Pierce Brosnan to play the rapidly aging hero in sci-fi thriller Youth

Last Updated on July 30, 2021

Pierce Brosnan has signed on to take the lead role in the upcoming sci-fi thriller YOUTH, which marks the feature directorial debut of writer/director Brett Marty. I imagine this is quite an exciting turn of events for Marty, as getting a former Bond to star in your first feature is a hell of a way to start a career.

Based on a short film Marty made in 2016, YOUTH has the following synopsis: 

In a future not far from now, “Renewal” has become the world’s hottest (and most expensive) commodity — a procedure to rewind your body’s biological clock back to its prime.

Joel (Brosnan), an ad-tech engineer, is about to retire at age 70, after a lengthy career. Not wanting to lose him, his company pays for him and his wife Alice to Renew — a luxury promising a second chance. Alice emerges from the operation in her 20s, but for Joel, the procedure goes tragically wrong. Rather than make him younger, his aging begins accelerating rapidly, and his remaining years evaporate into mere weeks. 

Trapped in a decaying body, and watching his 45-year marriage disintegrate, Joel becomes desperate enough to force another, more dangerous procedure. Uncovering the dark origins of the technology along the way, Joel must somehow stay alive long enough to reveal to the world what is happening, before it is too late.

Marty wrote the screenplay with Josh Izenberg and Amelia Whitcomb.

YOUTH is being produced by Jib Polhemus, Paul Schiff, and Martin Brennan, with Laura Bickford and Hannah Leader executive producing. Izenberg is co-producer.

Highland Film Group holds the international sales rights, with CAA Media Finance handling domestic sales. The project will be presented to potential buyers at the Marché du Film Online.

The story for this one sounds interesting to me, and it sounds like Joel will be a good role for Brosnan to play. I look forward to hearing more about YOUTH as the project continues to come together.