The Midnight Sky: What was the event and what happened to Earth?
Mon Dec 28, 2020 at 10:40pm ET
The Midnight Sky is a new sci-fi movie starring George Clooney. Pic credit: Netflix
The Midnight Sky is a new sci-fi drama film that premiered on Netflix on December 23 after a limited theatrical release earlier on December 11.
The film, directed by George Clooney, also stars Clooney (as Augustine Lofthouse), alongside Felicity Jones (Sully), David Oyelowo (Commander Adewole), Tiffany Boone (Maya), Kyle Chandler (Mitchell), Caoilinn Springall (Iris), and Sophie Rundle (Jean Sullivan).
The Midnight Sky is based on Lily Brooks-Dalton’s novel Good Morning, Midnight, published in 2016.
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Felicity Jones as Sully (Netflix)
A spectacular saga adapted from Lily Brooks-Daltonâs 2016 novel âGood Morning, Midnightâ, George Clooney s âThe Midnight Skyâ elucidates a mysterious global catastrophe after which Arctic-stationed scientist Augustine Lofthouse (George Clooney) attempts to warn a deep-space astronaut Sully (Felicity Jones) and her crew of the dangers of returning home.
One of the first choices for the role of Sully, the production wanted Felicity Jones from the start. Clooney, Jones and the rest of the crew shed light on an interesting aspect as the cast slips out secrets in an interview from the press junket. âFelicity was wonderful in âThe Theory of Everythingâ and all the things sheâs done,â Clooney exclaimed. âThereâs something gentle about her, but you believe sheâs incredibly capable of playing someone who is running comms on a two-year space adventure. Her league is much hi