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Roland Emmerich will soon be releasing his sci-fi disaster film "Moonfall" in cinemas
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With regard to the climate crisis, Roland Emmerich has little hope.
"At the moment there are still many people who deny climate change," the 66-year-old told the "Playboy" magazine.
“But in 10, 15, 20 years everything will be so bad that nobody can deny it.
So people won't wake up until it's too late, because you can't just turn the climate around. "Then" all countries would do the same - they will seal themselves off, "says the Hollywood director.
This would mean that mankind would be on the “hit list”, so to speak.
Emmerich, who was born in Stuttgart and lives in Los Angeles, will soon be releasing his science fiction disaster film "Moonfall" in cinemas.
In it, the moon is pushed out of its orbit by mysterious forces and rushes towards earth.
"A bit of New York is falling to rubble and ashes"
Emmerich is known for his disaster films.
When asked whether, given the current situation, he still felt like staging the apocalypse, he said: “It takes a bit of the desire to destroy.
In ›Moonfall‹ I show that less.
A bit of New York is falling to rubble, otherwise I concentrate more on the moon. "
Emmerich became known to a wide audience in 1996.
He celebrated a worldwide success with “Independence Day” and also directed “Godzilla” (1998) and “The Day After Tomorrow” (2004).
But not all films were crowned with success: For “Independence Day: Wiederkehr” Emmerich was nominated several times for the ridiculous trophy “Golden Raspberry”.
bam / dpa / AFP
