Sorry, fans, this Netflix original is more of a road/buddy film than a disaster movie. There are only two short shots of destruction in action, one of which doesn’t come until the very end of the movie. Director David M. Rosenthal’s film starts out with Will (Theo James, the Divergent series) taking a business trip from […]
Places that Seem to Attract Disasters
A friend asked me the other day, “What city has been the site for the most disaster movies?” I immediately thought of New York City, with its tempting Statue of Liberty, but then I second-guessed myself with Los Angeles, home of the industry itself and thus convenient for filming. Let’s take a look at this […]
Tsunami LA Nabs Korean Star Gang Dong-won
When last we left Tsunami LA, there was no word yet on casting, a distributor, or a release timeframe. Now we have all three. Korean megastar Gang Dong-won will be making his Hollywood debut in the film, which tells the story of Los Angelenos dealing with the largest tsunami to ever hit L.A. Gang will […]
Trailer: Eruption LA
This one’s going to be fun. From IMdB: Struggling screenwriter Josh Kendricks finds himself the star of his own disaster movie when supervolcanoes begin erupting all over Los Angeles. Now Josh, along with wacko-scientist-turned-novelist Quinn Irwin and Hollywood diva Kat Rivers, must band together to get Quinn’s research to the mayor and save the city […]
Poor Los Angeles Is Getting Hit Again
I’m going to transform the iconic city into a bizarre submerged version of itself. Imagine a deadly, watery and deserted version of Disneyland. So says Simon West, who has been tapped to direct the indie Tsunami LA, according to Deadline Hollywood. West will be working with screenwriter Scott Windhauser on the film, in which the […]