The first trailer has just dropped for Netflix‘s intense psychological thriller Leave the World Behind, and it looks pretty hecking dramatic!
From Mr Robot creator Sam Esmail, Leave the World Behind stars some big names, including Julia Roberts, Mahershala Ali, Ethan Hawke, and Kevin Bacon.
Also, did we mention former President of the United States Barack Obama is a producer of this movie? That’s not something I thought I’d be typing today.
Here’s the official synopsis:
Amanda and her husband Clay rent a luxurious home for the weekend with their kids, Archie and Rose. Their vacation is soon upended when two strangers — G.H. and his daughter Ruth — arrive in the night, bearing news of a mysterious cyberattack and seeking refuge in the house they claim is theirs. The two families reckon with a looming disaster that grows more terrifying by the minute, forcing everyone to come to terms with their places in a collapsing world.
Esmail had previously discussed receiving notes from the former President, which apparently scared him:
In the original drafts of the script, I definitely pushed things a lot farther than they were in the film, and President Obama, having the experience he does have, was able to ground me a little bit on how things might unfold in reality. I am writing what I think is fiction, for the most part, I’m trying to keep it as true to life as possible, but I’m exaggerating and dramatizing. And to hear an ex-president say you’re off by a few details… I thought I was off by a lot! The fact that he said that scared the f*ck out of me.
Interesting! Let’s take a lookit the trailer below:
This film saw Esmail attempting to venture into creating a different kind of disaster movie than the ones he’d become accustomed to growing up. Here’s what he had to say about that:
The disaster genre is one of my favourite genres, and the trick that we did in this film that differs from most disaster films is that in that genre, the focus—the priority of the storytelling—is on the set pieces. It’s on the spectacle of whatever the disaster might be for that story, and the characters were secondary to that. They’re more there to react and become the audience avatar. What I think Rumaan did so well in the novel, and what I tried to capture in the film is to invert that and make the focus be on the characters, and their reaction. The spectacle of the disaster is secondary and off in the distance.
The cast also includes Myha’la Herrold, Farrah Mackenzie, and Charlie Evans.
What do you think of the trailer for Leave the World Behind? Although it’ll be released in limited cinemas on November 22nd, you’ll be able to watch it on Netflix from December 8th!
Source: GeekTyrant
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