Fans of the television show Westworld, I have some interesting news to share with you. Executive producer Lisa Joy is making her feature film directorial debut with a script that she wrote herself. The film’s title is Reminiscence and it sounds like quite the hot commodity now that Hugh Jackman (Van Helsing) and Rebecca Ferguson (Life) have signed on to star.

Lisa Joy’s screenplay for Reminiscence made the Black List several years ago but has had quite the journey on it’s way to the big screen. According to Deadline, the films follows “private eye Nick Bannister (Jackman) who deals in recapturing vivid cherished memories for clients. He becomes vexed by one of those clients (Ferguson). It is slightly in the future in a Miami that has been changed by global warming, with much of the city submerged underwater“.

Speculation is that the film will be purchased next week at the European Film Market in Berlin. Having the star power of Jackman and Ferguson will most definitely help and neither actors are strangers to thrillers or sci-fi films. It will be quite interesting to see what this first time director like Joy can do after the massive success of HBO’s Westoworld.

Passion can only take you so far though, and this film will take a lot work to bring to this ambitious project to life. With a setting like underwater Miami, and to actually make it look real is something I can’t wait to see. This will also be a world where more advanced technology does exist, but there is no doubt this dark, aquatic sci-fi thriller will feel grounded.

Are you excited to see more sci-fi of Westworld caliber? Ready to take a deep dive into Lisa Joy’s Reminiscence? Let us know on Twitter, in the official NOFS Subreddit, and on Facebook in the Horror Movie Fiend Club!