First Official Plot Synopsis Revealed For Brad Bird's 'Tomorrowland'

Tomorrowland, the brainchild of director Brad Bird and screenwriter Damon Lindelof, has been filming in Vancouver, BC for a few weeks now. The pair took a brief detour to the D23 Expo to tease audiences with a mysterious 1952 box and then went back to shooting the holiday 2014 release, leaving fans just as curious about the movie as we were months before hand.

Disney has now officially announced the start of production (they tend to wait a few weeks just to be safe) and while most of what's in the release is well-known (the cast, the crew, etc.) there's also the first official plot synopsis of the film. Though merely one sentence, it confirms long-rumored plot descriptions while also pushing focus away from the literal mystery box we saw at the D23 Expo.

Here's the official press release for the start of Tomorrowland. The plot description is bolded.

Principal photography has begun on Disney's mystery adventure "Tomorrowland," starring two-time Academy Award winner George Clooney ("Michael Clayton," "Syriana"), Hugh Laurie ("Monsters vs. Aliens," "Arthur Christmas"), Britt Robertson ("Under The Dome"), Raffey Cassidy ("Dark Shadows," "Snow White and the Huntsman") and Thomas Robinson ("The Switch"). The film is directed, produced and co-written by two-time Oscar winner Brad Bird ("Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol," "The Incredibles"). Damon Lindelof ("Star Trek Into Darkness," "Prometheus") and Jeffrey Chernov ("Star Trek," "Star Trek Into Darkness," "Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol") are also producers. The screenplay is written by Brad Bird and Damon Lindelof from a story by Lindelof & Jeff Jensen and Brad Bird.Jeff Jensen and John Walker ("The Incredibles") will executive produce with Bernard Bellew ("Les Misérables," "28 Weeks Later") and Tom Peitzman, VFX producer ("Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol," "Alice in Wonderland") serving as co-producers.Bound by a shared destiny, a bright, optimistic teen bursting with scientific curiosity and a former boy-genius inventor jaded by disillusionment embark on a danger-filled mission to unearth the secrets of an enigmatic place somewhere in time and space that exists in their collective memory as "Tomorrowland."Bird has gathered a great team behind the lens with Oscar winning director of photography Claudio Miranda ("Life of Pi," "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"), production designer Scott Chambliss ("Star Trek," "Star Trek Into Darkness," "Cowboys & Aliens"), Oscar nominated costume designer Jeffrey Kurland ("Inception," "Ocean's Eleven") and Academy Award-winning editor Walter Murch ("The English Patient," "Cold Mountain")."Tomorrowland" will be released through Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures on December 12, 2014.

Months back, Hitfix published a very detailed description of the mysterious Tomorrowland plot and now it seems to be almost spot on. Robertson is the "optimistic teen" and Clooney is the "former boy-genius." Plus, it's finally an official hint that while many of the film's story elements and ideas were influenced or bolstered by the 1952 box, the box itself (and anything specifically Disney) do not seem to be part of the story.

What's your anticipation level on this one? Do you want to know more about the plot?