The Dog Stars

The Dog Stars

Theatrical - Wide 2026-8-28

Cast Jacob Elordi Josh Brolin Margaret Qualley Guy Pearce Allison Janney
Directed by Ridley Scott
Directed by Mark L. Smith
Directed by Mark L. Smith

Language: English

Production Company: 20th Century Studios, Scott Free Productions, TSG Entertainment

Genres: Adventure Thriller

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After the world’s population has been ravaged by a pandemic, a man lives a lonesome existence in a Colorado airplane hangar with his dog and a dour gunman he has befriended. When a mysterious transmission comes through on the radio while... See more he’s flying his old Cessna, it sparks a hunt for the provenance of the sound.

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