Shawn Levy to direct de-ageing movie Backwards
Shawn Levy is to direct the Netflix de-ageing movie 'Backwards'. The streaming giant prevailed in a competitive battle to adapt the short story from mother and son duo Julianna Baggott and Finneas Scott into a feature film. The film centres on a dying father who chooses a method to extend his life that involves reverse ageing in a de-ageing facility, with his estranged daughter appointed to be his caretaker. As the years peel off the man, the pair are able to get to the bottom of where their relationship went wrong as the father relives memories of different portions of his life and experience...