Watch the Trailer for Natalie Portman and Julianne Moore's Mary Kay Letourneau-Inspired 'May December'

Natalie Portman and Julianne Moore are teaming up for what's set to be one of the most talked-about movies on Netflix's release calendar — and today, the streamer shared the very first trailer for the ripped-from-the-headlines May December. In addition to the star power that comes with a dynamic duo like Portman and Moore, Charles Melton is also starring and generating awards season buzz for his role alongside the two Hollywood powerhouses.

The movie follows an actress named Elizabeth Berry (Portman) who is preparing for her next role "as the older woman in a scandalous tabloid romance 20 years after making headlines," according to People. That research leads her to meet the couple, Gracie Atherton-Yoo (Moore) and Joe Yoo (Charles Melton). If it sounds like the infamous Mary Kay Letourneau, you wouldn't be the only one drawing that parallel. Gracie went to prison because of the couple's age difference, much like Letourneau did (she was in prison from 1998 to 2004).

A press release for the film adds that the couple “buckles under pressure” when Elizabeth “arrives to do research for a film about their past.” That tension is evident in the trailer, which shows Berry in somewhat uncomfortable situations with both Gracie and Joe.

"I think Julianne was needing to really get to the core of what could make this kind of relationship occur," director Todd Haynes (who directed Cate Blanchett's Oscar-nominated Carol) told Netflix's Tudum. "The complexity of the character of Gracie as written, and I think as it unfolded, particularly in conversations with Julianne, represents a myriad of contradictions and fascinating elements of willfulness, and then a resolute, almost stubborn lack of self-reflection, a determination to stick to the choices that she’s made."

May December arrives in select theaters Nov. 17 and hits Netflix on Dec. 1.