Sam Esmail, the director of the Netflix post-apocalyptic movie Go away the World Behind, spoke to Deadline Wednesday evening on the pink carpet on the movie’s AFI premiere.
Go away the World Behind, which begins streaming Dec. 8, stars Julia Roberts, Mahershala Ali, Ethan Hawke, Myha’la and Kevin Bacon in a thriller based mostly 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 excellent evaluation from Esmail on their Go away the World Behind work have 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 publish,” Esmail stated. “And, you understand, look, it’s 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%” certain he’ll workforce once more with Malek, he instructed Deadline.
“I don’t suppose Rami and I are going to let an excessive amount of time go with out us working collectively once more,” Esmail stated. “We cherished workng on (Mr. Robotic), and we simply want to search out the precise venture to re-team once more.”
As for the reboot growth of Battlestar Galactica he’s engaged on, Esmail had extra excellent news.
“Nicely, I can’t communicate to the film model, however for the TV collection, we’re engaged on it. And in reality, I simply learn an excellent define and it’s in nice form. As a result of the strike is over now – at the least the WGA strike is over – we’re again into growing it.”
For Esmail’s takes on Julia Roberts, the Apple cancellation of Metropolis, and his AFI speech, go to Deadline on Twitter.
