The Time Traveller’s Wife movie is nearly upon us. The long awaited film (at one point there was even talk of Brad Pitt and Jennifer Anniston playing the lead roles) has been directed by Robert Schwentke, who also directed Jodie Foster in Flightplan but hasn’t done much else to date.

Audrey Niffenegger’s 2004 best selling novel tells the complicated tale of a Chicago librarian who suffers from a rare genetic disorder that sends him hurtling through time whenever he is under extreme duress. Despite the fact that he vanishes at inordinately frequent and lengthy intervals, he attempts to build a stable future with the beautiful young heiress he loves. Eric Bana and Rachel McAdams star in this dramatic fantasy. The lead female character, Clare, has been in love with Henry her entire life, first meeting him when she was just six. She believes that they are destined to be together, even though she never knows when they will be separated. Henry lives his life on a shifting timeline, skipping back and forth through his lifespan with no control. Despite all of this Clare desperately tries to build a life with her one true love.