Knowing Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

Plot

In 1958, as part of the dedication ceremony for a new elementary school, a group of students is asked to draw pictures to be stored in a time capsule. But one of the students, a mysterious girl who seems to hear whispered voices, fills her sheet of paper with rows of apparently random numbers instead.

Fast forward 50 years to the present: A new generation of students examines the contents of the time capsule and the girl's cryptic message ends up in the hands of young Caleb Myles. But it is Caleb's father, professor Ted Myles (Nicolas Cage), who makes the startling discovery that the encoded message predicts with pinpoint accuracy the dates, death tolls and coordinates of every major disaster of the past 50 years. As Ted further unravels the document's secrets, he realizes it foretells three additional events-the last of which hints at destruction on a global scale and seems to somehow involve Ted and his son.

When Ted's attempts to alert the authorities fall on deaf ears, he takes it upon himself to try to prevent more destruction from taking place.

This gripping supernatural thriller charts one man's faltering steps towards belief in the ultimate order of the universe even as he finds himself surrounded by mounting chaos. With the reluctant help of Diana Whelan (Rose Byrne) and Abby, the daughter and granddaughter of the now-deceased author of the cryptic prophecies, Ted's increasingly desperate efforts take him on a heart-pounding race against time until he finds himself facing the ultimate disaster-and the ultimate sacrifice.

Drama Fantasy Sci-Fi Supernatural

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  Nicolas Cage

  The Carpenter's Son, Kick-Ass

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  Rose Byrne

  If I Had Legs I'd Kick You, Troy

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  Ben Mendelsohn

  Roofman, Zero A.D.

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  Adrienne Pickering

  Addition

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  Chandler Canterbury

  Angels Sing, The Host

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  Liam Hemsworth

  The Hunger Games, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

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  Terry Camilleri

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  Nadia Townsend

Who is making Knowing – Crew List

A look at Knowing behind-the-scenes crew and production team. The film's director Alex Proyas last helmed Gods of Egypt and I, Robot. The film's writer Stiles White last penned Poltergeist and Ouija.

Director

Alex Proyas

Screenwriters

Stiles White
Juliet Snowden
Alex Proyas

Producers

Todd Black
Jason Blumenthal
Steve Tisch

Production – What we know about the Knowing

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Key Facts

• This project has been in development since 2001, however, Nicolas Cage just signed on (12/14/07). The project was originally attached to a number of directors at Columbia Pictures, but it was placed in turnaround and eventually picked up by Escape Artists.

Movie Filming Timeline: Production Status Updates

Mar 2009

Completed

Changed Knowing movie production status. The movie is ready for release.

Feb 2009

Post-Production

Changed the movie production status to Post-Production. The movie is now in the editing and finishing stages.

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