Don't Look Up is a 2021 American fictional apocalyptic black comedy film written, produced, and directed by Adam McKay and starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Lawrence as two low-level astronomers attempting, via a media tour, to warn mankind about an approaching comet that will destroy Earth. The film is a satirical tackling of the climate change crisis. Rob Morgan, Jonah Hill, Mark Rylance, Tyler Perry, Ron Perlman, Timothée Chalamet, Ariana Grande, Scott Mescudi, Chris Evans, Cate Blanchett, and Meryl Streep round out the ensemble cast.
Produced by Hyperobject Industries and Bluegrass Films, the film is set to receive a limited theatrical release on December 10, 2021, prior to streaming on Netflix on December 24, 2021.
Premise[]
The film "tells the story of two low-level astronomers, who must go on a giant media tour to warn mankind of an approaching comet that will destroy planet Earth".
Cast[]
- Leonardo DiCaprio as Dr. Randall Mindy, low-level astronomer
- Jennifer Lawrence as Dr. Kate Dibiasky, low-level astronomer
- Rob Morgan as Dr. Clayton "Teddy" Oglethorpe, a scientist who aids Dibiasky and Mindy on their quest.
- Jonah Hill as Jason Orlean, President Orlean's son and Chief of Staff
- Mark Rylance as Peter Isherwell, a billionaire industrialist
- Tyler Perry as Jack Bremmer, the co-host of a news talk program called The Morning Rip
- Timothée Chalamet as Quentin
- Ron Perlman as Colonel Ben Drask
- Ariana Grande as Riley Bina, a pop singer
- Scott Mescudi as DJ Chello
- Cate Blanchett as Brie Evantee, the co-host of a news talk program called The Morning Rip
- Meryl Streep as President Janie Orlean
- Himesh Patel as Phillip
- Matthew Perry as General David Myers, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
- Chris Evans as Secretary of Defense Robert Andersen
- Tomer Sisley as Adul Grelio
- Melanie Lynskey as June
- Gina Gershon
- Michael Chiklis as Dan Pawketty, a conservative talking head
- Paul Guilfoyle as Lieutenant General Themes