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Sam Esmail, the director of the Netflix post-apocalyptic movie Depart the World Behind, spoke to Deadline Wednesday evening on the purple carpet on the movie’s AFI premiere.
Depart the World Behind, which begins streaming Dec. 8, stars Julia Roberts, Mahershala Ali, Ethan Hawke, Myha’la and Kevin Bacon in a thriller primarily based on a novel by Rumaan Alam. Within the movie, a household’s trip is upended when two strangers arrive at evening, in search of refuge from a cyberattack that grows extra terrifying by the minute, forcing everybody to return to phrases with their locations in a collapsing world.
Getting an amazing evaluation from Esmail on their Depart the World Behind work had been Barack and Michelle Obama, who produced the movie for Netflix.
“They labored from high to backside on this film, from crafts to manufacturing to put up,” Esmail stated. “And, you already know, look, it is a dream working with these guys. They’re a number of the most sensible minds on the planet. Their involvement was actually invaluable.”
Esmail was additionally the creator of the acclaimed Mr. Robotic, the place he teamed with Rami Malek. Esmail is “100%” positive he’ll group once more with Malek, he advised Deadline.
“I do not assume Rami and I are going to let an excessive amount of time go with out us working collectively once more,” Esmail stated. “We liked engaged on (Mr. Robotic), and we simply want to seek out the proper undertaking to re-team once more.”
As for the reboot improvement of Battlestar Galactica he is engaged on, Esmail had extra excellent news.
“Properly, I can not converse to the film model, however for the TV sequence, we’re engaged on it. And actually, I simply learn an amazing define and it is in nice form. As a result of the strike is over now – no less than the WGA strike is over – we’re again into creating it.”
For Esmail’s tackle Julia Roberts, the Apple cancellation of Metropolis, and his AFI speech, go to Deadline on Twitter.
