently taking place all over Massachusetts under the name “VSI”, which is short for Virtual Self Inc., the fictional company that makes these robot lookalikes. Another interesting fact about the production is that a casting call went out in April calling for young, sexy surrogates. Sources have told i09 that the surrogates are supposed to be like perfect humans, thus the film will be filled with beautiful people.

This brings me to the real question of the day: If you had a surrogate, who would it look like? Mine would probably look like Tom Sizemore, just for fun.

For more photos of the on-set models and a full report, just click on either of the two photos above and be transported over to i09. The Surrogates is scheduled for a November 20, 2009 release.

Sound Off: Seriously, if you could have a surrogate, who would it look like?

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Robert Fure

Aw hell yes!

Matthew

My surrogates would look like Scarlet Johansson, Penelope Cruz and Salma Hayek, and they would never leave my home either.

Jon Stan LamBam

My surrogate look-a-like (but better-looking) would be an identical of Jean-Claude Van Damme: particularly, his look--a thinly strapped black tank top tucked into pleated khakis at the "true" waist--from the action movie classic Kickboxer. My resemblance to JCVD isn't so much in the face, but in the butt cheeks (at least that's what my stepmom tells me).

I recently wrote a blog post about Willis's role in The Surrogates. I found set pictures that show a clean-shaven Willis acting as his surrogate, stuck in a Regis Philbin-style, monochromatic suit. But what's stuck on the face of the actual Willis in the movie, who's forced out of his home to investigate the robot murders? None other than a handlebar mustache, my friends. Can't wait to see if any of those beautiful surrogates gets a ride.

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VISION OF OUR NEAR FUTURE , THE EXISTANCE OF THE GREAT BATTLE BETWEEN MACHINES AND HUMAN HAS BEGUN / ANDROIDES BLADE RUNNERS IS REAL / YOU WILL NEVER KNOW WHO IS HUMAN AND WHO IS NOT / END OF LINE / PROSPECTIVE OF THE DARK FUTURE THE MODER TECHNOLOGY HAS DESTROYED THE HUMAN RACE / BEYOND OF YOU CAN IMAGING
THE WARNING NEVER WAS LISTEN THEY PLAY WITH THE CREATOR AND THEY CROSSED THE LINE .. THE ANGEL ALWAYS WAS IN AND THEY NEVER SAW HIM / THAT WILL BE THEIR PUNISMENT

These Robots Will Replace Us in The Surrogates

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