The streaming platform released the trailer for new showExtrapolationson Wednesday, revealing a stacked cast includingMeryl Streep,Sienna Miller,Kit Harington,Daveed Diggs,Edward Norton,Diane Lane,Yara Shahidi,Matthew Rhys,Gemma Chan,David Schwimmer,Keri Russell,Marion Cotillard,Forest Whitaker,Tobey Maguire, Adarsh Gourav and Indira Varma.
The trailer begins with Sylvie (Cotillard) telling Nicolas (Maguire) that “human history is the story of one terrible catastrophe after the other.” She goes on to question what makes someone think the world will get better.
Stunning shots of a dusty, polluted world follow, setting the scene and the tone of the show.
“Today people get their energy from the sun,” says Marshall Zucker (Diggs). “Humans have set foot on Mars. Cancer has been defeated. And yet, for every question answered, another one appears.”
“We cannot give up and go home,” Carmen Jalilo (Shahidi) insists. “For one simple reason: We already are home. This is our only home.”
But all hope is not lost as a voiceover asks, “What if we were able to develop technology that would allow us to survive, maybe even thrive?”
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source: people.com
