Talk about a truly stacked cast. In what could be the biggest A-list lineup since George Clooney gathered a crew for a heist in Las Vegas, Netflix, and Adam McKay are giving Jennifer Lawrence some strong back-up in his latest endeavor, Don’t Look Up. It has been announced that Leonardo DiCaprio. Cate Blanchett, Jonah Hill, Meryl Streep, Himesh Patel, Timothée Chalamet, Ariana Grande, Kid Cudi, Matthew Perry, and Tomer Sisley are joining the cast that also includes the previously announced Rob Morgan.
McKay will write, direct and co-produce along with Kevin Messick under McKay’s Hyperobject Industries Banner. The film, at least on paper, doesn’t sound like the one that would draw such high-profile talent but I’m guessing they just really want to work with McKay & it could be more clever than the premise suggests. The story will follow two low-level astronomers who embark on a media tour to warn mankind of an approaching asteroid that will destroy Earth.
The majority of the cast has loosely been involved since spring but the one outlier was Leonardo DiCaprio. The actor was weighing the decision for some time, figuring out if he could do both this and his next Martin Scorsese film Killers of the Flower Moon. In the end, the schedule worked out & DiCaprio was able to join the ensemble. DiCaprio had flirted with a handful of Netflix projects but never fully committed and remained one of the few movie stars in the industry who hadn’t starred in a project produced by a streamer. With the times changing and theatrical experience in flux, the Oscar winner now finds his next two films produced by streamers, as Apple is the creative lead on Killers of the Flower Moon.
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