How long since your last confession, my son?

27 hours.

It's really too often.

You're not that bad.

Here at Capital Picture as you know,

millions of people love us for information and uplift and yes, entertainment.

And we're gonna give it to them.

And action!

An army of technicians and actors and top-notch artistic people working hard

to bring to the screen our biggest release of the year.

Hail, Caesar! is a prestige picture with one of the biggest stars in the world:

Baird Whitlock.

A truth we could see if we had but... if we had... had

Faith! Faith. Brrr faith.

Cut!

Ahhhh.

Uh, Mr. Mannix,

What's up?

The director can't find Baird Whitlock.

Somebody slipped it under my door.

We have your movie star.

Gather $100,000 and await instructions.

Who are we? The Future.

Hello, Burt.

Hello Mr. Mannix.

Lawrence, Toby, thank you all for coming.

The studio needs your help.

Baird Whitlock has been kidnapped.

This is bad,

bad for moviestars everywhere.

I've spent 24 hours. But we're looking for him.

We don't want it in the gossip columns.

This is gonna cost the studio a lot of money.

And that's why you come in.

I need some cash.

You must have very strong forearms.

Is it hard squeezing it like that?

It's part of the job, miss.

I'd like to know what the hell is going on here.

20 million readers want the truth, Eddie.

Truth, yes. Um.

Eddie!

This is a drama, Mannix, a real drama.

Mr. Mannix? I know this sounds screwy but someone's calling from the future.

Good lord.

Wondering what's going on?

Umm.