The official Robots trailer for the upcoming sci-fi romantic comedy has been revealed, featuring Shailene Woodley and Jack Whitehall in dual roles. The film is slated to premiere on May 19 in theaters and on demand.
The video highlights a world where humans have clone robots of themselves. It features Whitehall’s Charlie and Woodley’s Elaine, who both use their respective robots to do the things they don’t want to do, including dating each other. After their clones unexpectedly fell in love with each other, Charlie and Elaine teamed up together to stop their robots from completely taking over their identities.
Check out the Robots trailer below (watch more trailers):
Based on Robert Sheckley’s short story, Robots is written and directed by Anthony Himes and Casper Christensen. The film stars Golden Globe nominee Shailene Woodley (The Fault in Our Stars), Jack Whitehall (Jungle Cruise), Barney Burman, Chelsea Edmundson (Army of the Dead), and Emanuela Postacchini (The Alienist).
“In a near future America, a womanizer, Charles, and a gold digger, Elaine, trick people into relationships with illegal robot doubles of themselves,” reads the synopsis. “When they unwittingly use this scam on each other, their robot doubles fall in love and elope, forcing Charles and Elaine to team up to hunt them down before the authorities discover their secret.”
The film is executive produced by Tifanie J. Acosta, Gongming Cai, Karen Cao, Ting Chen, Jere Hausfater, and Thorsten Schumacher. Producers are Tom Culliver, Cassian Elwes, Julien Favre, Stephen Hamel, and Lars Sylvest.
