Trailer For George Clooney's Post-Apocalyptic Drama THE MIDNIGHT SKY
Netflix has released the first trailer for George Clooney’s latest film project, The Midnight Sky. Clooney directs and stars in the post-apocalyptic drama, which is based on the book by Lily Brooks-Dalton.
Clooney plays a man named Augustine who he believes is one of the last men on earth until he come across a little girl named Iris. He is a lonely scientist living in the Arctic, and as he finds himself obliged to care for the girl he learns that a group of astronauts that have been on a long mission is returning home. Augustine races to try and stop them because of a mysterious global catastrophe that has made Earth uninhabitable.
Clooney is joined by a wonderful group of actors that includes Felicity Jones, David Oyelowo, Tiffany Boone, Demián Bichir and Kyle Chandler, with young Caoilinn Springall in her first major film role.
When talking about the story, Clooney told Vanity Fair:
“It’s science fiction, which unfortunately is less fictional as we move through the days. The sickness of hate and the elements that come from that, battles and wars — that has been percolating for quite some time.
“I wanted it to be about redemption in a way. I wanted there to be some hopefulness in a fairly bleak story about the end of mankind.”
The Midnight Sky looks like a great movie, and I’ll be looking forward to watching it when it drops on Netflix on December 23rd. Watch the trailer below: