Netflix’s new apocalyptic thriller Leave the World Behind, led by Julia Roberts, will premiere in December following a cinema release in November.
Sam Esmail is writer and director of the film based on the book by Rumaan Alam.
The cast also includes Mahershala Ali, Ethan Hawke, Myha’la, Farrah Mackenzie, Charlie Evans and Kevin Bacon.
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.
Produced By: Sam Esmail, Chad Hamilton, Julia Roberts, Lisa Gillan, Marisa Yeres Gill
Executive Producers: Tonia Davis, Daniel M. Stillman, Nick Krishnamurthy, Rumaan Alam, Barack and Michelle Obama
Friday December 8 on Netflix.
