George Clooney sprouts luscious beard in haunting Midnight Sky first look

The only things powerful enough to survive the apocalypse are, judging by the first batch of photos from his latest movie, George Clooney and his salt-and-pepper beard.

Netflix has unveiled its official preview of its upcoming drama The Midnight Sky, which stars Clooney as Augustine, a lonely scientist in the Arctic racing to stop a group of fellow astronauts (led by Felicity Jones) from returning to earth after a global catastrophe decimates humanity.

Clooney directed the film from a script written by The Revenant and Overlord scribe Mark L. Smith, based on Lily Brooks-Dalton's 2016 novel Good Morning, Midnight. For the project, Clooney also re-teamed with his Argo collaborator Grant Heslov, who shares a Best Picture victory with Clooney for their work producing the 2012 Ben Affleck-directed film.

"Grant and I couldn’t be more excited to be involved with this incredible project," Clooney said in a 2019 press statement announcing the film. “Mark is a writer we’ve long admired and his script is haunting. We’re thrilled to be working with our friends at Netflix as well."

The Midnight Sky — also starring David Oyelowo, Tiffany Boone, Demián Bichir, Kyle Chandler, and newcomer Caoilinn Springall — is slated to premiere in December on Netflix. See the first-look photos from the film above and below.

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