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Directed by | Dean Devlin |
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Cinematography | Roberto Schaefer |
Edited by | Ron Rosen |
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Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures[1] |
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Country | United States |
Language | English |
Geostorm is an upcoming American disasteraction film co-written, produced, and directed by Dean Devlin as his feature debut. The film stars Gerard Butler, Abbie Cornish, Alexandra Lara, Jim Sturgess, Amr Waked, Ed Harris and Andy García. The film is about a satellite designer who tries to save the world from a storm of epic proportions caused by climate-controlling satellites.
Principal photography began on October 20, 2014, in New Orleans, Louisiana. Electric Entertainment and Skydance Productions are producing the film, to be released by Warner Bros. on October 20, 2017. Re-shoots were scheduled in December 2016 under executive producer Jerry Bruckheimer and director Danny Cannon.[2]
In the near future, when climate-controlling satellites malfunction and release disaster-creating small pods all over the world, a man heads into space to prevent the satellites from programming the small pods into creating a storm of epic proportions or a "Geostorm", a storm composed of deadly natural disasters such as increasing huge tornadoes, colossal tsunamis, sudden release of fire whirls from the ground, fiery and scorching heat, scattering thunderstorms, dangerous falling of massive hailstones, and quickly happening polar vortices that will happen all over the world.
The pre-production began on July 7, 2014.[4]Dean Devlin was set to direct a sci-fi action film Geostorm for Warner Bros., which will star Gerard Butler as the lead,[5] with Jim Sturgess, Abbie Cornish, Ed Harris and Andy García.[6]On August 19, Alexandra Lara joined the film's cast to play the commander of a space station and also Butler's character's love interest who helps him save the world.[7] On September 26, Katheryn Winnick was added to the cast; she would play Olivia, Butler's character's ex-wife and mother of Hannah.[8]On October 8, Eugenio Derbez was added to the cast of the film.[9]
The principal photography on the film began on October 20, 2014, in New Orleans, Louisiana,[10][11] and would last through February 10, 2015.[11] Filming began on Loyola Ave on the first day.[12] Some NASA scenes were filmed at NASA Facility in New Orleans in November 2014 and January 2015.[13][14] After poor test screenings in December 2015, reshoots were conducted in Louisiana in early December 2016, under new producer Jerry Bruckheimer and director Danny Cannon.[2]
The film was originally set for release on March 25, 2016[15] but in August 2014, Warner cancelled this, and released Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice on that date instead.[16] On December 11, 2014, WB shifted its live-action animated film Jungle Book to 2017 and gave its previous date October 21, 2016 to Geostorm.[17] In September 2015, the studio again moved back the film to release on January 13, 2017.[18] In June 2016, the studio announced the release had been moved back to October 20, 2017.[19]