The full-length trailer for Oscar-winning writer-director Adam McKay's star-studded movie Don't Look Up dropped on Nov. 16, and it has the audience abuzz with its out-of-this-world premise! Billed as a satirical, sci-fi dark comedy, the movie centers on two low-level astronomers (played by Jennifer Lawrence and Leonardo DiCaprio) who discover an asteroid hurtling toward Earth that could wipe out humanity. When faced with ridicule and indifferent response from the White House, they go on a media tour to warn humankind of the impending apocalypse.

While the story behind Don't Look Up is not based on reality, it is a highly dramatized, satirical version of real-life current events. Read ahead to find out what inspired McKay to bring forth the story of Don't Look Up.

What Real-Life Events Inspired Don't Look Up?

Inspiration comes knocking in the strangest of ways. That seems to be the case for McKay, who cowrote the...