Oscar-Winning Composer Alexandre Desplat on Scoring George Clooney’s ‘Midnight Sky’ During Lockdown (EXCLUSIVE)

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George Clooney is looking back on the parallels between the ongoing coronavirus pandemic and his latest film, "The Midnight Sky." The film follows Clooney's Artic-based scientist, Augustine, working hard in near-isolation to prevent astronauts from returning to a post-apocalyptic Earth. "It was an interesting thing," said the Hollywood titan of the similarities between his character's situation and what's happening in the world today when speaking to Fox News.

Sometimes a downer of a movie can make you feel a little better about life, serving as a reminder that things aren’t as bad as they could be. The Midnight Sky, a glum science-fiction reverie directed by George Clooney may serve that function for some people.

“It’s the journey, not the destination” is a popular lie that’s printed on inspirational posters in guidance counselors’ offices all across America. The reassuring phrase is particularly egregious, however, when applied to movies, in which a bad ending can make the preceding two hours feel like a humongous waste of your time.So it goes with “The Midnight Sky,” a good-up-to-a-point science-fiction film directed by and starring George Clooney.

Also Read: 'The Midnight Sky' Trailer: George Clooney Warns a Spaceship Not to Return to Earth in Netflix Sci-Fi Film (Video)The film wrapped production in mid-February before the pandemic shut down film shoots (and movie theaters) worldwide. “We’d been hearing about COVID, obviously, and people were getting a little nervous,” Clooney said of his first days in the editing bay.

George Clooney‘s parenting techniques on his twins might be a bit different than his accomplished 42-year-old wife, Amal‘s, but they are no less fun! The Midnight Sky actor, 59, stopped by The Graham Norton Show for the December 18 episode to dish on his new project and his twins, Alexander and Ella, 3. “They are clearly my wife’s children,” George confessed to host Graham Norton. “They’re three and speak fluent Italian and they are way ahead.”

 George Clooney  in   The Midnight Sky , the first film he has appeared in since back in 2016 when he starred in Hail, Caesar! and Money Monster. At first, Netflix approached the star and asked him to act in the film--but he wanted more.

George Clooney wants everyone to know about his greatest accomplishment.

George Clooney has opened up about filming on The Midnight Sky for Netflix and revealed that he was admitted to the hospital during it.

Alexandre Desplat, the Oscar-winning composer of The Shape of Water and The Grand Budapest Hotel (and 11-time nominee, for everything from The Queen to Little Women) is George Clooney's go-to music guy. The pair have collaborated on four of Clooney's films as a director, starting with Ides of March (2011), through The Monuments Men (2014), Suburbicon (2017), and now, The Midnight Sky.

Clayton Davis When newcomer Caoilinn Springall showed up to shoot “The Midnight Sky” on a remote glacier in Iceland, she had only seen one film featuring star George Clooney: “The Fantastic Mr. Fox.” But Clooney’s not offended.

George Clooney‘s method acting landed him in the hospital with pancreatitis after he lost nearly 28 pounds.The actor, 59, was preparing for his role in The Midnight Sky, in which he portrays an astronomer who survives an apocalyptic event.

George Clooney's preparation for his role in Netflix's "The Midnight Sky" landed the actor in the hospital. Just days before he was set to begin filming the sci-fi drama, the 59-year-old actor was rushed to the hospital with stomach pains, the U.K.'s the Mirror first reported.There, he was diagnosed with pancreatitis and has since made a full recovery, the outlet and Fox News has confirmed.

We’re just a few short weeks away until George Clooney‘s new movie is released!

George Clooney’s upcoming role in “The Midnight Sky’ was a dedicated one.

Ben Affleck is no stranger to George Clooney. Affleck was on Clooney’s radar for years.

George Clooney is on a mission in the latest trailer for Netflix’s The Midnight Sky. Clooney directs, produces and stars in the film as Augustine, a lone scientist in the Arctic amidst the aftermath of a global catastrophe.

George Clooney has a gregarious, outsized personality, especially in his acting, but he’s more thoughtful and introspective than you’d think and a lot of that side of him comes out in his filmmaking. Take “The Midnight Sky,” his latest directorial effort which is a sad, lonely, and bleak look at the apocalypse, but also the stars and hope for mankind.