1 of 5 | American actor George Clooney attends the premiere of “Jay Kelly” at the Venice Film Festival in August. He plays the titular character. File Photo by Rune Hellestad/UPI | License Photo
Netflix is previewing Jay Kelly, a film about a movie star who is portrayed by George Clooney.
Clooney plays the titular character, who goes on a European adventure in an attempt to figure out who he is beyond his film roles following his daughter’s departure for Paris.
“Thinking about her leaving — I feel like I missed it,” Jay says in the trailer.
“This character has a lot more regrets than I would have, because, luckily for me, fame came much later in my life. I got to figure out how to live life before I figured out how to be famous, and I don’t think this character did,” Clooney told Netflix’s Tudum.
The film is directed, co-written and produced by Noah Baumbach (Marriage Story) and also stars Adam Sandler as Ron, Jay’s manager, and Laura Dern as Liz, Jay’s publicist.
A poster for the movie released Monday features Ron and Jay sitting side by side in a darkened theater, at an apparent movie premiere.
George Clooney. Adam Sandler. Laura Dern. Billy Crudup.
Jay Kelly is in select theaters November 14 and on Netflix December 5. pic.twitter.com/8Az4pdh58P— Netflix (@netflix) September 29, 2025
Billy Crudup, Riley Keough, Grace Edwards, Stacy Keach, Jim Broadbent, Patrick Wilson, Eve Hewso, Greta Gerwig, Alba Rohrwacher, Josh Hamilton, Lenny Henry, Emily Mortimer, Nicole Lecky, Thaddea Graham and Isla Fisher also star.
The film will have a limited theater run beginning Nov. 14 before its Dec. 5 arrival on Netflix.
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Cast member George Clooney (L), and then-girlfriend Celine Balitran arrive for the premiere of “The Peacemaker” in Los Angeles, on September 24, 1997. Clooney rose to fame for his role in the TV series, “ER,” that ran from 1994 to 2009. Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI | License Photo
