Teaser Trailer for North Sea Released, Film Sold for U.K. Fantefilm has released a teaser trailer for their latest production, Nordsjøen (North Sea), which explores the consequences of 50 years of offshore drilling by Norway. The film was directed by John Andreas Andersen from a script by Lars Gudmestad and Harald Rosenløw-Eeg. The movie stars […]
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 both clean up the site of the catastrophe and contain the radiation before it could spread across the continent and beyond. First-time director Danila Kozlovsky […]
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 a movie about a real-life disaster while it’s still happening is questionable at best and exploitive at worst. Songbird is set 2 years from now, […]
Norwegian Thriller Sold at Cannes
Norway is emerging as a contender in the disaster-movie arena. Following the success of such hits as The Wave and The Quake, production company TrustNordisk has now sold distribution rights to its upcoming thriller The Tunnel (Tunnelen) to several countries at the recent Marche du Cannes. These include France, Germany, Russia, Austria, German-speaking Switzerland, Poland, […]
Chinese Skyfire Being Shopped at Cannes
Coming on the heels of the very successful The Wandering Earth, China’s next big-budget disaster movie is making the rounds at the Cannes film market. Meridien Entertainment and Base FX are shopping their debut feature, Skyfire, which tells the story of vacationers at a tropical resort who must try to survive when a nearby volcano […]