For very apparent reasons these days, the post-apocalypse is one of pop culture’s favorite themes. Whether it be any iteration of zombies or nuclear fallout or asteroids or Thanos, etc. etc. the fascination with what to do after the world ends is undeniable.

Though, it doesn’t all have to be such fire and brimstone/doom and gloom and, like any genre/sub-genre, there can be a less explosive/gore-filled imagining of what being the last people on earth might be like. That seems to be the goal of Mel Eslyn and Mark Duplass‘ upcoming feature, Biosphere, starring Duplass and Sterling K. Brown. It’s not quite the out-and-out comedy of the Will Forte vehicle of Last Man on Earth or, as it’s set in an glass-and-steel-sealed structure, that similarly named 90s comedy, Bio-Dome, but rather a mysterious dramedy that sees the last two men trying to survive in a shiny cage and figure out what’s next for them/humanity. It also seems like part of a slow roll out of minimalist movies made during the pandemic, which has been a nice change of pace from studio tentpoles that have dominated multiplexes whether people are actually going to watch them or not.

Take a gander at what fun mysteries might come from the genre-bending Biosphere in the teaser, just released today from IFC Films, then look for a release sometime this July.