The best science fiction reflects and questions our current affairs -- but this latest vision of the future might just hit a little too close to our shaky economic home.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Dominic Monaghan and Freddy Rodriguez have been cast in "Fortuna," a thriller set in a bleak economic future. The world has collapsed due to climate problems and an economic meltdown, leaving a handful of people wealthy, and the rest living in poverty. To keep the peace and inspire hope, those elite few create a mysterious game called Fortuna, where one in a thousand wins a fortune, and can escape to the upper classes.
Not surprisingly, all is not as it seems. Read more...