DON’T LOOK UP

By Adam Mckay

PhD candidate, Kate Dibiasky (Jennifer Lawrence) discovers a comet 5-10km wide which could lead to
Earth’s extinction. Dr. Randall Mindy (Leonardo DiCaprio), who works with Dibiasky calculates that the
comet will hit Earth in 6 months and 14 days.

After confirming their calculations with NASA, Dr. Oglethorpe (Rob Morgan) who is NASA’s Head of
Planetary Defence urges both Kate and Dr. Mindy to take action. The three of them approached the US
president, Janie Orlean (Meryl Streep) and her Chief of Staff son, Jason Orlean (Jonah Hill) to present
their findings, but were not taken seriously. They then tried going on a morning talk show to inform the
world of their findings. However, the hosts, Jack Bremmer (Tyler Perry) and Brie (Cate Blanchett) made
light of the situation, causing Kate to lose her composure and become an online meme.

President Orlean finally decides to take action when she was trying to win political power after news of
her scandal hit the news. The US decides to launch a nuclear weapon to strike the incoming comet.
However, the launch was aborted once Peter Isherwell (Mark Rylance), the CEO of the
telecommunications technology company BASH discovers rare minerals on the comet. BASH wants to
break the comet into pieces and recover the minerals using their technological drones, but their method
has not undergone peer review.

Kate gives up on convincing the White House to take necessary actions and goes back to Illinois to work
in a retail store. There she meets a shoplifter, Yule (Timothée Chalamet) and begins a relationship with
him. When the comet becomes visible, Kate reconciles with Dr. Mindy and they use their voice on social
media to educate society, telling them that the evidence can be seen- just look up. Pop singer Riley Bina
(Ariana Grande) joins their cause while President Orlean tells the world “Don’t Look Up”.

BASH’s mission to break the comet fails and the comet hits Earth as Kate, Yule, Dr. Oglethorpe, Dr.
Mindy and his family say a prayer. President Orlean and Peter Isherwell escape on a ship and find
another planet, but President Orlean was eaten by a Bronterac not long after they got off the ship.