The first trailer for ‘Don’t Look Up’ is here and just about everyone in Hollywood is in it

What do you get if you grab a handful of Hollywood elite and mix them all together? The cast for the upcoming Don’t Look Up movie, that’s what. In fact, we’d even go so far as to say that it might have the best cast of just about any movie, maybe ever!

Featuring some of the biggest names in the entertainment industry, it’s the very definition of star-studded with the likes of Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Lawrence, Jonah Hill, Mark Rylance, Cate Blanchett, Meryl Streep, Ariana Grande, Timothée Chalamet, Chris Evans, Himesh Patel, Matthew Perry, Tyler Perry, Rob Morgan and Kid Cudi all featuring (amongst others). Name just about anyone in Hollywood and they’re probably in this movie.

Well, apart from Seth Rogan – who isn’t bitter about it or anything. Leaving a comment under one of his good pal Jonah’s Instagram posts, it’s clear that Mr Rogan is both happy and sad by all the press coverage of the upcoming sure-to-be-hit. “I am excited to watch you in this film and in no way really upset I wasn’t put in this movie as well,” he joked.

This in response to a still Jonah shared of his character looking very pensive. “They won’t let me give too much away but creating this guy was the grossest blast I’ve ever had,” Hill told fans. “I thought, what if Fyre Festival was a person and that person had power in the White House. See you in December.”

Directed by Adam McKay (Anchorman, The Big Short), the sci-fi comedy-drama centres on astronomy grad student, Kate, and her professor, Randall, who unwittingly discover that there is a giant comet heading straight for earth.  

Finally treating us to the first full-length trailer for the flick, the just under three-minute clip begins with a close-up of a very stressed looking JLaw and DiCaprio – the latter of whom can be heard repeating “this is not real” to himself over and over. Unfortunately, we learn that it is real (or it is in the movie, at least) and the duo soon embarks on a media tour to warn humankind of their discovery. The world’s distracted response? Meh. 

According to the official synopsis for the movie: 

“Kate Dibiasky (Jennifer Lawrence), an astronomy grad student, and her professor Dr Randall Mindy (Leonardo 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 (Meryl 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.”

JLaw’s first feature film in two years, the actress is delighted to have gotten back down to it. So much so that she even filmed a reaction video to the trailer for Vanity Fair. Giving a little more context to the clip, she also let a few insider secrets slip throughout too. For example, one of the nose rings her character wears was magnetic and Jen somehow managed to accidentally inhale said magnet on more than one occasion.

If the killer cast doesn’t convince you to go see it, the pertinence of its subject matter probably will. It may take on a satirical tone, but unfortunately, it’s not far off the money as the world currently faces the consequences of a huge climate crisis. 

Don’t Look Up will be in select cinemas from December 10th, with a Netflix release date soon to follow on December 24th.