Don't Look Up!

Don't Look Up! is a 1964 British satirical science fiction film written and directed by and. It stars and  as two low-level astronomers attempting to warn humanity, via a media tour, about an approaching comet that will destroy Earth. The film is a satire of media, government, and cultural indifference to climate change, and is to date the only film directed by Avery and Jones outside of the animation industry.

Don't Look Up! was given a limited theatrical release in the United Kingdom by on 17 June 1964, and saw a United States release by  on 24 December 1964. It received mixed to positive reviews from critics, who praised the cast but found Avery and Jones's approaches to the subject heavy-handed. A was released on 10 December and on streaming on Netflix on 24 December.

Plot
Kate Gibson, a astronomy grad student at the fictional Mitsubishi Telescope, discovers a previously unknown comet. Her professor, Dr. Julian Black, calculates that the comet's trajectory crosses the Earth's and that an impact will occur in about six months, killing all life.

Accompanied by scholar Sebastian Wright, Kate and Julian travel to to present their findings, but are met with apathy from Queen  and her staff, including  and Heidi Knight. The attempt to inform the population through a television programme also fails, though Kate's on-camera antics go viral online. When Knight becomes involved in a sex scandal, she announces the threat of the comet to divert attention.

The news is finally spread by the media and the launch of a spaceship that can hit and divert the comet, saving the planet, is announced. However, the operation is canceled during the launch phase when Danny Saunders, a tech billionaire and prominent funder of Elizabeth II, discovers that the comet is composed of trillions of pound sterlings worth of precious minerals that have become scarce on Earth. Buckingham Palace decides to commercially exploit the comet by splitting it into smaller fragments that can be recovered from the ocean.

Kate and Wright immediately abandon the operation in protest, while Julian submissively becomes a prominent voice in advocating for the comet's commercial opportunities, as well as starting an affair with talk show host Otto Dawson. The world becomes ideologically divided between those who demand the total destruction of the comet, those who decry unjustified alarmism, and those who deny that a comet even exists. Meanwhile, Kate returns home to London and begins a relationship with a teenager named Sebastian Wright, Jr.. After his wife Julie discovers his infidelity, Julian becomes angered and voices his frustrations on live television, launching into a rant criticising Elizabeth II's administration for downplaying the impending apocalypse and questions humanity's indifference, before leaving the operation and reconciling with Kate.

Elizabeth II, Knight and Saunders' plan to split the comet fails, leaving them, along with a group of wealthy British, to flee in a spaceship designed to find the nearest Earth-like planet. However, they accidentally leave Adeane behind in the process. Before leaving, Elizabeth II offers Julian a place on the ship, but he turns her down, choosing to spend his last moments in the company of Kate, his family, Sebastian and his father Wright. The comet finally hits the planet, killing everyone.

In a mid-credits scene set on 30 September 2065, the presidential ship lands on a lush alien planet. Its passengers wake up from cryogenic sleep and take a look at the surrounding environment only to immediately be attacked and killed by the planet's wild animals.

In a post-credits scene, Adeane is shown to have survived the extinction of life on Earth, wondering if his family is still coming back, and documents the aftermath on his phone.

Cast

 * as Dr. Julian Black
 * as Kate Gibson
 * as Queen
 * Gidney Scott as
 * as Heidi Knight
 * as Otto Dawson
 * Samuel E. Wright Sr. as Sebastian Wright
 * as Danny Saunders
 * as Sebastian Wright, Jr.
 * as Julie Black