The trailer for Julia Roberts and Ethan Hawke‘s new apocalyptic thriller Leave the World Behind has been unveiled!
The Oscar-winning actress is also producing the movie, which is based on the novel of the same name by Rumaan Alam.
Leave the World Behind centers on a family whose vacation is upended when two strangers arrive at night, seeking refuge from a cyberattack that grows more terrifying by the minute, forcing everyone to come to terms with their places in a collapsing world.
Watch the trailer and get more details inside…
Mr Robot creator Sam Esmail wrote, directed and produced the upcoming movie, which also has Barack and Michelle Obama as executive producers.
Here’s a full synopsis: Amanda (Roberts) and her husband Clay (Hawke), rent a luxurious home for the weekend with their kids, Archie (Charlie Evans) and Rose (Farrah Mackenzie). Their vacation is soon upended when two strangers — G.H. (Mahershala Ali) and his daughter Ruth (Myha’la) — 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.
Leave the World Behind will debut in select theaters on November 22nd, and on Netflix on December 8th!