Washington Post: ‘Interstellar’ trailer premieres at D.C.’s Air & Space Museum

The school kids and tourists who settled in to watch “Hubble 3D” at the Smithsonian’s Air & Space Museum were treated to a dash of unexpected Hollywood ballyhoo Monday morning when the trailer for Christopher Nolan’s upcoming sci-fi adventure “Interstellar” made its world premiere at the Lockheed Martin IMAX Theater.

After a brief announcement, the trailer unspooled to show Matthew McConaughey driving his truck through corn fields while a lush orchestral score swelled in the background. Later, the fields had caught fire, an ominous dust cloud could be seen looming over a baseball game, and McConaughey (playing a character named Cooper) was reassuring his daughter that he loved her — right before being shot into space in order to save the world.