Though the segments in the future look like the Wachowski’s Speed Racer rather than The Matrix, after teaming up with Tom Tykwer to co-write and co-direct, Cloud Atlas sees “action, mystery and romance weave dramatically through the story as one soul is shaped from a killer into a hero and a single act of kindness ripples across centuries to inspire a revolution in the distant future.” Out October 26, let’s not hope it’s not another John Carter.