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"Children of Men" envisages a world one generation from now that has fallen into anarchy on the heels of an infertility defect in the population. The world's youngest citizen has just died at 18, and humankind is facing the likelihood of its own extinction.

Set against a backdrop of London torn apart by violence and warring nationalistic sects, Children of Men follows disillusioned bureaucrat Theo (Owen) as he becomes an unlikely champion of Earth's survival. When the planet's last remaining hope is threatened, this reluctant activist is forced to face his own demons and protect her from certain peril.

Stranded in rural Australia in the aftermath of a violent pandemic, an infected father desperately seeks a new home for his infant child, and a means to protect her from his own changing nature.

Set in America in the 20's, Charles Carter, aka Carter the Great, a brilliant stage magician known for outrageous stunts carried out on elaborate sets. He runs into major problems -- and the Secret Service -- when he puts on the most outrageous stunt of all, using President Harding, who later dies mysteriously in his San Francisco hotel room.

A boy and girl attend the University of Chicago's Laboratory Schools, a school for the gifted. The two sixth graders team up to solve the theft of a painting by 17th century painter Johannes Vermeer.

Set in 1950s London, Private Investigator Charles Hayward is persuaded by his former lover Sophia Leonides to investigate the poisoning of her wealthy grandfather. Arriving at the opulent country estate, Charles is thrown into the middle of a ruthless family all of which hated the patriarch, including his adult children, grandchildren and his brazen sister-in-law. With time against him, Charles must solve the case before the murderer strikes again.

This Joel Schumacher project will be an adaptation of the fourth book in mystery writer Patricia Cornwell's 11-part Dr. Kay Scarpetta series. In this installment, the fingerprints of an executed murderer somehow show up at a new crime scene.