Roland Emmerich is back with what he does best.
A big-budget, disaster-scenario sci-fi film where the whole Earth is on the verge of being destroyed.
This time, it's the Moon that could wipe out our planet.
After a first trailer two months ago, new images were unveiled yesterday.
In
Moonfall
, a mysterious force pushes the Moon towards Earth.
Humanity has a few weeks to prepare for the impact.
Two astronauts, played by Halle Berry and Patrick Wilson, will join forces to save the world, aided by a conspiracy theorist played by John Bradley.
Donald Sutherland will play, meanwhile, the keeper of NASA archives (and secrets).
The film is slated for release on February 9, 2022.
Winning return?
Roland Emmerich has given himself the means to achieve his ambitions.
A both American and Chinese production, the film has a budget of $ 150 million.
If the feature film fits into the classic register of the filmmaker - science fiction and disaster scenario - other more topical subjects such as conspiracy will also be discussed.
The director has not been successful since the
2012
film
, released over a decade ago. He had made himself known around the world twenty-five years ago with
Independence Day
, before stringing together successes like
Godzilla
,
The day after
or
10,000
. Over the past decade, German has diversified, without much success. His historical dramas like
Stonewall
or
Midway,
and the sequel to
Independence Day: Resurgence,
have convinced neither the public nor the critics.
If successful, Roland Emmerich could follow up on this space adventure.
In an interview with
Deadline
last February, he described his film as
“the beginning of a saga.
It opens the door to an epic adventure. ”
