Questions raised without answers? Sounds like Damon Lindelof to me (a writer for both Prometheus and Lost).
fyi - Olivia Munn, from the above trailer, is topless in Magic Mike. I'll be seeing Magic Mike.
OMG
http://trailers.apple.com/trailers/wb/cloudatlas/
Can't find a Youtube video for it yet (they're all blocked), but the extended first look is incredible.
ETA: here's a link that will let you watch it in fullscreen: http://www.vulture.com/2012/07/clou...alle-berry-tom-hanks.html?mid=twitter_vulture
That looks like the most fragmented movie ever.....how is it going to be less than 4 hours long?...lol
It's 164 minutes long.