Paramount Releases a New Tease for Downsizing, Starring Matt Damon

Learn about shrinking down in a new tease for Downsizing, starring Matt Damon and Kristen Wiig

Today, Paramount Pictures released an exclusive look at Alexander Payne’s Downsizing, his long-in-development sci-fi shrinking comedy starring Matt Damon (The Bourne Identity, Saving Private Ryan) and Kristen Wiig (Ghostbusters, Saturday Night Live). In the video, which was featured in tonight’s This Is Us premiere, we get a look at Damon and Wiig’s decision to shrink down to five inches tall, and the benefits that might entail. You can check out the brand new Downsizing video in the player below.

RELATED: Shrink down and see the Downsizing trailer

Downsizing imagines what might happen if, as a solution to over-population, Norwegian scientists discover how to shrink humans to five inches tall and propose a 200-year global transition from big to small. People soon realize how much further money goes in a miniaturized world, and with the promise of a better life, everyman Paul Safranek (Matt Damon) and wife Audrey (Kristen Wiig) decide to abandon their stressed lives in Omaha in order to get small and move to a new downsized community — a choice that triggers life-changing adventures.

The cast also includes Christoph Waltz (Django Unchained, Inglorious Basterds), Hong Chau (Inherent Vice, Treme), and Jason Sudeikis (We’re the Millers, Saturday Night Live).

Downsizing was directed by two-time Oscar-winner Alexander Payne (Nebraska, The Descendants, Sideways) from a screenplay by Payne and Jim Taylor. Downsizing arrives in theaters on December 22, 2017.

What do you guys think of the new teaser for Downsizing? What did you think of the trailer? (You can watch it right here.) Are you interested in seeing the film? Let us know your thoughts in the comments or tweet them to us @ComingSoonnet.