A Comet is Going To Destroy Earth in Trailer for DON'T LOOK UP with Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Lawrence
Netflix has released a full trailer for writer and director Adam McKay’s upcoming film Don’t Look Up. Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Lawrence star in the film as two low-level astronomers who are trying to warn mankind that a comet is hurtling toward Earth and it will destroy the planet and kill everything. The problem is, no one is listening to them or taking them seriously! Not even the President of the United States!
If you enjoy the kind of film that Adam McKay makes, this is a movie you’ll probably enjoy. It certainly looks like a wild and frustrating comedic ride. Here’s the synopsis:
Kate Dibiasky (Lawrence), an astronomy grad student, and her professor Dr. Randall Mindy (DiCaprio) make an astounding discovery of a comet orbiting within the solar system. The problem — it’s on a direct collision course with Earth. The other problem? No one really seems to care. Turns out warning mankind about a planet-killer the size of Mount Everest is an inconvenient fact to navigate. With the help of Dr. Oglethorpe (Rob Morgan), Kate and Randall embark on a media tour that takes them from the office of an indifferent President Orlean (Streep) and her sycophantic son and Chief of Staff, Jason (Jonah Hill), to the airwaves of The Daily Rip, an upbeat morning show hosted by Brie (Cate Blanchett) and Jack (Tyler Perry). With only six months until the comet makes impact, managing the 24-hour news cycle and gaining the attention of the social media obsessed public before it’s too late proves shockingly comical — what will it take to get the world to just look up?!
When talking about McKay and the film, DiCaprio previously said, “Adam has an unparalleled ability to spark conversation with humor and timely stories. I knew when I read his script that it was incredibly unique, as it struck an important chord concerning the modern world we live in. Adam has woven an incredibly timely message about society, how we communicate, our current priorities, and the climate crisis into an absurdly funny yet important movie.”
Don’t Look Up also stars Meryl Streep, Mark Rylance, Ron Perlman, Timothée Chalamet, Ariana Grande, Scott Mescudi (aka Kid Cudi), Himesh Patel, Melanie Lynskey, Michael Chiklis, and Tomer Sisley.
The movie is set to be released on Netflix on December 24th.