
With the help of heavy makeup and prosthetics, “Cloud Atlas” stars Halle Berry and Tom Hanks play a variety of roles in the genre-hopping epic from Andy and Lana Wachowski and Tom Tykwer. (Warner Bros. via Associated Press)

With the help of heavy makeup and prosthetics, “Cloud Atlas” stars Halle Berry and Tom Hanks play a variety of roles in the genre-hopping epic from Andy and Lana Wachowski and Tom Tykwer. (Warner Bros. via Associated Press)

Tom Hanks and Halle Berry take on multiple roles in “Cloud Atlas,” an ambitious epic from filmmakers Lana and Andy Wachowski and Tom Tykwer. The movie is an adaptation of author David Mitchell’s best-selling novel, which features a complex narrative following storylines from six time periods. (Warner Bros. via Associated Press)

The writer-director trio of (from left) Andy Wachowski, Lana Wachowski and Tom Tykwer embraced the challenge of adapting the best-selling novel “Cloud Atlas” to the screen, despite author David Mitchell’s assertion the book is ‘unfilmable.” (Associated Press)

Tom Hanks and Halle Berry take on multiple roles in “Cloud Atlas,” an ambitious epic from filmmakers Lana and Andy Wachowski and Tom Tykwer. The movie is an adaptation of author David Mitchell’s best-selling novel, which features a complex narrative following storylines from six time periods. (Warner Bros. via Associated Press)