Miguel Sapochnik would direct the film, which would be produced by Robert Zemeckis and Kevin Misher, from a spec script by Craig Luck and Ivor Powell. On October 26, 2017, it was announced that Tom Hanks would star in BIOS, a post-apocalyptic film about a robot who is built by Hanks' ailing character Finch to protect the life of his beloved dog when he dies. Although they find the city habitable but deserted, they find possible evidence of surviving humans at the Golden Gate Bridge and set out to find them.Īdditionally, Samira Wiley, Skeet Ulrich, Laura Harrier, and Alexis Raben were all set to appear in the film, but their roles were cut from the final version. After cremating Finch in a funeral pyre, Jeff and Goodyear make their way to San Francisco. Ecstatic, Finch spends an afternoon outside with Jeff, teaching him how to play fetch with Goodyear before quietly dying. Finch begins to give up hope that he will survive the journey and tells a story (in a flashback) about how he rescued Goodyear.Īpproaching their destination, the UV radiation has dropped low enough for Finch to be able to step out into the sunshine without a protective suit. Finch makes a panicked error in judgment and crashes their vehicle through an underpass with too little clearance, but Jeff is strong enough to squeeze it out of sight. Later in the evening, the motorhome is pursued by an unknown car (which evidently followed them from the hospital). Dewey unwittingly gets crushed by a beartrap and Finch retrieves Jeff to escape the city, realizing that the area is a trap set up by other humans. Jeff's inquisitive behavior both amuses and frustrates Finch, but the robot slowly shows more initiative.īy the time they reach Denver, Finch becomes bedridden and Jeff decides to loot an abandoned hospital with Dewey. Despite his condition worsening, Finch tries to teach Jeff some valuable lessons about life and how to protect Goodyear. Because of the hasty departure, Jeff could download only 72% of his encyclopedic data, and his mental capacity requires training. Finch, Jeff, Dewey, and Goodyear set out in a heavily modified motorhome towards San Francisco. Louis that will certainly destroy the area and kill him. However, Goodyear initially doesn't trust the robot (which eventually chooses the name Jeff).įinch discovers that a massive storm is approaching St. Finch feeds it volumes of encyclopedic knowledge, including a manual for training and caring for dogs. Finch only ventures outside to search for supplies wearing a protective suit.ĭying of an undisclosed ailment (although Finch is seen reading a book on radiation poisoning), Finch is working on creating a more advanced humanoid robot companion to take care of his dog once he is gone. Louis laboratory once owned by the company he worked for before the cataclysm. One of the few survivors, robotics engineer Finch Weinberg, lives alone with his dog Goodyear and a helper-robot Dewey in an underground St. The film received lukewarm reviews from critics, with praise given to Hanks' performance, the visuals, and overall charm, but criticism for its lack of originality and innovation within the post-apocalypse genre.įifteen years have passed since a massive solar flare destroyed the ozone layer, turning the planet Earth into a largely uninhabitable wasteland ravaged by extreme weather events while being scorched by the sun's ultraviolet rays, increasing surface temperatures to 150 ☏ (66 ☌ 339 K). It was retitled Finch, sold to Apple TV+, and was released on November 5, 2021. The film was scheduled to be released in theaters in the United States by Universal Pictures on October 2, 2020, but was delayed several times due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Filming took place throughout New Mexico from February to May 2019. The film was announced as BIOS in October 2017. The story follows an aging man named Finch, a survivor in a now nearly uninhabitable Earth, who builds and teaches a robot to take care of his dog when he dies. The film stars Tom Hanks and Caleb Landry Jones. Finch is a 2021 American post-apocalyptic survival film directed by Miguel Sapochnik and written by Craig Luck and Ivor Powell.
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