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George Clooney‘s The Midnight Sky finally has its debut trailer!

Here’s a synopsis of the film: This post-apocalyptic tale follows Augustine (Clooney), a lonely scientist in the Arctic, as he races to stop Sully (Felicity Jones) and her fellow astronauts from returning home to a mysterious global catastrophe. Clooney directs the adaptation of Lily Brooks-Dalton’s acclaimed novel “Good Morning, Midnight,” co-starring David Oyelowo, Kyle Chandler, Demián Bichir and Tiffany Boone. George also directs the film.

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The film will debut on December 23, 2020 on Netflix. Are you excited to check it out? Sound off in the comments!

Check out the trailer for George Clooney’s upcoming film The Midnight Sky embedded below…

George Clooney is seen with a bushy beard in this first look photo from his upcoming Netflix movie The Midnight Sky, which will be released in December 2020.

The film is based on the book by Lily Brooks-Dalton with a screenplay by Mark L. Smith (The Revenant). It’s being directed and produced by George!

This post-apocalyptic tale follows Augustine (Clooney), a lonely scientist in the Arctic, as he races to stop Sully (Felicity Jones) and her fellow astronauts from returning home to a mysterious global catastrophe.

This is already George‘s seventh movie as a director and he has starred in all but one of them – 2017′s Suburbicon.

Also starring in The Midnight Sky are David Oyelowo, Tiffany Boone, Demian Bichir, Kyle Chandler, and newcomer Caoilinn Springall.

Click through the gallery for the first look photos…

David Oyelowo has been turning away certain acting roles he’s been offered.

Speaking to Access, the 44-year-old Don’t Let Go actor opened up about how he’s turned down about 80% of the parts he’s been offered.

“I live my life from the perspective of ‘I must be part of the solution and not the problem,’” David shared. “I think one of the privileges I don’t have is to just do any role I want, because I know that certain roles perpetuate stereotypes and perpetuate mindsets people have about Black people that is not helpful to all of what we’re talking about…”

He adds that he turns down “about 80 percent of what comes my way for that reason, because I understand the power storytelling and images has on culture.”

David also spoke about one of his more recognizable roles as Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in Selma.

“I felt called [by] God to do it,” he says. “I was rejected by the original director, and there were another four directors before Lee Daniels came along and cast me. And we still couldn’t get the film made.”

He added, “That was a seven-year journey and so I just had the moment of, ‘OK, Lord, if you told me to do this, you’re just gonna have to equip me. I’m gonna do the work.’”

Speaking of Selma, did you know that you can stream the movie for free right now?

Selma, Ava DuVernay‘s directorial debut, is available to stream for free for the entire month of June on multiple platforms.

The film centers on the historic civil rights marches led by Martin Luther King, Jr. (played by David Oyelowo) that culminated in the Voting Rights Act of 1965, which prohibits racial discrimination in voting and ensures Black Americans, and other racial minorities, the right to vote.

The film, which also stars Oprah Winfrey, Common, Carmen Ejogo, Cuba Gooding, Jr. and many others, will be on Amazon Prime and YouTube for free for the entire month.

The move follows Warner Bros. making their recent movie, Just Mercy that starred Jamie Foxx and Michael B. Jordan, for free as well.

David recently opened up about the film in an interview with ScreenDaily, where he admits the film was punished by the Academy because of the cast speaking out about the murder of Eric Garner, who also said “I Can’t Breathe” just moments before his death.

“I remember at the premiere of Selma us wearing ‘I Can’t Breathe’ t-shirts in protest. Members of the Academy called into the studio and our producers saying, ‘How dare they do that? Why are they stirring [sh--]?’ and ‘We are not going to vote for that film because we do not think it is their place to be doing that.’”

He adds, “It’s part of why that film didn’t get everything that people think it should’ve got and it birthed #OscarsSoWhite. They used their privilege to deny a film on the basis of what they valued in the world.”

Charlize Theron is being honored by American Cinematheque!

The 44-year-old actress stepped out at the nonprofit’s fundraising gala on Friday night (November 8) at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif.

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She was joined by Seth Rogen and David Oyelowo who helped present her with the award.

The annual honor is presented to an extraordinary filmmaker in the entertainment industry, who is committed to making a significant contribution to the art of the motion picture.

Congratulations Charlize!

Greg Berlanti and Ava DuVernay were recipients of the top honor of the night at the SAG-AFTRA Foundation’s 2019 Patron of the Artists Awards on Thursday (November 7) at the Wallis Annenberg Center of the Performing Arts in Beverly Hills, Calif.

They were both presented with the Patron of the Artists Award.

Greg, who is a television producer, showrunner, and director, received his award from legendary producer and writer Norman Lear.

Ava, who is an award-winning writer and director, received her award from actor David Oyelowo, who starred in her movie Selma.

Hank Azaria opened the event with a speech and there were musical performances from Harriet‘s Cynthia Erivo, This Is Us‘ Chrissy Metz, former The Voice contestant Wé McDonald, and Grmamy winner Patti Austin.

Chrissy, who stars in the movie Breakthrough, performed a song written for the film by Diane Warren, who joined her at the event.

FYI: Ava is wearing a Greta Constantine gown.

Eddie Murphy and Jamie Foxx share the stage while attending the 2019 Governors Awards on Sunday night (October 27) at the Ray Dolby Ballroom at Hollywood & Highland Center in Hollywood.

Jamie kicked off the event by welcoming the crowd and doing shout-outs to people in the audience… and he called Eddie up on stage without having anything planned!

Eddie was at the event to promote his Netflix movie Dolemite Is My Name alongside co-star Da’Vine Joy Randolph while Jamie promoted his movie Just Mercy with co-star Karan Kendrick.

Also in attendance were Pain and Glory‘s Antonio Banderas with his director Pedro Almodovar, Don’t Let Go‘s David Oyelowo, The Irishman‘s Harvey Keitel, and Parasite director Bong Joon-ho.

FYI: Jamie is wearing a Dolce&Gabbana suit, DSquared2 boots, and a Rolex watch. Da’Vine is wearing a Tadashi Shoji gown.