The Movie Timeline - here's looking at movies, kid
Machines take over human armies and try to harness human bio-electricity to replace the sun's energy - or not. (The Matrix Revolutions)
Machines create the Matrix, a dream-like world set in 1999, to extend the lives of the comatose human batteries - or this happens centuries later. (The Matrix Revolutions)
Armadyne's Moreault invents Applied Matter Transfer Technologies. (Elysium)
535,430 crimes are reported on Earth. (Elysium)
The global human population is 7,066,051,818. (Elysium)
Parole Bots interview citizens as part of the Elysium Citizenship Initiative. (Elysium)
'The One' learns he can manipulate the Matrix world through thought, and escapes to the underground human stronghold of Zion - or something else happens. (The Matrix Revolutions)
Captain Reardon becomes captain of the Axiom. (aboard the Axiom, somewhere in space - Wall-E)
The global human population is 74,162,599,914. (Elysium)
A message is sent from the CEO of Buy N Large that the effort to clean up Earth has failed. He issued Directive A 113 to tell Auto Pilot not to return to Earth. (Wall-E)
Elysium awards CCB security contract to Armadyne. (Elysium)
War, disease and famine are all gone by this time. (Star Trek: First Contact)
Carlyle awarded Humanitarian Award for SABRE Cerebral Defense system. (Elysium)
The Nostromo answers a distress call on planet LV-426 to devastating consequences. (Alien)
The global human population is 82,549,668,426. (Elysium)
Pinhead the cenobite is summoned to the space station Minos for a last confrontation with the descendant of the man who created the puzzlebox. (Space Station Minos - Hellraiser: Bloodline)
The crew of the space ship Palomino stumbles upon the long, lost ship Cygnus, at the edge of a black hole. (The Black Hole)
The global human population is 90,936,736,938. (Elysium)
18th September: A Fabricant tries to rebel against consumers. (Seoul, South Korea - Cloud Atlas)
Jake Sully's brother starts training to prepare for a mission on Pandora. (Earth - Avatar)
Doom. (Doom)
The global human population is 99,323,805,450. (Elysium)
Jake's brother is murdered. He's asked to take his brother's place on the mission to Pandora since they're so identical. (Earth - Avatar)
28th July: Jake and some marines leave Earth to go to Pandora. (Earth - Avatar)
Doctor Who stops the alien race known as the Daleks from taking over the Earth. (London, England - Daleks' Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D.)
Letsego Dwende becomes Armadyne Chief Financial Officer. (Elysium)
Armadyne profits have increased over the past year. (Elysium)
David awakes from his Lucid Dream after deciding he wanted to live a real life. (Vanilla Sky)
Armadyne profit continues to increase. (Elysium)
Armadyne profit decreases. (Elysium)
Paleo-17 Space Probe lands on planet Tanis. World Population - 24.34 Billion. (Pandorum)
Max Da Costa is exposed to radiation and attempts to get to Elysium. (Los Angeles, California - Elysium)
MedPod 3000 cures last known human disease. (Elysium)
19th May: Jake Sully arrives on Pandora and is shown his avatar for the first time. (Pandora - Avatar)
20th May: Jake meets Neytiri, who takes him to her tribe. (Pandora - Avatar)
21st May: Jake tries to ride Pale. (Pandora - Avatar)
22nd May: Jake is taken to the Hallelujah Mountains. (Pandora - Avatar)
30th May: Jake records a video log. (Pandora - Avatar)
June: Jake continues learning the ways of the Na'vi. (Pandora - Avatar)
29th June: Jake records a video log. (Pandora - Avatar)
July: Dr. Grace Augustine uses her avatar to meet the tribe. (Pandora - Avatar)
13th August: Jake Sully starts showing doubts about reporting in to his military boss about the habits of the Na'vi. (Pandora - Avatar)
14th August: Jake earns his place among the Na'vi and mates with Neytiri. (Pandora - Avatar)
15th August: The RDA destroys Hometree. (Pandora - Avatar)
16th August: Grace dies. (Pandora - Avatar)
17th August: 15 Na'vi clans made up of 2,000 people are united. (Pandora - Avatar)
18th August: The military is defeated by the Na'vi, with Colonel Miles Quaritch shot by Neytiri's arrows. (Pandora - Avatar)
24th August: Jake Sully ceases to be. Sort of. (Pandora - Avatar)
Armadyne profit has decreased in the past year. (Elysium)
Board appoints John Carlyle as CEO. (Elysium)
Armadyne profit increases. (Elysium)
Armadyne profit continues to increase. (Elysium)
2157 Armadyne Annual Statistical Report says that there are 7,946 citizens of Elysium, 92 billion man hours to build Elysium, and 251.2 square kilometers of habitable surface on the torus. (Elysium)
Armadyne profits exceed $18 trillion for the first time in history. (Elysium)
Patel is elected 13th president of the Elysium Corporate Authority. (Elysium)
The global human population is 107,710,873,962. (Elysium)
13th March: Multiple stolen ECA hyfrecators are found at a port. (Johannesberg, South Africa - Elysium)
17th March: Several humans are detained aboard an unregistered aircraft. (Tokyo, Japan - Elysium)
20th March: Four men are arrested and suspected in trafficking HULC technology. (Los Angeles, California - Elysium)
23rd March: Two women are arrested on suspicion of falsifying Elysium citizenship dataa. (Elysium)