Netflix has launched first trailer for George Clooney’s latest film, The Midnight Sky.

Clooney stars in and directs the project, which also features Felicity Jones, Kyle Chandler, David Oyelowo, and Demián Bichir.

Clooney plays a cancer-stricken scientist who tries to prevent a group of astronauts from returning to Earth after a global catastrophe wipes out the planet. If the astronauts make it back to Earth, they’ll probably die. To send a message to the spaceship, the scientist must venture out into the toxic environment to reach an observatory that has enough power to send a communication through the atmosphere.

The Midnight Sky will premiere on 23rd December on Netflix.