Coldplay Releases 44-Minute Short Film ‘Future Movie’

Coldplay are gearing up to release a short film they’ve been teasing discreetly for nearly five years. The band announced a new project, A film for the futureon Tuesday morning (Jan. 14), calling the 44-minute film a visual companion to his latest album Lunar musicwhich became their first album Billboard 200 No. 1 for 10 years last year.

The film will have its world premiere on YouTube on January 22 through a 360-degree screening at Lightroom in London, Lightroom at Factory International at Aviva Studios in Manchester and Lightroom Seoul in Seoul, South Korea; A fan-driven remix of the film powered by Microsoft’s AI will launch on the same day here.

The minute-long trailer describes the creative process of collecting footage for the film, which began in the summer of 2024, when more than 150 artists from 45 countries received several short videos. Lunar music audio clips and asked to create some accompanying visuals. According to the report, “there were no rules or guidelines, and no knowledge of the work of other artists,” and no direction other than to follow their inspiration.

“We are so grateful to all the amazing artists who brought their genius to this film,” the band said in a statement. “They have created something very beautiful and we are extremely proud of it.”

The preview that follows features a wild mash-up of visual styles, from fluttering digital collages to dancing AI humans, bubbles, photomontage, found footage, nature visuals and animation. Executive producer Ben Mohr — who directed Coldplay and Beyonce’s 2016 video for “Hymn For the Weekend” — called the result Koyaaniskatsi– as a visual mental rest “a kaleidoscopic patchwork quilt — a 44-minute multimedia tapestry.”

He added: “It was a huge privilege to see such an ambitious project from a bird’s eye view, working with so many incredible animators and directors working independently of each other. The latest film is absolutely stunning and I can’t wait for Coldplay fans to see it.”

Tickets are available for three immersive screenings, where the film will be projected onto a 36-foot screen across four walls and the floor. herewhile other fans can listen to bands all over the world YouTube page January 22.

The release notes that Coldplay have been deceiving fans for a long time since 2019, when they first featured the film on the license plate artwork for their Everyday life album labeled “FFTF2024”. Additionally, a snippet of the project appeared in a multimedia lyric video for their July 2024 Lunar music the only one”feels in love.”

The AI ​​Remix project will use Microsoft Copilot and Azure AI to create a unique, immersive experience for each user, with no two results the same. Coldplay the record-breaking Music of the Spheres world tour returned to the road last week for four shows at Abu Dhabi Stadium; they will move to Mumbai, India on January 18 for three concerts at the DY Patil Stadium.

See A film for the future trailer below.