Search Chris Pratt on The Tomorrow War: 'There's only a handful of people in the world who get paid to play' It's got impressively scary aliens, time travel and huge amounts of fire power, but Chris Pratt says it's family relationships that are at the heart of his new film. In The Tomorrow War the actor plays a former military man turned school teacher who's drafted, along with many others, to travel into the future to help the fight against aliens who are wiping out humanity. Pratt tells Sky News' Backstage podcast that while the premise is pure sci-fi, the film is really about something much more relatable.