Here comes Moonfall , Roland Emmerich’s new catastrophic science fiction movie! Lionsgate has just announced that its premiere can be expected on February 4, 2022.
According to the official description of the film, Moonfall tells the story of a mysterious force that knocks the Moon out of orbit around the Earth. As a result, it rushes on a collision course with our planet. NASA director and former astronaut Jo Fowler believes she has the key to saving humanity. But only two people believe in it – former acquaintance and astronaut Brian Harper and conspiracy theorist KC Houseman. The three will face an impossible mission that is the only chance to save Earth. Meanwhile, they will discover that the moon is not what it has been taken for so far.
The production boasts a star cast. We will see Halle Berry, Patrick Wilson and John Bradley starring. Charlie Plummer, Carolina Bartczak, Donald Sutherland and Kelly Yu will also appear in Moonfall . The director, and one of the screenwriters, is of course Emmerich himself.
The man is an experienced filmmaker who specializes in disaster and science fiction films. We could get to know the effects of his work, among others with such titles as Moon 44 , Stargate , Godzilla and Independence Day from 1996, which brought him the greatest fame and fame. Moonfall is unique in that it will combine both of the director’s favorite genres.
Work on the production set was originally scheduled to start in the spring of 2020, but the filming crew was forced to take a long hiatus due to the Covid-19 pandemic. In one of the interviews for Deadline magazine, the director delved into the details related to it:
We were in full pre-production in Canada, seven weeks before shooting. Then Covid hit us. I had a feeling something was wrong. All businesses started to close, so I went back to Los Angeles and quarantined myself. Our deal was not pandemic, so we stayed in a vacuum for three or four months.
Another member of the film crew, and a close associate of Emmerich and co-creator of the script – Harald Kloser, also revealed that Moonfall is written to be the beginning of a saga. Perhaps in the near future we will face another installment of a new cycle.