Ridley Scott's post-apocalyptic The Dog Stars drops first trailer

The trailer opens with a glimpse of what life was like before a deadly virus ravaged the world. We briefly see Hig and his pregnant wife with their new puppy, Jasper, before the screen cuts to the same bedroom, now darkened, and Hig sitting alone and despondent on the bed. His wife has died, although he still has Jasper. When Cima asks Hig what he remembers about the day the world ended, he replies, “I was kissing my wife. Playing with my dog. Wondering every day how I got so lucky.” Cima counters with the observation that perhaps the survivors need something to haunt them, “otherwise you might get lonely.” When Hig comes across the mysterious transmission, Bangley tells him there’s nothing worth finding out there. “What do you expect to find? Happy people everywhere? The world that was doesn’t exist. It’s just us, trying to hold onto what was.” Bangley seems temperamentally well-suited to the new dystopian reality. But Hig has to believe that there is something better, and he sets out in his small yellow plane to find it. Judging from all the shooting and chase scenes, Hig has his work cut out proving that his optimism in humanity is justified. The Dog Stars opens in theaters on August 28, 2026. Credit: 20th Century Studios Credit: 20th Century Studios