Surreal Love

Surreal Love is an upcoming live-action/adult animated romantic fantasy comedy-drama film written, produced, edited and directed by Ethan Vasquez. The film stars Jaden Smith and Anya Taylor-Joy, with Taron Egerton, Florence Pugh, Tom Felton, Joaquin Phoenix, Evan Peters and Brendan Fraser in supporting roles.
Set mainly between 1977 to 1983, the film tells the story of Markus Khalan-Watts, an African-American human residing in Los Angeles, whose childhood wish brings his drawings to life and becomes friends with Markus. However, in his adulthood, Markus begins to develop an interest in enganging on both romantic and sexual intercourses with one of his favorite living drawings, Rose, who is a simple pink-colored stick figure he drew as a kid.
Surreal Love draws visually from photography of most romantic films released somewhen between the early 1970s to the mid 1980s. The entire film was shot in both color for scenes taking place after 1963, and black-and-white for scenes (which are occasionally flashbacks) taking place before 1963, with a fullscreen 1.33:1 (4:3) aspect ratio.
==Synopsis==
In 1962, Markus Khalan-Watts, a 11-year-old African-American boy living in Los Angeles, wished his drawings would come to life and, surprisingly, he was granted by the miracle of a shooting star. However, in 1977, now that he is a 26-year-old adult, he needs to deal with the consequences of his request, as the drawings will not stop tormenting his life.
==Cast==
===Humans=== 
*Jaden Smith as Markus Khalan-Watts, a 26-year-old aspiring African-American funk rock musician who begins to fall in love and develop romantic and sexual feelings for Rose, who is one of his drawings that came to life through Markus' childhood wish. He is the son of Cody Watts and D'aja Khalan.
**John Boyega as Markus Khalan-Watts (adult, age 31-32, 1982-1983 scenes)
**Danny Glover as Markus Khalan-Watts (elder, age 75, present-day scenes)
**Jahzir Bruno as Markus Khalan (child, age 11, 1962 scenes)
*Taron Egerton as Andrew Watts, the older white Canadian step-brother of Markus.
*Tom Felton as Jimmy Chester, a homosexual bartender who is Markus' best friend. He is currently dating Tony.
**Pierce Brosnan as Jimmy Chester (elder).
*Joaquin Phoenix as Stanley Chester, the adoptive father of Jimmy Chester.
*Brendan Fraser as Cody Watts, a Canadian white human who formerly worked as a school teacher. Currently, he is raising his step-son, Markus, alongside Andrew after D'aja Khalan, who was Markus' biological mother, tragically died of terminal cancer in 1974.
===Voice cast=== 
*Anya Taylor-Joy as Rose, a shy, soft but lovely and friendly pink-colored drawn stick figure. She is also Markus' love interest. 
**Brooklynn Prince as Pink (child).
**Glenn Close as Pink (elder).
*Florence Pugh as Violet, a party-loving and energetic purple-colored drawn stick figure. She is currently dating Andrew. 
**Mckenna Grace as Violet (child).
*Evan Peters as Tony Blue, a homosexual laid-back and patient blue-colored drawn stick figure. He is currently dating Jimmy.
**Iain Armitage as Tony Blue (child).
===Guest starring===
*Jada Pinkett Smith as D'aja Khalan, an African-American woman who is the deceased mother of Markus and the ex-wife of Markus' biological father, André Khalan.
*Will Smith as André Khalan, an African-American man who is the biological father of Markus and the ex-husband of Markus' biological mother, D'aja Khalan.
*Ryan Reynolds as Bryan Reynaud, a 1970s-style fictionalized version of himself, who Markus and Andrew ideolize for his role as the titular protagonist of the fictional film, Immortal Ninja, which is a parody of Ryan Reynolds' other role, Deadpool.
*Zoë Kravitz as Lily, the daughter of Markus and Rose.
==Parental Guide==
===Classification=== 
*Argentina: +16
*Australia: MA15+
**Australia: R18+ (uncut)
*Belguim: 16
*Brazil: 16
** Brazil: 18 (uncut)
*Canada: 18A
*Chile: 18
* Colombia: 15
*Denmark: 15
*Finland: 16
* France: -16
* Germany: 16
*Hong Kong: III
*Italy: 18+
*Japan: R15+ 
**Japan: R18+ (uncut)
*Malaysia: [Banned]
*Mexico: B-15
**Mexico: C (uncut)
*New Zealand: RP16
**New Zealand: RP18 (uncut)
*Portugal: M/18
*Russia: [Banned]
*Spain: 18
*Thailand: [Banned]
*United Kingdom: 18
*United States: R
**United States: NC-17 (uncut)
=== Sex and Nudity (Severe)===
*Markus and Rose do a lengthy sex scene montage that shows female breasts & body nudity, several graphic sex positions & explicit role play. This scene lasts about a minute long.
*A strip club scene featuring multiple shots of full frontal and rear female nudity. Scene lasts about a minute.
* There are frequent strong sex references, both visual and verbal, including the suggestion of a couple using a sex toy and some crude descriptions of sexual acts.
===Violence and Gore (Moderate)===
*During the party scene, a man gets stabbed in the hand and some characters also get into a fight.
*A man punches through a wall, and another man on the other side of the wall sticks his arm with a knife in his hand though the hole; the man from the other side of the wall walks into the room and shouts at several people, two men begin to wrestle and one man throws another man against a wall.
* In halfway through the film, Markus violently kills Andrew in a fight after Markus blamed Andrew for Rose breaking up with Markus due to Andrew making Markus come to his party instead of Rose's. Markus flees from Los Angeles to New York City after this occasion.
===Profanity (Severe)===
*Frequent use of the word "f*ck", and a few uses of "sh*t", with some potentially offensive slurs such as "f*ggot", as well as milder terms such as "pr*ck", and "assh*le".
===Alcohol, Drugs and Smoking (Moderate) ===
*Markus and Jimmy gets extremely drunk from vodka and high from LSD at the same time in the party scene.
===Frightening and Intense Scenes (Moderate)=== 
* The movie, for the most part, is a dark satirical take on 1970s American culture, as it deals with topics from the time which involved exploitation movies, racism, homophobia, sex overindulgence and drug addiction.
* The party scene involves extremely reckless and dangerous behavior and may also frighten younger viewers due to its increasingly frenetic pace.
*The final minutes of the film is incredibly depressing due to the fact that it has to do with contemplating death, and includes themes of suicide and self-harm. The scene shows that Rose, now an elderly woman, died due to her old age. This happens 17 days after Lily, the daughter of Markus and Rose herself, who is already an adult, visited them in a retirement home. Markus, already elderly as well, then commits suicide three days after Rose's death, because he thought that "every odyssey must have both a happy, but yet at the same time, a sad ending".
==Trivia== 
*This is the first Fable Studios film to not involve Erik Zander at all.
*This is the first Fable Studios film to not take place in the Fableverse.
*This film was banned in Malaysia, Russia and Thailand due to the presence of LGBTQ+ characters (which are the gay couple, Jimmy Chester and Tony Blue) and references to the Cold War, which was also a highly controversial topic during both the 1970s and 1980s.
*The film was originally going to be rated NC-17 by the MPA "for strong explicit sexual content, graphic nudity, graphic sexuality, intense depiction of drug and alcohol addiction, strong language throughout, and some violence."; after editing and cutting out 21 minutes of the film, it was re-rated R by the MPA "for strong sexual content, graphic nudity, drug and alcohol use and strong language throughout, and for some violence."; However, the NC-17 rating would eventually return, except it was exclusively rated to the uncut version of the film, when it was released on home video.
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