#chaoswalking
The Noise is a man’s thoughts unfiltered, and without a filter a man is just… Chaos Walking.
In the not-too-distant future, Todd Hewitt (Tom Holland) discovers Viola (Daisy Ridley), a mysterious young woman who crash lands on his planet, where all the women have disappeared and the men are afflicted by The Noise – a force that puts all of their thoughts on display. In this dangerous landscape, Viola’s life is threatened, and as Todd vows to protect her, he must discover his own inner power and unlock the planet’s dark secrets.
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A global theatrical experience for all audiences, CHAOS WALKING is packed with action, heart, suspense, and mystery. From Doug Liman, the director of The Bourne Identity and Edge of Tomorrow, the film is based on the beloved best-selling novel The Knife of Never Letting Go, by Patrick Ness. Daisy Ridley and Tom Holland star with Mads Mikkelsen, David Oyelowo, Nick Jonas, Demián Bichir, Kurt Sutter, and Cynthia Erivo.
The producers are Doug Davison (IT), Allison Shearmur (Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, the Hunger Games films), Erwin Stoff (Edge of Tomorrow), and Alison Winter (American Made). The screenplay is by Patrick Ness and Christopher Ford (Spider-Man: Homecoming).
The filmmakers and their department heads bring to the screen one of the film’s most original and striking elements: The Noise.
NO ONE ESCAPES THE NOISE
What if your innermost thoughts were always on display?
In the year 2257 A.D., on a distant planet known as New World, the male settlers are bombarded every second of every day with each other’s thoughts, in the form of an unrelenting cacophony of sounds, called The Noise. It drove the men insane because women could also hear and see their thoughts, while the women’s remained hidden. After the women were killed off, purportedly by the planet’s indigenous species, the men remain haunted, if not tortured, by the endless barrage of their thoughts come to life.
According to author and co-screenwriter Patrick Ness, the architect of this incredible and foreboding world through his acclaimed trilogy of books, “The Noise is everything you think, fantasize about, wish for, and believe in. It’s the human mind, completely unedited. The disparity between the sexes, which was triggered by The Noise, makes up so much of the history of New World. It’s ever-present – and an intense part of the experience of the film.”
