Kate McKinnon's Bold New Sci-Fi Movie Connects 3 Wildly Different Timelines in Intimate Sneak Peek [Exclusive]

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Published Mar 4, 2026, 4:00 PM EST

Britta DeVore is a Senior Author for Collider who has been known to dabble with Reality News as well.

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It’s true that the older you get, the faster time seems to move. What felt like an ongoing crawl to the holidays and summer break in your school-age years now flashes by quickly and is filled with mundane day-to-day tasks, a career you’ve poured yourself into, and the multitude of relationships you’ve made along the way. Right now, in cinemas around the globe, filmmaker Andrew Stanton and an all-star ensemble are showcasing this very specific yet familiar experience in the new sci-fi drama, In the Blink of an Eye. Today, as part of Collider’s Exclusive Preview event, we’ve got a behind-the-scenes sneak peek that follows the director’s journey of bringing three very different timelines into one movie that focuses on the human experience and our place in this world.

It’s an exciting day for Stanton and the rest of his creative team in our exclusive look at the Finding Nemo director’s video diary for In the Blink of an Eye. From the inner walls of a studio to the sprawling vastness of nature, Stanton and his team literally left no stone unturned when scouting out the best spots for the life-affirming project. Hammering home the movie’s main theme and belief that “we’re all the same” and that “we’re all going through the same thing,” Stanton moves through the film’s three different backgrounds and shows off the varying designs and pieces that will fill out the narrative’s multiple timelines.

In addition to Stanton, our behind-the-scenes look at In the Blink of an Eye also features a few quick looks at the movie’s impressive lineup of stars, which includes Kate McKinnon (Saturday Night Live), Rashida Jones (Parks and Recreation), Daveed Diggs (Snowpiercer), Skywalker Hughes (Joe Pickett), Jorge Vargas (Higher Ground), Tanaya Beatty (The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn — Part 1), Tatyana Rose Baptiste (Sweet Summer Pow Wow), Rhona Rees (Galápagos X) and Yeji Kim.

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What Is ‘In the Blink of an Eye’ About?

Penned by Colby Day (Spaceman), In the Blink of an Eye follows a multitude of different characters living in three different timelines. In the present day, Claire (Jones), a post-grad anthropologist, uncovers the past while taking a big step forward in her relationship with her fellow student, Greg (Diggs). Meanwhile, long ago, a Neanderthal family fights for survival against new threats after being driven from their home, and far off in the future, Coakley (McKinnon) attempts to save a collection of oxygen-breathing plants from dying on a long space journey to a new home.

Check out our behind-the-scenes sneak peek at the making of In the Blink of an Eye above and stay tuned for more to come from Collider’s Exclusive Preview event. In the Blink of an Eye is now playing in theaters.