Skyfire Finally Coming to North America
Highland Film Group, on behalf of Meridien Entertainment, has sold the North American distribution rights for Skyfire to Screen Media. The big-budget volcano film, originally released in China in December…
Greenland Headed to Streaming; No US Theatrical Release
As you might recall, as of 2 weeks ago, Greenland lacked a US release date, after already being delayed from June 11, July 25, August 14, September 25, and December…
News Roundup for Sept. 16
Fourth time’s the charm? The US release of Gerard Butler’s asteroid movie Greenland has been pushed back yet again, this time from September 25 to sometime later in 2020. It…
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle: Movie Edition
Disaster movies might not be great, but at least they’re original? Not really. According to BoxOfficeMojo, movie sequels, prequels, remakes, and reboots are your best bets if you want to…
Park Seo-joon, Park Bo-young Join Cast of Concrete Utopia
Park Seo-joon and Park Bo-young have joined the cast of the upcoming earthquake movie Concrete Utopia. Based on the webcomic Yukwaehan Yiwoot by Kim Soong-nyoong, Concrete Utopia tells the stories…
Airplane! Turns 40: The Article
What’s slower than a speeding bullet, and able to hit tall buildings at a single bound? It’s July 2, 1980. Jimmy Carter is President, gas is $1.25 a gallon, and…
Gerard Butler’s Greenland Delayed Again
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…
Trailer: Fukushima 50 (2020)
Next year will see the 10th anniversary of the Fukushima Daichi nuclear disaster in eastern Japan. An offshore earthquake and resulting tsunami combined to cause a lost of coolant at…
Trailer: The Tunnel (Tunnelen) (2019)
“Norway has over 1100 tunnels, almost none with emergency exits.” Norway is having a moment regarding disaster movies. In 2015, Fantefilm released the Saturn-nominated The Wave, and in 2018, they…
Study: Disaster Movie Junkies Handle Real-World Crises Better
Finally, some actual research on the benefits of watching disaster movies. But we all knew that, right? Last week, a group of American and Danish scientists reported results of an…
New Twister Movie in the Works
Amblin and Universal have announced that they are developing a new Twister movie. Because of course they are. Currently, the companies are in talks with Joseph Kosinski (Only the Brave,…
Trailer #2: Greenland (2020)
The second, full trailer for the upcoming asteroid film, Greenland, has dropped. The movie reunites star Gerard Butler and director (and former stuntman) Ric Roman Waugh, whose previous collaboration was…
Trailer: Chernobyl: Abyss (2020)
Yesterday saw the release of Chernobyl: Abyss trailer, the first major Russian-produced film about the immediate aftermath of the 1986 nuclear disaster. Hundreds of people died in the attempt to…
Patrick Wilson, Charlie Plummer Join Lunar Disaster Movie Cast
Patrick Wilson (Aquaman, The Conjuring) has been tapped as the lead in Moonfall, Roland Emmerich’s latest entry in the disaster movie genre. Wilson had previously worked with Emmerich on his…
Ol Parker to Direct Alaska Earthquake Movie
On March 27, 1964, the largest recorded earthquake in North American history struck off the coast of Alaska. (It was also the second strongest earthquake ever recorded worldwide.) The magnitude…
South Korean Disaster Movie Ashfall to Open Far East Film Festival
Three Asian disaster movies are in the lineup for this year’s online-only version of the Far East Film Festival (FEFF), normally held in Udine in northern Italy. In fact, one…
News: Michael Bay Is Michael Baying the Covid-19 Pandemic: What Could Go Wrong?
Deadline brings us news of a new Michael Bay Covid-19 project that might be more controversial than the usual arguments about his work. At a minimum, the wisdom of shooting…
Casting News: Halle Berry Going to the Moon
Oscar-winner Halle Berry has been added to the cast of Roland Emmerich’s latest film. Berry will be joining Josh Gad (The Book of Mormon, Frozen) in Moonfall, which kicks off…
Casting News: Moonfall, Emergency Declaration
Two pieces of casting news today. First, Josh Gad has been named as the first cast member for Roland Emmerich’s Moonfall. The movie tells the story of a ragtag (of…