Christopher Nolan and Matthew McConaughey Won Day 1 of Comic-Con with New Footage from ‘Interstellar’

If you've been dying to for more insight into Interstellar, the latest Christopher Nolan epic, I've got some good news and some bad news.

The good news is that Nolan and Interstellar star Matthew McConaughey made a surprise appearance at Comic-Con yesterday, where they revealed some new footage that gives a slightly better idea of what the film is going to be like.

The bad news is that I can't actually show you the footage, because it won't be publicly available for several more weeks.

If you saw the first two trailers (and if you haven't, you can watch them below), then you know there was nothing "interstellar" about them. They take place mostly on a farm, and while talk of climate change and famine and overcoming suggest a grand voyage into space, we didn't get to see any of that.

Last night, however, the 6,000 lucky folks in Comic-Con's Hall H did. And one of them was Entertainment Weekly's Anthony Breznican, who was kind enough to give us a description:

The new footage—which won't be released publicly until much later—certainly had its enigmatic moments, but it also offered a few more clues about the plot. It turns out that what these particular astronauts are looking for is another Earth, a habitable planet where human life can thrive again. "We used to look up at the sky and wonder about our place in the stars," McConaughey's character says. "Now, we just look down and worry about our place in the dirt."

We see some of his astronaut/engineer asking Caine when (or if) he'll see his daughter again, followed by a promise to her that he will come back. And if he doesn't, "I'll love you forever." Cue tears as the music swells, followed by stunning vistas of what can only be far-off worlds (or maybe Iceland.) Although beautiful, they seemed hostile to life, particularly the lives of the explorers. One sequence featured the pioneering scientists escaping a massive chasm with icy, rocky peaks on the top and bottom like a fearsome terrain of mountainous teeth.

Breathtaking vistas of distant planets that are hostile to human life? That's what I'm talking about.

I honestly cannot wait for this movie.

Interstellar hits theaters November 7.