New clip from Don’t Look Up sees Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Lawrence’s astronomers warning Meryl Streep’s President of the United States of the impending disaster. Alongside DiCaprio, Lawrence and Streep, the outfit cast for the film includes Jonah Hill, Rob Morgan, Mark Rylance, Tyler Perry, Ron Perlman, Timothée Chalamet, Ariana Grande, Scott Mescudi, Cate Blanchett and Chris Evans. The film spins around two low-level astronomers who discover an approaching comet threatening to annihilate planet Earth and should wander on a giant meteor to warn mankind.
Only fourteen days after unveiling the main trailer for the film, Netflix has released another clip for Don’t Look Up as part of its TUDUM virtual occasion. The clip sees DiCaprio and Lawrence’s astronomers pleading with Streep’s President of the United States and her Chief of Staff and child, played by Hill, to prepare for the incoming disaster. Look at the clip underneath:
For the individuals who caught the main trailer for Don’t Look Up earlier this month, the scene may play out familiarly as it was one of the cornerstones of said trailer for the arrival of Streep’s apocalypse-ambivalent President. That being said, the clip demonstrates another exciting tease for the film and a feeling of the tonal balance audiences unfamiliar with McKay’s past work can anticipate from the film. Between the clear composite satirization of both Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump in both Streep and Hill’s characters to the frayed nerves of DiCaprio’s Dr. Randall Mindy as he attempts to convey the world-threatening news, the video offers a pleasant look at the darker humor and intense drama normal from the film’s topic.
The latest clip for Don’t Look Up certainly finds McKay treading the delicate tonal tightrope walked to Oscar accomplishment with The Big Short and to a polarized gathering with Vice. With his latest endeavor slated for a December release, the film will also be coming with perfect timing for the awards season, creating the opportunities for McKay to by and by earn Oscar and Golden Globe gestures and potentially in any event, bring home a statue or two. The truth will surface eventually when the film hits restricted theaters on December 10 and Netflix on Christmas Eve.