Guillotine

Guillotine is a 2021 science-fiction thriller film directed by, based on a script by Richard Shepard. The film is developed by Shatara Studios and AGBO, a studio managed by producers.

The film is distributed by for a release date of August 13, 2021 and will star, , , , , , and , alongside , , and  in supporting roles.

Synopsis
Three decades after a nuclear holocaust decimated the United States, a deluded griever steals a time machine from the corporation maintaining society in an attempt to kill off past individuals whose legacies were integral in the development of science fiction pieces.

Cast

 * as Rudolphus "Ralph" Ludgate; a distraught employee for Holstrum Enterprises who steals a time machine and commits to a series of assassinations throughout time to fix his future.
 * as Norman Holstrum; a persuasive corporate industrialist and CEO of Holstrum Enterprises who is in opposition to Ralph's goals of altering the timeline.
 * as ; a British entrepreneur and founder of the Quarry Bank Mill who is a target of an assassination attempt.
 * as ; the future wife of Samuel Greg who is abducted by Ralph Ludgate and assists him in his future exploits through time.
 * as Zachary Thompson: a sleeper agent from the who is paid off by Norman Holstrum to protect Philip Francis Nowlan from Ralph Ludgate.
 * as ; an American science fiction author and creator of who is a target of an assassination attempt.
 * as ; an American author whose writings of nuclear holocaust warnings made him a primary target for an assassination attempt. portrays an older Philip Wylie.
 * as : the daughter of Philip Wylie who is abducted by Zachary Thompson to threaten an older Philip Wylie.
 * as Victor Holstrum; the former CEO of Holstrum Enterprises and Norman's father who refutes his corporate management following a series of timeline alterations.
 * as Carly Moore Ludgate; the fiancee of Ralph Ludgate who was killed as a result of the nuclear holocaust that occurred three decades prior.

Trivia

 * The film was originally conceived as a novel being written by Richard Shepard but was lost following e-mail issues. The main story still remained intact and is planned to be written on a separate Google document.
 * The roles of Ralph Ludgate and Zachary Thompson are direct analogues to the and the 's respective roles in  (1991).
 * The individuals who are assassinated are based on real individuals who each have a distinct connection to the influences of popular science fiction concepts that are still thriving in the early 21st century.
 * is the grandfather of, an author who wrote the science fiction novel ' (1880), which served as an inspiration for the genre, which developed, in a respective order of influences, 's ' (1905), ' ' (1917), ' (1934), and '  (1977-). Flash Gordon was also a major influence on the design of  (1938), who thus established the  genre.
 * was the creator of, who was first featured in  (1928), which was also a major influence on.
 * was the author of ' (1930), which is a likely (but unconfirmed) source of inspiration for the conceptualization of, alongside ' (1933), which influenced both and . He was also the author of The Savage Gentleman (1932), which inspired  (1933), an early depiction of superheroes who predates Superman by 5 years.
 * In any case, I wanted an original story for a change and did my research on what influenced modern Star Wars and superheroes then thought what would happen if a Terminator-style situation occurred and all three of those important people were assassinated, and added in my own personal characteristics to the main character whilst depicting the main antagonist as a businessman who holds a major influence in society to emulate the main protagonist's grasp against the expectations of "fitting in" that society set up with the use of social "norms".

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