Published Dead Talk News – 12/2021
Moonfall (2022) is a space-based disaster film by brother and sister team Roland and Ute Emmerich and Centropolis Entertainment. Centropolis is responsible for some of the biggest blockbuster feature films of the past two decades, including Independence Day, 2012, and Day After Tomorrow.
German-born Roland Emmerich (Godzilla, Independence Day) joins writer Harald Kloser (2012) and executive producers Ute Emmerich (White House Down, Stargate), Alastair Burlingham, and Spenser Cohen (Extinction, The Driver) to round out a group of proven talent on this blockbuster production.
Cinematographer Robby Baumgartner (The Hunger Games) brings experience and a distinctive futuristic photographic style, while special effects company DNEG designs the CGI for this science fiction feature film.
The cast shines, providing a wealth of experience from some of Hollywood's most successful movie and television franchises. Ohio-born Academy Award® winner Halle Berry (Catwoman, Gothica) plays astronaut and NASA official Jo Fowler alongside Canadian acting legend and Academy Honorary Award® winner Donald Sutherland (Hunger Games, Trust). Sutherland's character is Holdenfield, the gatekeeper of NASA's secret archives, who struggles with the secrets surrounding the 1970s Apollo moon landings.
Virginia son, Patrick Wilson (Aquaman, Midway), stars as astronaut Brian Harper and John Bradley (Game of Thrones, Urban Myths) as KC Houseman and Chicago native Michael Pena (American Hustle, Fantasy Island) as Tom Lopez.
Additional cast members include Kelly Yu (Chasing Dream) as Michelle, Eme Ikwuakor (Inhumans) as Doug Davidson, and Stephen Bogaert (The Umbrella Academy, American Psycho) as NASA Director Albert Hutching.
Before filming, producers replaced actors Josh Gad (Frozen) and Stanley Tucci (Hunger Games, A Private War) due to scheduling conflicts. Gad was initially slated to play KC Houseman, with Stanley Tucci starring as Tom Lopez.
Moonfall is a science fiction epic with a budget to match. The $136M-budgeted independent film,
In the not-too-distant future, a mysterious force knocks the Moon from its orbit and sends it hurtling on a collision course with Earth, threatening to end all life. In a race against time, NASA astronaut Jo Fowler (Berry) stumbles upon the reason for the threat -- and the Moon's true purpose. Fowler (Berry) convinces conspiracy theorist K.C. Houseman (Bradley) to help her save humanity from destruction - they are reluctantly aided by ousted astronaut Harper (Wilson).