by Alex Billington
June 8, 2026
Source: YouTube
“What do you expect to find?” “Something better than this…” “The dream.” 20th Century has debuted the second official trailer for Ridley Scott’s next movie – a post-apocalyptic thriller called The Dog Stars, based on the book by Peter Heller. The Dog Stars is a survival sci-fi movie set to hit theaters in late August at the end of the summer, arriving just before we get into the fall. This new trailer is similar to the first one setting up the post-apocalyptic setting (filled with cannibals it seems like) and the 3 main characters. Sparse survivors in the aftermath of a catastrophic pandemic traverse a ravaged wasteland landscape to find the origin of a mysterious radio transmission – wanting more from their lives. Jacob Elordi stars in it as Hig, a civilian pilot flying his Cessna around. With Brolin as a tough ex-marine. They face invaders and struggling of hoping for a better life outside of their current existence in a tiny enclave. Starring Jacob Elordi, Josh Brolin, and Margaret Qualley, with Guy Pearce, Benedict Wong, & Allison Janney. Is anyone out there anywhere? Will they find anything better or is it just going to be bleak nothingness forever? At least there’s an adorable doggie in here, and hopefully nothing bad happens to it. Fire up the latest trailer below.
Here’s the second trailer (+ poster) for Ridley Scott’s sci-fi movie The Dog Stars, direct from YouTube:
You can rewatch the first trailer for Ridley Scott’s The Dog Stars sci-fi movie right here for more footage.
“The end of the world was just the beginning.” 🛩️ Set in Colorado after the world’s population has been ravaged by a pandemic, a man lives a lonesome existence in an airplane hangar with his dog and a door gunman he has befriended. When a mysterious transmission comes through on the radio while he is flying his old Cessna, it sparks a hunt for the provenance of the sound. The Dog Stars is directed by the prolific, acclaimed British filmmaker Ridley Scott, director of many iconic films including Alien, Prometheus, Alien Covenant, The Martian, Gladiator, Robin Hood, American Gangster, Matchstick Men, The Counselor, Blade Runner, Black Hawk Down, Kingdom of Heaven, Legend, Exodus: Gods and Kings, All the Money in the World, The Last Duel, House of Gucci, Napoleon, and Gladiator II previously. The screenplay is written by Mark L. Smith (of Vacancy, The Hole, Martyrs, The Revenant, Overlord, The Midnight Sky, Twisters). Adapted from the novel of the same name written by Peter Heller. Produced by Michael Pruss, Cliff Roberts, Ridley Scott, Mark L. Smith. 20th Century Studios will debut Ridley Scott’s The Dog Stars movie in theaters nationwide starting August 28th, 2026 coming up later this summer. Looks better than the first trailer?
