โ€” Updated on 29 January 2023

WATCH: Netflixโ€™s โ€˜Donโ€™t Look Upโ€™ Starring Leonardo DiCaprio Full Trailer

โ€” Updated on 29 January 2023
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Ordinarily, the concept of scientists warning the world of its imminent doom only to fall on deaf ears would be a little too real for laughter. But under the guidance of a versatile, satirical genius such as Adam McKay โ€“ who worked his way up from Saturday Night Live head writer to becoming Academy Award-nominated director of The Big Short โ€“ and based on the full-length trailer released today, Netflixโ€™s forthcoming black comedy Donโ€™t Look Up starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Lawrence might just succeed.

As McKay himself describes it, the film represents a natural evolution of his oeuvre. Although many will have anticipated this, given how he hasnโ€™t exactly strayed too far away from humour in The Big ShortVice, and HBOโ€™s Succession (despite exploring conventionally dramatic subject matter). Tonally, weโ€™re in for something in between The Big Short and The Other Guys.

โ€œI would say this one is a tad more of a comedy than The Big Short,โ€ Adam McKay reveals on the Happy Sad Confused podcast.

โ€œI donโ€™t know if the Ferrell moviesโ€ฆ because theyโ€™re so uniquely Will Ferrell โ€“ but somewhere in between The Other Guys and The Big Short, Iโ€™d say, is where this one lives.โ€

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Hereโ€™s the official synopsis for this all-star affair:

Kate Dibiasky (portrayed by Jennifer Lawrence), an astronomy grad student, and her professor Dr Randall Mindy (portrayed by Leonardo DiCaprio) make an astounding discovery of a comet orbiting within the solar system. 


The problem โ€” 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 (portrayed by Rob Morgan), Kate and Randall embark on a media tour that takes them from the office of an indifferent President Orlean (portrayed by Meryl Streep) and her sycophantic son and Chief of Staff, Jason (portrayed by Jonah Hill), to the airwaves of The Daily Rip, an upbeat morning show hosted by Brie (portrayed by Cate Blanchett) and Jack (portrayed 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 โ€” what will it take to get the world to just look up?
Netflix Don't Look Up Teaser Trailer Leonardo DiCaprio Jennifer Lawrence

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โ€œItโ€™s not the most high-concept bizarre idea โ€” the idea of a disaster movie in which people donโ€™t necessarily believe that the disaster is coming,โ€ Adam McKay tells The New York Times.

โ€œIt goes back to the trope of the mayor from Jaws: โ€˜Love to prove that, wouldnโ€™t you? Get your name into the National Geographic?โ€™ So itโ€™s two midlevel, very sincere astronomers who make the discovery of a lifetime, which is a killer asteroid headed toward Earth. They have to warn everyone and have to go on a media tour.โ€

โ€œItโ€™s them navigating our world. Itโ€™s them navigating their equivalent of Twitter. Itโ€™s them navigating the political landscape. Itโ€™s them navigating talk shows and how theyโ€™re perceived.โ€

Other headline-making names in addition to the likes of DiCaprio โ€“ who is apparently getting paid US$30 million this time around โ€“ include the following:

  • Timothรฉe Chalamet
  • Matthew Perry
  • Ariana Grande
  • Kid Cudi
  • Himesh Patel
  • Melanie Lynskey
  • Mark Rylance
  • Ron Perlman

Donโ€™t Look Up starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Lawrence hits Aussie cinemas on December 8th before arriving to Netflix on December 24th (Christmas Eve) โ€“ check out the first full-length trailer above.

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After stretching his legs with companies such as The Motley Fool and the odd marketing agency, Garry joined Boss Hunting in 2019 as a fully-fledged Content Specialist. In 2021, he was promoted to News Editor. Garry proudly retains a blue belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, black bruises from Muay Thai, as well as a black belt in all things pop culture. Drop him a line at [email protected]

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