LOS ANGELES – Starring Keanu Reeves and Cameron Diaz, the film Outcome is a satire about a famous actor navigating a career-ending blackmail attempt.

And the story is about the pitfalls of not just traditional celebrity, but also the “15 seconds of fame” kind that social media creates, the cast and director say.

Debuting on Apple TV on April 10, the dark comedy drama follows Reef Hawk (Reeves), an Oscar-winning star who takes a five-year break from Hollywood to shake off a heroin addiction.

But when he attempts to make a comeback, someone threatens to leak a video that could ruin his image.

So with the support of lifelong pals Kyle (Cameron Diaz) and Xander (Matt Bomer) and his lawyer Ira (Jonah Hill), Reef sets out to make amends to anyone he has wronged – and in the process, figure out who is blackmailing him.

“It’s a cautionary comedy,” says Reeves – the 61-year-old Canadian star of the John Wick (2014 to 2023) and The Matrix (1999 to 2021) action movies – at Outcome’s Los Angeles press day in February.

Diaz, his 53-year-old American co-star, says it is a commentary on Hollywood and the nature of celebrity.

“We live in a world now where anybody can be famous, and it’s no longer famous for 15 minutes – it’s famous for 15 seconds, because everybody can get a little taste of it if they have one viral video,” adds the actress, who starred in There’s Something About Mary (1998) and the Charlie’s Angels films (2000 and 2003).

“It’s a feeling everybody’s reaching for, and it’s a value we should all take a look at because it might not be the best for our health.”