Being a kid isn't easy, especially when you're living in a dystopian world where water is the hottest of commodities. That's the case in the upcoming film Young Ones.

Written and directed by Jake Paltrow (NYPD Blue, The Good Night), the film is set in a future when water is the most precious commodity. Michael Shannon stars as a farmer trying to keep his land and children -- played by Elle Fanning and Kodi Smit-McPhee -- safe. However, Fanning's boyfriend, portrayed by Nicholas Hoult, has plans that could rip the family apart.

Young Ones debuts in October.