What Only Fans Of The Original Graphic Novel Know About Old

There's an obvious question to ask about "Old" other than "why is this happening": just how quickly are people aging on that beach? In "Sandcastle," we get the answer from one of the people working to figure everything out — for every half hour, everyone on the beach is aging one year. So if, for example, you were in your 20s or 30s when you arrive on the beach — as many of the parents in "Old" seem to be — you'll either be near the end of your life or dead within 24 hours.

There's a particularly horrific scene from the trailer in which a girl who begins the story as a toddler not only grows to puberty but also gives birth on the beach. The natural, if not deeply uncomfortable, question you might be asking is: "how did she become pregnant?" And the answer to that question in the comic is exactly what you'd think it is: she has sex with one of the other rapidly-aging children on the beach. It's hard to say whether or not that will make it into the film or how, but, in "Sandcastle," the children do psychologically mature enough to understand what sex is and to want it.