Disney's Mystery '1952' Project Gets Renamed 'Tomorrowland'

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Disney's Mystery '1952' Project Gets Renamed 'Tomorrowland'

Walt Disney Studios announced Monday that its mystery film project, previously known only as 1952, will be titled Tomorrowland when it hits theaters Dec. 19, 2014.

Starring George Clooney and featuring a creative team that includes Brad Bird (The Incredibles, Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol) and Damon Lindelof (Lost, Star Trek), Tomorrowland is one of Disney's most high profile development projects. It's also one of the most mysterious.

All we really know about the film is the participation of Clooney, Bird and Lindelof. Bird is directing, based on a script he wrote alongside Lindelof.

Last week, Brad Bird tweeted an image with the caption, "The Box...opened."

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Inside the box, which is labeled "1952," we see photographs of Walt Disney and a few books. Sleuths at Entertainment Weekly have deduced that the loot includes a 1928 issue of Amazing Stories magazine, which features the introduction of Buck Rogers.

/Film thinks the film takes place in the present day and is about making contact with Earth.

Perhaps that's it and the film -- and it's title -- are based loosely around the Disney theme park world of the same name (think Pirates of the Caribbean). Still, I can't help but hope for a slightly different film.

I'm a die-hard Disney fan and when I first saw that 1952 was now Tomorrowland -- starring George Clooney no less -- my first thought was, "it's going to be about Walt."

Walt Disney started work in earnest on his Imagineering division that would build the rides and attractions for Disneyland in 1952. With a mustache and the right kind of hair gel, Clooney could be a dead-ringer for Walt.

Regardless of the plot, this looks like the most ambitious viral marketing effort that Disney has undertaken since Tron: Legacy.

What do you think Tomorrowland is going to be about? Let us know in the comments.

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