Don't Look Up movie - in pictures

  • Scientists Dr Randall Mindy (Leonardo DiCaprio) and Kate Dibiasky (Jennifer Lawrence) discover that a comet is hurtling towards Earth and will destroy the planet in six months' time. All photos: Netflix
    Scientists Dr Randall Mindy (Leonardo DiCaprio) and Kate Dibiasky (Jennifer Lawrence) discover that a comet is hurtling towards Earth and will destroy the planet in six months' time. All photos: Netflix
  • The pair find the populist president Janie Orlean (Meryl Streep) and her chief of staff son Jason (Jonah Hill) are highly sceptical and play down the threat
    The pair find the populist president Janie Orlean (Meryl Streep) and her chief of staff son Jason (Jonah Hill) are highly sceptical and play down the threat
  • The world's nations fire nuclear missiles towards the inbound comet. In reality, plans exist for such planetary defences
    The world's nations fire nuclear missiles towards the inbound comet. In reality, plans exist for such planetary defences
  • Experts say it is likely to turn into large object into a cloud of tiny objects that would continue towards Earth
    Experts say it is likely to turn into large object into a cloud of tiny objects that would continue towards Earth
  • Later, the White House accept a tech billionaire's plan to mine the comet for precious resources - in an unsubtle allegory of looming climate change and big business interests colliding
    Later, the White House accept a tech billionaire's plan to mine the comet for precious resources - in an unsubtle allegory of looming climate change and big business interests colliding
  • A lot of the public don't believe the comet is a threat, even as it draws near
    A lot of the public don't believe the comet is a threat, even as it draws near
  • It turns out warning mankind is not easy
    It turns out warning mankind is not easy
  • People party at the end of the world looms
    People party at the end of the world looms