Depart the World Behind marks the primary time Bacon and Hawke have truly labored alongside one another and – hopefully – debunks the theorists. Director Sam Esmail just lately advised Forbes, “I did not realise this, however there’s this form of conspiracy idea on the market that Ethan and Kevin have been the identical particular person,” he laughed. “I am completely happy to dispel that fable and really present them in the identical shot.”

Produced by Barack and Michelle Obama, the pulse-pounding thriller relies on Rumaan Alam’s 2020 Nationwide Guide Award finalist of the identical title.

The story goes one thing like this: Amanda (Julia Roberts) takes her household on an unplanned vacation for a protracted weekend in Lengthy Island renting an Airbnb for some R&R. The peace is short-lived when GH Scott (Ali) and his daughter Ruth (Myha’la), arrive in the midst of the night time, claiming to be the house owners of the home and asking to sleep there as a result of a blackout in New York. What follows is a sequence of disturbing occasions which sees the world head for an apocalypse.

Considering it may be one so as to add to your not-so-festive TV line-up? Here is every thing you’ll want to find out about Depart the World Behind.

What’s Depart the World Behind about?

Based on Netflix, the plot to this apocalyptic thriller is as follows:

“A household trip on Lengthy Island is interrupted by two strangers bearing information of a mysterious blackout. Because the menace grows extra imminent, each households should resolve how finest to outlive the potential disaster, all whereas grappling with their very own place on this collapsing world.”

Is Depart the World Behind primarily based on a e-book?

Based mostly on Rumaan Alam’s bestselling, award-winning 2020 novel of the identical title, Depart the World Behind’s director Esmail stated in a press release: “I learn it in a single sitting after which reread it a couple of hours later — the primary time as a fan and the second time imagining it as a film.” He added: “What Rumaan did so nicely with this story is that he saved it centred on these characters and the journey they’re all on, and I discovered a technique to increase upon my obsessions whereas translating it right into a cinematic expertise: What if know-how was the driving force behind this collapse?”

Who’s within the forged of Depart the World Behind?

The movie stars Julia Roberts (Amanda Sandford), Ethan Hawke (Clay Sandford) Kevin Bacon (Danny), Mahershala Ali (G.H. Scott), Myha’la (Ruth Scott), Farrah Mackenzie (Rose Sandford) and Charlie Evans (Archie Sandford). The Netflix drama is written and directed by Sam Esmail, who beforehand labored with Julia Roberts on Prime Video’s equally spine-chilling drama Homecoming. Julia truly additionally serves as a producer on the movie, together with govt producers in former US president Barack Obama and Michelle Obama, below their manufacturing firm, Increased Floor Productions.