Ed Kegenof Oct 24, 2017
It’s the end of the world yet again in the sci-fi disaster thriller, Geostorm. An unofficial sequel to Michael Bay’s Armageddon...?
With Independence Day, director Roland Emmerich and producer Dean Devlin managed to single-handedly resuscitate the disaster movie - a genre that had wheezed to a halt following an increasingly daft sequence of examples in the late 70s and early 80s (for a stunning night in, check out the low-rent majesty of Meteor, The Swarm or When Time Ran Out). Sure, Independence Day was an alien invasion movie straight out of the 50s, but its scenes of global panic and destruction were pure Irwin Allen. A certified hit in 1996, Independence Day sparked a wave of incendiary movies in the same vein, with scenarios varying from exploding volcanoes (Dante’s Peak and, well, Volcano), a giant monster (Godzilla) and duelling asteroid movies Deep Impact and Armageddon.
It’s the end of the world yet again in the sci-fi disaster thriller, Geostorm. An unofficial sequel to Michael Bay’s Armageddon...?
With Independence Day, director Roland Emmerich and producer Dean Devlin managed to single-handedly resuscitate the disaster movie - a genre that had wheezed to a halt following an increasingly daft sequence of examples in the late 70s and early 80s (for a stunning night in, check out the low-rent majesty of Meteor, The Swarm or When Time Ran Out). Sure, Independence Day was an alien invasion movie straight out of the 50s, but its scenes of global panic and destruction were pure Irwin Allen. A certified hit in 1996, Independence Day sparked a wave of incendiary movies in the same vein, with scenarios varying from exploding volcanoes (Dante’s Peak and, well, Volcano), a giant monster (Godzilla) and duelling asteroid movies Deep Impact and Armageddon.
- 10/23/2017
- Den of Geek
Duncan Bowles Oct 23, 2017
Gerard Butler chats to us about Geostorm, his bike accident, and Olympus Has Fallen 3...
Geostorm is a film that is so bombastic, it feels like a crime to write its name in lowercase letters – Geostorm fits much better and conveys the gloriously over the top shenanigans that Gerard Butler finds himself at the centre of, as the planet Earth has set about imploding after no one paid any attention to climate change. Thankfully Butler’s character, Jake Lawson, has created a net of satellites in space that can prevent future weather based disasters, until it appears that someone might have set about turning ‘Dutch Boy’ (the control system) into a weapon…
Geostorm is a throwback to the golden era of nineties disaster movies in the best way; if you’ve ever loved the likes of Armageddon, Dante’s Peak or Twister (to name a few) then deciding...
Gerard Butler chats to us about Geostorm, his bike accident, and Olympus Has Fallen 3...
Geostorm is a film that is so bombastic, it feels like a crime to write its name in lowercase letters – Geostorm fits much better and conveys the gloriously over the top shenanigans that Gerard Butler finds himself at the centre of, as the planet Earth has set about imploding after no one paid any attention to climate change. Thankfully Butler’s character, Jake Lawson, has created a net of satellites in space that can prevent future weather based disasters, until it appears that someone might have set about turning ‘Dutch Boy’ (the control system) into a weapon…
Geostorm is a throwback to the golden era of nineties disaster movies in the best way; if you’ve ever loved the likes of Armageddon, Dante’s Peak or Twister (to name a few) then deciding...
- 10/22/2017
- Den of Geek
It’s no surprise that digital tools proved self-destructive. Hollywood has always believed bigger is better, that raw spectacle is the only thing that reliably seduces people into the cinema. To tweak a famous line from one of the films that got us here: The studios were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn’t stop to think if they should.
The disaster movie genre has been dead or dying for a while now, and we’ve reached the point in the grieving process where we’ve come to accept that something like this is going to be utterly defanged by CGI (shout out to the lifeless, plastic likes of “2012” and “San Andreas”), so you almost have to give “Geostorm” a little bit of credit: For a movie about the potentially destructive power of 21st-century technology, it sure is a convincing example of the potentially destructive power of 21st-century technology.
The disaster movie genre has been dead or dying for a while now, and we’ve reached the point in the grieving process where we’ve come to accept that something like this is going to be utterly defanged by CGI (shout out to the lifeless, plastic likes of “2012” and “San Andreas”), so you almost have to give “Geostorm” a little bit of credit: For a movie about the potentially destructive power of 21st-century technology, it sure is a convincing example of the potentially destructive power of 21st-century technology.
- 10/20/2017
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
Gerard Butler is back in action mode for the new disaster flick .Geostorm.. He plays Jake Lawson, the architect behind the national defense system known as .Dutch Boy.. I sat down with the actor to talk about his interest in making the film, the movie.s multi-genre aspect, and can the premise of .Geostorm. happen in real life. Take a look at my interview with Gerard Butler for .Geostorm..
- 10/18/2017
- by email@myblog.com (No Author)
- Manny the Movie Guy
Gerard Butler is back in action mode for the new disaster flick .Geostorm.. He plays Jake Lawson, the architect behind the national defense system known as .Dutch Boy.. I sat down with the actor to talk about his interest in making the film, the movie.s multi-genre aspect, and can the premise of .Geostorm. happen in real life. Take a look at my interview with Gerard Butler for .Geostorm..
- 10/18/2017
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
Sneak Peek footage, plus images from the upcoming 'science fiction disaster' feature "Geostorm" co-written, co-produced and directed by Dean Devlin, starring Gerard Butler, Jim Sturgess, Abbie Cornish, Alexandra Maria Lara, Daniel Wu, Eugenio Derbez and Andy García, opening October 20, 2017:
"...in the near future, when climate-controlling satellites malfunction and release disaster-creating small pods all over the world...
"...'Jake Lawson' (Gerard Butler) and his other fellow astronauts head into space to prevent the satellites from programming the small pods into creating a storm of epic proportions.
"They soon discover that the disasters weren't caused by a malfunction, but were done with intention and the only person who has the kill codes to shut down the satellites is 'President Andrew Palma' (García)..."
Cast also includes Zazie Beetz, Adepero Oduye, Amr Waked, Robert Sheehan, Talitha Bateman, Billy Slaughter and Tom Choi.
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "Geostorm"...
"...in the near future, when climate-controlling satellites malfunction and release disaster-creating small pods all over the world...
"...'Jake Lawson' (Gerard Butler) and his other fellow astronauts head into space to prevent the satellites from programming the small pods into creating a storm of epic proportions.
"They soon discover that the disasters weren't caused by a malfunction, but were done with intention and the only person who has the kill codes to shut down the satellites is 'President Andrew Palma' (García)..."
Cast also includes Zazie Beetz, Adepero Oduye, Amr Waked, Robert Sheehan, Talitha Bateman, Billy Slaughter and Tom Choi.
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "Geostorm"...
- 9/22/2017
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
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