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The first images from George Clooney's apocalyptic sci-fi Netflix movie The Midnight Sky show the star sporting a rugged beard and looking pensive.
The 59-year-old actor, who directs and stars in the post-apocalyptic tale of science and space travel, plays Augustine, a lonely scientist working in the Arctic, as he races to stop Sully, played by Felicity Jones, and her fellow astronauts from returning home to a mysterious global catastrophe.
George Clooney directs & stars in THE MIDNIGHT SKY, a new film about a lone scientist racing to stop a crew of astronauts (Felicity Jones, Kyle Chandler, David Oyelowo, Demian Bichir & Tiffany Boone) from returning home after a global catastrophe.
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One image shows Clooney clasping a mug as he stares out of a window, while another pictures Jones in a space suit as she takes part in a zero gravity walk outside her ship.
A third shows Clooney on set at Shepperton Studios, Surrey, with co-stars David Oyelowo and Tiffany Boone in space suits.
Adapted from Lily Brooks-Dalton's novel Good Morning, Midnight, the film also stars Kyle Chandler and Demian Bichir.
The novel explores themes of isolation and community, and is described as the "story of two outsiders grappling with love, sacrifice, and regret at the end of the world".
The Midnight Sky is released in December 2020 on Netflix.
