I, Robot

Release Date: July 16, 2004

Studio: 20th Century Fox

Director: Alex Proyas

Screenwriter: Jeff Vintar, Hillary Seitz, Akiva Goldsman

Starring: Will Smith, Bridget Moynahan, Chi McBride, Alan Tudyk, Aaron Douglas

Genre: Sci-Fi, Thriller

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Plot Summary: Based on the classic story collection by famed science fiction writer Isaac Asimov, “I, Robot” will concentrate on Detective Del Spooner, who, with the aid of psychologist, Dr. Susan Calvin, will investigate the death of Dr. Miles Hogenmiller, a brilliant scientist who worked at US Robotics. Initially labeled a suicide, Spooner has other ideas, convinced that a robot may have taken the doctor’s life. Isolated and eccentric, Dr. Hogenmiller appears as a hologram of himself, summoning Spooner to his side after his death. He was working on a very special project when his life was cut short. He had created something quite extraordinary – a robot with a living brain, code named “Sonny.” Spooner goes to Hogenmiller’s boss, Dr. Lance Robertson, with his suspicions. Incensed that Spooner wants to charge one of his robots with murder, Dr. Robertson maintains Dr. Hogenmiller took his own life. Terribly weary, Robertson knows full well that the future of his company would be snuffed out should the press get wind of the idea that a robot would, under any circumstances, kill a human being.