As in the David Mitchell's novel, all the actors in Cloud Atlas play different characters in different time frames of the story before your very eyes.
Tom Tykwer and the Wachowski siblings' big screen adaptation have Hugh Grant playing a businessman and a tribal leader while Hugo Weaving plays an Asian man, e.g.
Discovered over at CloudAtlas.WarnerBros.com, the film's website shows a timeline that moves from left to right, and shows the progression of characters through time.
Cloud Atlas will be in theaters on October 26th, 2012 and stars Halle Berry, Tom Hanks, Hugo Weaving, Hugh Grant, Susan Sarandon, Ben Whishaw, Jim Broadbent, Jim Sturgess.
You can also check out twenty four character photos that detail character transformations below:
Ben Whinsaw in Cloud Atlas – 1930s
David Gyasi in Cloud Atlas – 19th Century Slavery
Doona Bae in Cloud Atlas – Nea So Copros – Future
Halle Berry in Cloud Atlas – 1930s White
Halle Berry in Cloud Atlas – Future
Halle Berry in Cloud Atlas – Luisa Rey 1970s
Hugh Grant in Cloud Atlas – Future
Hugo Weaving in Cloud Atlas – 21st Century Woman
Hugo Weaving in Cloud Atlas – 1970s
Hugo Weaving in Cloud Atlas – Future
Hugo Weaving in Cloud Atlas – Nea So Copros – Future Asian
James DArcy in Cloud Atlas – 1930s
James DArcy in Cloud Atlas – 1970s
James DArcy in Cloud Atlas – Nea So Copros – Future Asian
Jim Broadbent in Cloud Atlas – 21st Century
Jim Broadbent in Cloud Atlas – 1930s
Jim Sturgess in Cloud Atlas – 19th Century Slavery
Jimm Sturgess in Cloud Atlas – Nea So Copros – Future Asian
Keith David in Cloud Atlas – 1970s
Susan Sarandon in Cloud Atlas – Future
Tom Hanks in Cloud Atlas – 19th Century Slavery
Tom Hanks in Cloud Atlas – 21st Century
Tom Hanks in Cloud Atlas – 1970s
Tom Hanks in Cloud Atlas – Future
