Clickonline writes: "Cloud Atlas is coming, premiering at TIFF this month before hitting screens in the States in October and across the pond many moons later in March. And it certainly has potential but there are also serious pitfalls which will have to be overcome to make it successful adaptation."
Clickonline writes: "Sarandos - while talking about how exciting the Wachowskis are - mentioned offhand a little something about Cloud Atlas"
Clickonline writes: "There are flaws here for those inclined to gripe but also many marvels – from high seas of the 19th Century to the far flung future of Sloosha’s Crossin’. A brave cast including Hanks, Halle Berry, Hugo Weaving, Jim Broadbent, Hugh Grant, James D’Arcy and more help to help the errant threads together and it’s all overseen by the impossibly sure hand of its trio of directors."
Colton of The Daily Rotation wrote, "David Mitchell’s 2004 novel Cloud Atlas, once deemed “unfilmable”, has been ambitiously translated onto the screen by the directing trio of Run Lola Run director Tom Tykwer and the Wachowskis. Leave it to the Wachowskis, the visionary directors of The Matrix and V For Vendetta, to take on the adaptation of a structurally complex novel and transform it into a film that’s visceral in its filmmaking approach and mesmerizingly beautiful. The film manages to be as complex as its original source, but feels more lively and epic."
After reading the book it doesn't seem as hard to make into a movie as the synopsis and descriptions make it sound. I remember thinking before "how are they going to pull this off?" but after reading the book, it's fairly straight forward. One of my most anticipated.