Tomorrowland is a 2015 American science fiction film directed by Brad Bird, with a screenplay by Bird and Damon Lindelof, based on a story by Bird, Lindelof, and Jeff Jensen. It stars George Clooney, Hugh Laurie, Britt Robertson, Raffey Cassidy, Tim McGraw, Kathryn Hahn, and Keegan-Michael Key. In the film, a disillusioned genius inventor and a teenage science enthusiast embark to an intriguing alternate dimension known as "Tomorrowland", where their actions directly affect their own world.
Theatrical release poster
The Science Museum of the City of Arts and Sciences in Valencia was used as a background in the film.
Criticism of the film, directed and co-written by Brad Bird, was mixed, with Bird remarking he felt they made the movie they set out to make.
Phillip Bradley Bird is an American writer, director and producer. He has had a career spanning forty years in both animation and live-action.
Bird at the 2009 Venice Film Festival
As a teen, Bird was awarded an internship to learn from Walt Disney's Nine Old Men at their California headquarters.
Christopher McDonald, Bird and Eli Marienthal in 2012 at an Iron Giant screening.
Bird, far left, with Pixar's senior creative team in 2009.