The Town Without Me (film)

The Town Without Me is an American-Japanese supernatural science fiction thriller mystery film Based on a Japanese manga (Boku dake ga Inai Machi/Erased) by Kei Sanbe. Directed by M. J. Bassett, a co-production between United States and Japan. The Film will star Tye Sheridan, Rosamund Pike, Colin Farrell, Auli'i Cravalho, Justice Smith, Christian Convery, Ryan Kiera Armstrong, Denise Gough and Paul Giamatti.

Ideal Premise
A struggling 29-year-old comic book writer with supernatural abilities who doesn't get over the case of the murders of a young girl "Kathy" and his friend "Henry" that he didn't save which his older friend "Jun" is wrongfully responsible for. He decides to travel back in 1988 as his younger self to prevent the murders.

Ideal Cast

 * Tye Sheridan as Sawyer Finnegan/(藤沼 悟, Fujinuma Satoru), a 29 year old comic book writer who travels back to prevent the murder case and find the culprit who is really responsible for the killing.
 * Christian Convery as Young Sawyer.
 * Rosamund Pike as Samantha "Sam" Finnegan/((藤沼 佐知子, Fujinuma Sachiko), Sawyer's mother who is a reporter.
 * Colin Farrell as Gideon Gates/(八代 学, Yashiro Gaku), the teacher in a school where Sawyer goes and secretly the serial killer (the main antagonist).
 * Auli'i Cravalho as Aimee/(片桐 愛梨, Katagiri Airi), Sawyer's cheery best friend and co-worker at the pizza restaurant.
 * Justice Smith as Joseph "Joe" Stewart/(白鳥 潤, Shiratori Jun), a food delivery boy who is a good friend of Sawyer and is wrongfully convicted and mistaken to be the serial killer for the murder case.
 * Ryan Kiera Armstrong as Katherine "Kathy" Hayes/(雛月 加代, Hinazuki Kayo), a 10 year old girl who is a victim to the serial killer and Sawyer's childhood love interest.
 * Imogen Poots as Adult Kathy.
 * Denise Gough as Alice Hayes/(雛月 明美, Hinazuki Akemi), Kathy's abusive mother who neglects and hits her.
 * Paul Giamatti as Simmons/(さわだ, Sawada), one of Sam's friends.
 * Ja'Siah Young as Kaleb/(小林 賢也, Kobayashi Kenya), Sawyer's childhood best friend who helps him to get both Kathy and Henry safe from the serial killer.
 * Isaiah Mustafa as Adult Kaleb.
 * Archie Yates as Henry Scott/(杉田 広美, Sugita Hiromi), another victim to the serial killer and one of Sawyer's best friends.
 * John Bradley as Adult Henry.

Trivia

 * The Characters will be named in English than the ones in the Japanese manga and anime.
 * This Movie contains violent abusing scenes and heartbreaking scenes.
 * Gideon (Gaku) is confirmed gay in the film due to between him and Sawyer (Satoru) that they "can't live without each other" which was a trick for getting Gideon arrested.