The Film Hidden Until 2115!

100 Years: The Movie You Will Never See — The Film Hidden Until 2115

Imagine a movie that’s already been made — but no one alive today will ever watch it. That’s the unusual concept behind 100 Years: The Movie You Will Never See, a film completed in 2015 but locked away until November 18, 2115 — a full 100 years later.

🎬 An Extraordinary Experiment in Time

Directed by filmmaker Robert Rodriguez and written by actor John Malkovich, 100 Years isn’t just a movie — it’s a cinematic time capsule. The film features an international cast including Malkovich himself, Shuya Chang, and Marko Zaror.

What makes this project extraordinary isn’t its story or visuals (those remain a complete mystery) — it’s that the film has been deliberately withheld from the world for a century.

🧠 Why It Was Made

The film was produced in collaboration with Louis XIII Cognac, the luxury French brand known for crafting cognac that can take a century to age before release. The idea was to create a film that mirrors this 100-year wait: completed in 2015 — but never seen until 2115.

Rodriguez and the production team sealed the only copy of the movie inside a high-tech bulletproof safe with a timed lock, set to open automatically on its release date.

📽️ A Global Legacy

To mark this unusual launch strategy:

The safe containing the film was showcased at events like the Cannes Film Festival before being returned to Cognac, France.

1,000 metal tickets were printed and distributed to select guests around the world — invitations that are meant to be handed down through generations.

This means that while the film technically exists today, no audience alive now will ever see it in their lifetime. The very title of the project reflects this: “The Movie You Will Never See.””

🎟️ Teasers, But No Full Film

In 2015, the filmmakers released three brief teasers titled Retro, Nature, and Future — each imagining a version of life in the year 2115. However, none of these teasers actually contain footage from the real film. They were designed simply to build mystery and imagination around what the movie might be like.

📆 Looking Ahead

When 100 Years finally premieres on November 18, 2115, it will be more than a film release — it will be a cultural event spanning generations, a collaboration between cinema and time itself.

Article by

CJ Rajkumar

Author/ Cinematographer