Greenland Movie Storyline. A family fights for survival as a planet-killing comet races to Earth. John Garrity (Gerard Butler), his estranged wife Allison (Morena Baccarin), and young son Nathan make a perilous journey to their only hope for sanctuary. Amid terrifying news accounts of cities around the world being leveled by the comet’s fragments, the Garrity’s experience the best and worst in humanity while they battle the increasing panic and lawlessness surrounding them. As the countdown to global apocalypse approaches zero, their incredible trek culminates in a desperate and last-minute flight to a possible safe haven.
Greenland is a 2020 American disaster film directed by Ric Roman Waugh, from a screenplay by Chris Sparling. The film stars Gerard Butler, Morena Baccarin, David Denman, Hope Davis, Holt McCallany, and Scott Glenn. Greenland was released on July 29, 2020 in Belgium, and is scheduled to be released in the United States on September 25, 2020, by STX films.
In May 2018, Chris Evans joined the cast of the film, with Neill Blomkamp directing from a screenplay by Chris Sparling. In February 2019, it was announced Blomkamp would no longer direct the film. That same month, Ric Roman Waugh joined the project as director, with Gerard Butler being added to the cast of the film, replacing Blomkamp and Evans respectively, with Butler producing under his G-Base banner. In June 2019, Morena Baccarin joined the cast of the film. In July 2019, Scott Glenn, Andrew Bachelor and Roger Dale Floyd also joined, as did David Denman, in August.
Principal photography began in June 2019 and wrapped up on August 16 of the same year in Atlanta. David Buckley, who previously worked with Waugh on Angel Has Fallen, composed the film’s score.
Greenland was first released in Belgium, making $73,112 from 55 theaters on its opening weekend. On its first day of release in France, the film made $255,000 with 31,000 tickets sold, 61% ahead of Butler’s Olympus Has Fallen despite fewer theaters and tight COVID-19 restrictions. Overall, it debuted to $1.09 million in the country, with a 10-day international total of $1.3 million. In its third weekend of international release, the film finished first in nine countries and made a total of $2.82 million. By August 30 the film had a running total of $10.2 million.
Greenland (2020)
Directed by: Ric Roman Waugh
Starring: Gerard Butler, Morena Baccarin, Roger Dale Floyd, Scott Glenn, Nicola Lambo, Randal Gonzalez, Claire Bronson, Madison Johnson, Gary Weeks, Tracey Bonner, Merrin Dungey
Screenplay by: Chris Sparling
Production Design by: Clay A. Griffith
Cinematography by: Dana Gonzales
Film Editing by: Gabriel Fleming
Costume Design by: Kelli Jones
Set Decoration by: Frank Galline
Art Direction by: Eric R. Johnson, Theresa Tindall
Music by: David Buckley
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for intense sequences of disaster action, some violence, bloody images and brief strong language.
Distributed by: STX Entertainment
Release Date: December 18, 2020
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