- Original name: Don't look up
- Country: USA
- Genre: comedy
- Producer: A. McKay
- World premiere: 2021
- Starring: L. DiCaprio, T. Chalamet, J. Lawrence, C. Blanchett, M. Streep, J. Hill, M. Perry, A. Grande, H. Patel, S. Mescadi and others.
Netflix has received one of the most stellar comedies in recent years - the new project by Adam McKay "Don't Look Up" (2021). Just pay attention to the cast: DiCaprio, Chalamet, Lawrence, Blanchett, Streep, Hill, Grande - and this is not a complete list! The script will be written by McKay himself, who calls the film "a tough, funny satire."
Expectations rating - 99%.
Plot
A couple of astronomers are trying to warn all people on Earth that a giant meteorite will destroy the planet in the next six months, but are faced with mistrust and misunderstanding.
Production
Director and scriptwriter - Adam McKay (The Bottom Line, Ant-Man, Power, The Heirs, Dead To Me, Homeland: Fort Salem, At The Bottom, I'm sorry ").
Voiceover team:
- Operator: Robert Richardson (Django Unchained, Casino, Platoon, George Harrison: Living in the Material World);
- Producers: A. McKay, Kevin J. Messick (More Than Love, Jack Reacher, The Heirs), Jeff J. Waxman (Empty City, Law Abiding Citizen, The Fighter, Run Without looking back "," mom! ");
- Artists: Clayton Hartley (The Other Sister, Fast Family, Short Game, Vice President, Down), Jared Patrick Gerbig (Future War), Elliott Glick (Family in a quick shortcut "," Foes "," We are Millers "), etc .;
- Editing: Hank Corwin (The Horse Whisperer, The Legend of Bager Vance, Natural Born Killers).
Special Effects: Day For NIte.
Filming locations: Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Adam McKay said he was "thrilled" to work with Jennifer Lawrence:
“She is what people in the 17th century called“ dynamite talent ”. And the fact that Netflix is predicting worldwide success for this comedy sets the bar high for me and my team in an engaging and motivating manner. ”
Actors
Leading roles:
- Leonardo DiCaprio ("The Beginning", "Catch Me If You Can", "Isle of the Damned", "Cattle Conspiracy", "The Departed");
- Timothy Chalamet (Dune, Call Me by Your Name, Handsome Boy, A Rainy Day in New York, The King);
- Jennifer Lawrence (X-Men: First Class, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, Detective Rush, The Medium);
- Cate Blanchett (Mrs. America, The Simpsons, The Rake, Documentary Today!);
- Meryl Streep (The Bridges of Madison County, The Deer Hunter, Manhattan);
- Jonah Hill (Mid-90s, Macho and the Nerd, Django Unchained);
- Matthew Perry ("Triumph: The Ron Clark Story", "Nine Yards," "Hurry, Make People Laugh", "Dad is 17 Again");
- Ariana Grande (Victorious, Saturday Night Live, Just Kidding, Scream Queens);
- Himesh Patel ("The Argument");
- Scott Mescadi ("How It's Done in America", "Brooklyn 9-9", "Westworld").
Interesting Facts
Did you know:
- In an interview with Insider, Adam McKay said he loved the Don't Look Up project as it was eager to return to comedy after the heavy burden of his Dick Cheney biopic Power.
- Filming starts on November 19, 2020.
- Don't Look Up (2021) is expected to premiere on Netflix, with an exact release date and trailer to follow.
- On February 19, 2020, it was announced that Jennifer Lawrence would be playing the lead role.
- According to sources who participated in the bidding with Netflix, the package budget was $ 75 million. However, a project insider said that the budget is not that great. McKay will also be producing the film on his Hyperobject label with partner Kevin Messick.
- Principal photography began in April 2020, subject to tight restrictions due to COVID-19, as Netflix hoped to release the film later in 2020.
- Meryl Streep and Timothy Chalamet co-starred in Little Women (2019).
- Leonardo DiCaprio and Jonah Hill worked together on the set of The Wolf of Wall Street (2013).
- Meryl Streep and Leonardo DiCaprio previously starred in Marvin's Room (1996).
- It was originally supposed that Meryl Streep and Ariana Grande would co-star in Ryan Murphy's The Prom, before Grande had to leave the project.