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| - A strange rumor has circulated for years about actor John Malkovich. A viral meme has been shared on social media platforms like X and Reddit about a film directed by Robert Rodriguez and starring Malkovich that no one currently alive will ever likely see, as it's set to remain securely locked away until the year 2115.
For instance, in April 2024, a meme on Reddit received 46,000 upvotes, as of this writing, which discussed the existence of this mysterious movie. The poster shared: "A film entitled 100 Years starring John Malkovich will be released on November 18, 2115. It is stored in a bulletproof vault which will automatically open for its premiere at the Cannes Film Festival."
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It is true that the short film, aptly named "100 Years: The Movie You Will Never See," plays off this concept by embedding the release date roughly a century into the future. The ambitious project is not only real, but attracted significant media attention when it was revealed in 2015.
Speaking with British TV host Graham Norton as a guest on his late-night titular talk show in 2016, Malkovich confirmed:
"I have made that film with Robert Rodriguez. It's a short film for the French cognac company Rémy Martin, and that cognac takes 100 years to make, and so they came to me with this idea to do a film that wouldn't be seen for 100 years. And it's actually done. It's completed. It's sitting in a vault in Cognac, and I have these kind of metal tickets."
We reached out to Malkovich's team and Rémy Martin to learn more about these metal tickets and who received them, and will update this story if we receive a response.
The unique time capsule-like idea behind "100 Years" came as a collaboration between Malkovich, Rodriguez and Louis XIII de Rémy Martin Cognac, which funded the project. The company, known for producing cognac that takes a century to age, took inspiration from its product's 100-year maturation process, mirrored in the delayed release of the film.
Louis XIII Cognac reportedly went to great lengths to ensure the film's preservation. The completed movie is presently in a secured vault where it will continue to sit until 2115. This vault, reportedly made from bulletproof glass, has an automatic timer that is set to unlock on Nov. 18, 2115, at which point the world will finally see "100 Years." Until then, the vault will remain untouched, preventing access to both the film and any potential spoilers. Should everything go to plan, the company has organized for a premiere at the Cannes Film Festival in the South of France.
Rodriguez and Malkovich have both admitted they have not seen a final cut of the film.
Known for his roles in films such as "Dangerous Liaisons" and "Rounders," Malkovich described the project, which he not only stars in but also wrote, to PEOPLE magazine in 2015, telling the outlet that "when they [Louis XIII Cognac] presented it to me I instinctively understood that probably I should do it, I should write it and make it personal in that respect."
In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter that same year, Malkovich explained the unusual nature of making a movie he'll never see: "It's odd, but I thought the idea was so good. I'm not at all bothered even that I won't see it. For me, it was a strange experience, as they often are, and unexpected, as they often are. We had no interference, we had no particular supervision. We could just say, 'I was thinking about this, and what about that?'"
The specifics of "100 Years" remain largely under wraps, with little information disclosed about the plot or themes. According to Malkovich, it will depict a vision of Earth in 2115, imagining the future world where the audience will eventually view the film.
"There were several options when the project was first presented of what that [the future] would be," Malkovich said at the 2015 news conference to announce the film, according to technology website Gizmodo. "An incredibly high-tech, beyond computerized version of the world, a post-Chernoybl, back- to-nature, semi-collapsed civilization, and then there was a retro future, which was how the future was imagined in science fiction of the 1940s or '50s."
"Sin City" director Rodriguez reportedly embraced the opportunity to create something for an audience of the future. Though the film is described as depicting a version of the future, perhaps confusingly, at the film's announcement in 2015, Rodriguez described it as being set in the present day. Per Media Marketing:
"It's set today, it's very elegant, it's emotionally charged, and it's John's writing. ... You have to touch people's hearts if they're going to show it in the future, so it has to be honest. The teasers are what we imagine the future would be to grab your attention. I'm proud of it, even though nobody I know will ever see it."
Several teasers released in 2015 give viewers a hint of the movie's tone. The short preview shows Malkovich in various dramatic scenes, but reveals nothing about the actual plot. Here is one of the three teasers:
The unique collaboration between Malkovich and Rodriguez on "100 Years" continues to fuel interest due to the unconventional, drawn-out nature of this project. Although it's highly unlikely that anyone who is alive today will see it, "100 Years" continues to pique the interests of futurist film fanatics — and cognac connoisseurs — the world over.
"100 Years: The Movie You Will Never See," also starring Marko Zaror and Shuya Chang, is scheduled to premiere Nov. 18, 2115.
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