Greenland‘s US release has been delayed yet again as the COVID-19 pandemic rages on.
In a tweet yesterday, Collider said that the Gerard Butler film, which was to have opened in the U.S. on August 14, is now slated for release on September 25. It had been delayed twice already in response to the growing pandemic in the U.S., first scheduled for release on June 11 and then on July 25. The film from STX Entertainment will now open in Europe first, where the pandemic is under better control: The aim is to open in Belgium on July 29, in France on August 5, and in Scandinavia on August 12.
Larger studios such as Warner Bros. might end up taking a page from STX with regard to their big-budget releases. As an example, the US release of Tenet, the Christopher Nolan thriller, has now been delayed indefinitely, but the studio is still considering a late August debut in the U.K., France, and Spain.
In Greenland, “A family fights for survival as a planet-killing comet races to Earth. John Garrity (Gerard Butler), his estranged wife Allison (Morena Baccarin), and young son Nathan make a perilous journey to their only hope for sanctuary. Amid terrifying news accounts of cities around the world being leveled by the comet’s fragments, the Garrity’s experience the best and worst in humanity. As the countdown to global apocalypse approaches zero, their incredible trek culminates in a desperate and last-minute flight to a possible safe haven.”
The film reunites Butler with his Angel Has Fallen director, Ric Roman Waugh. The screenplay is by Chris Sparling (Buried), and the cast also features Scott Glenn (Daredevil), David Denman (The Office), and Brandon Quinn (Die Hart).
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