And we thought last year was a year. We had no idea what was coming for 2020, did we? It seems a bit irrelevant to talk about disaster movies when we’ve got several happening in real life, but if people can derive some pleasure from these films, or even just be distracted for a while, […]
Trailer: Skyfire (2019)
At long last, China’s first big-budget asteroid disaster movie is coming to the U.S. On January 12 of next year, Screen Media Films is bringing director Simon West’s (Con Air, Lara Croft: Tomb Raider) Disney World-meets-Dante’s Peak crossover film Skyfire to digital and on-demand platforms across the U.S. The description, from Screen Media: A young […]
Disaster Movies Take Top Chinese Acting Prizes
Two disaster movies garnered acting prizes at the Golden Rooster Awards, held November 28 in Xiamen, in China’s Fujian Province. First, Huang Xiaoming and Yin Xiaotian won the Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor categories, respectively, for their performances in The Bravest, in which Chinese firefighters struggle to contain a huge fire after an oil […]
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 2019, will be released here in theaters and on demand this December. Skyfire had topped the box office its opening weekend in China, grossing nearly […]
The Year in Disaster Movies: 2019
Well, it’s been a year, hasn’t it? Here at The Disaster Area, we’ve suffered everything from killer alligators to runaway balloons to planetary failure. Let’s take a closer look. 2019 saw 17 disaster movies being released. By far, the most successful in terms of box office was a Chinese film released back in February: Liu […]