We’ve been waiting to hear more about this one. Sam Esmail’s “Leave the World Behind” finally has a trailer. It will open the 37th AFI Film Festival next month and has already been dated to stream via Netflix on December 8th.
Based on the 2020 novel of the same name by Rumaan Alam, word is that the film, from Esmail, the creator of Mr. Robot, had test-screened four different endings. Mahershala Ali, Kevin Bacon and Ethan Hawke co-star with Roberts. Here’s the official synopsis via Netflix:
An Airbnb family vacation on Long Island is interrupted by two strangers bearing news of a mysterious blackout. As the threat grows more imminent, both families must decide how best to survive the potential crisis, all while grappling with their own place in this collapsing world.
I wouldn’t get my expectations too high for this one. It hasn’t appeared at any of the primo fall fests (Venice, Telluride, TIFF) and instead opted for the AFI dumping ground. Test screening reactions were also all over the place back in April.