''100 Years'' is an upcoming

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science fiction film written by

John Malkovich John Malkovich (born December 9, 1953) is an American actor. He is the recipient of several accolades, including a Primetime Emmy Award, in addition to nominations for two Academy Awards, a British Academy Film Award, two Screen Actors Guild Aw ...

and directed by

Robert Rodriguez Robert Anthony Rodriguez (; born June 20, 1968) is an American filmmaker, composer, and visual effects supervisor. He shoots, edits, produces, and scores many of his films in Mexico and in his home state of Texas. Rodriguez directed the 1992 ac ...

. Advertised in 2015 with the tagline "The Movie You Will Never See", it is due to be released on November 18, 2115. The film stars an international

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, with American actor

, Taiwanese actress Shuya Chang, and Chilean actor Marko Zaror. ''100 Years'' is apparently a short film. Rodriguez stated in a 2019 interview:

Cast

While the details of the film have been kept highly secret, the names and roles of three actors have been released: *

as the male protagonist * Shuya Chang as the female protagonist * Marko Zaror as the antagonist

Production

Malkovich and Rodriguez announced in November 2015 that they had teamed with Louis XIII Cognac, owned by

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, to create a film inspired by the hundred years it takes to make a bottle of Louis XIII. Although the film's plot remains a complete secret, on November 18, 2015, Malkovich and Rodriguez released three

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s: Retro, Nature, and Future.

Release

Pending release, the film is being kept in a high-tech safe behind bulletproof glass that will open automatically on November 18, 2115, the day of the film's premiere. One thousand guests from around the world, including Malkovich and Rodriguez, have received a pair of invitation tickets made of metal for the premiere, which they can hand down to their descendants. The safe in which ''100 Years'' is kept was showcased at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival and various other cities before being returned to Cognac, France and the

Louis XIII Louis XIII (; sometimes called the Just; 27 September 1601 – 14 May 1643) was King of France from 1610 until his death in 1643 and King of Navarre (as Louis II) from 1610 to 1620, when the crown of Navarre was merged with the French crown ...

cellars.

A song, "100 Years", is said by Louis XIII Cognac to have been composed for them by Pharrell Williams and performed live, once, at a private party. Louis XIII Cognac has promised that a recording of the song will be issued in 2117.

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