Rashida Jones will star alongside Kate McKinnon in sci-fi drama In the Blink of An Eye, a Searchlight Pictures production from Oscar-winning director Andrew Stanton.

Stanton is best known for his animated classics Finding Nemo and WALL-E. In the Blink of An Eye, on the other hand, will be a live-action story and sets out to explore no less than the entire history of the world.

Spaceman scribe Colby Day wrote the script, which focuses on three intersecting storylines spanning thousands of years and tackling the nature of life, love, hope and connection. Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey, Christopher Nolan’s Interstellar and Paul Thomas Anderson’s Magnolia have been mentioned as touchstones.

Rashida Jones’ character is an anthropology professor who is taking care of her dying mother. No word yet on who McKinnon may be playing.

McKinnon is best known for her expansive SNL run and for starring in the all-women reboot of Ghostbusters. The comedian and actress will next be seen in Greta Gerwig’s highly-anticipated Barbie. Jones, meanwhile, is likely best recognised for her work on sit-coms like Parks and Recreation and The Office, though she’s also worked behind the camera on high-profile projects like Toy Story 4 and Black Mirror.

There’s no information yet on when In the Blink of An Eye might release, but production on the film begins next week in Vancouver.