With just a month to go until the theatrical release of Leave the World Behind, Netflix has released a new poster and trailer for writer-director Sam Esmail’s upcoming adaptation of Rumann Alam’s novel.
The apocalyptic thriller stars Julia Roberts and Ethan Hawke as a couple enjoying a weekend break with their children in a luxurious rental home when they are disturbed by a man (Mahershala Ali) claiming to be the owner and his daughter (Myha’la) who seek refuge as the world around them collapses following a cyberattack across the whole country. Watch the trailer below…
In this apocalyptic thriller from award-winning writer and director Sam Esmail (Mr. Robot), Amanda (Academy Award winner Julia Roberts) and her husband Clay (Academy Award nominee Ethan 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. (Academy Award winner 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.
Featuring in the cast of Leave the World Behind are Julia Roberts, Mahershala Ali, Ethan Hawke, Myha’la, Farrah Mackenzie, Charlie Evans and Kevin Bacon.
Leave the World Behind arrives in select cinemas on November 24th, and on Netflix on December 8th.
