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'''''Geostorm''''' is a 2017 American [[Disaster film|disaster]] [[Science fiction film|science-fiction]] [[action film]]<ref name="SWITCH." />{{cite web|title=SWITCH. &#124; Film review: Geostorm - More disaster than disaster film|url=https://www.maketheswitch.com.au/article/review-geostorm-more-disaster-than-disaster-film|work=SWITCH.|accessdate=15 October 2017|date=16 October 2017|author=Charliedavid Page}}</ref> co-written, co-produced and directed by [[Dean Devlin]] as his [[List of directorial debuts|feature film directorial debut]]. The film stars [[Gerard Butler]], [[Jim Sturgess]], [[Abbie Cornish]], [[Alexandra Maria Lara]], [[Richard Schiff]], [[Robert Sheehan]], [[Daniel Wu]], [[Eugenio Derbez]], [[Ed Harris]] and [[Andy García]]. The plot follows a satellite designer who tries to save the world from a storm of epic proportions caused by malfunctioning [[climate-controlling satellite]]s.
'''''Geostorm''''' is a 2017 American [[Disaster film|disaster]] [[Science fiction film|science-fiction]] [[action film]]<ref name="SWITCH.">{{cite web|title=SWITCH. &#124; Film review: Geostorm - More disaster than disaster film|url=https://www.maketheswitch.com.au/article/review-geostorm-more-disaster-than-disaster-film|work=SWITCH.|accessdate=15 October 2017|date=16 October 2017|author=Charliedavid Page}}</ref> co-written, co-produced and directed by [[Dean Devlin]] as his [[List of directorial debuts|feature film directorial debut]]. The film stars [[Gerard Butler]], [[Jim Sturgess]], [[Abbie Cornish]], [[Alexandra Maria Lara]], [[Richard Schiff]], [[Robert Sheehan]], [[Daniel Wu]], [[Eugenio Derbez]], [[Ed Harris]] and [[Andy García]]. The plot follows a satellite designer who tries to save the world from a storm of epic proportions caused by malfunctioning [[climate-controlling satellite]]s.


[[Principal photography]] began on October 20, 2014, in [[New Orleans]], [[Louisiana]]. After poor test screenings, re-shoots took place in December 2016 under executive producer [[Jerry Bruckheimer]], writer [[Laeta Kalogridis]] and director [[Danny Cannon]].<ref name=THRGeo>{{cite web|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/warner-bros-skydances-geostorm-undergoes-reshoots-brings-jerry-bruckheimer-866329|title=Warner Bros., Skydance's 'Geostorm' Undergoes Reshoots, Brings on Jerry Bruckheimer|work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|accessdate=December 16, 2016}}</ref> The film is the first co-production between [[Skydance Media]] and [[Warner Bros. Pictures]]. The film will be released by Warner Bros. in the United States on October 20, 2017 in 2D, 3D and IMAX 3D.
[[Principal photography]] began on October 20, 2014, in [[New Orleans]], [[Louisiana]]. After poor test screenings, re-shoots took place in December 2016 under executive producer [[Jerry Bruckheimer]], writer [[Laeta Kalogridis]] and director [[Danny Cannon]].<ref name=THRGeo>{{cite web|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/warner-bros-skydances-geostorm-undergoes-reshoots-brings-jerry-bruckheimer-866329|title=Warner Bros., Skydance's 'Geostorm' Undergoes Reshoots, Brings on Jerry Bruckheimer|work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|accessdate=December 16, 2016}}</ref> The film is the first co-production between [[Skydance Media]] and [[Warner Bros. Pictures]]. The film will be released by Warner Bros. in the United States on October 20, 2017 in 2D, 3D and IMAX 3D.
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* [[Daniel Wu]] as Cheng, the Hong Kong-based supervisor for the Dutch Boy Program
* [[Daniel Wu]] as Cheng, the Hong Kong-based supervisor for the Dutch Boy Program
* [[Eugenio Derbez]] as Hernandez, a Mexican crew member of the ICSS
* [[Eugenio Derbez]] as Hernandez, a Mexican crew member of the ICSS
* [[Zazie Beetz]] as Dana, a tech genius who works for Max<ref name="SWITCH." />{{cite web|title=SWITCH. &#124; Film review: Geostorm - More disaster than disaster film|url=https://www.maketheswitch.com.au/article/review-geostorm-more-disaster-than-disaster-film|work=SWITCH.|accessdate=15 October 2017|date=16 October 2017|author=Charliedavid Page}}</ref>
* [[Zazie Beetz]] as Dana, a tech genius who works for Max<ref name="SWITCH." />
* [[Adepero Oduye]] as Adisa, a Nigerian crew member of the ICSS
* [[Adepero Oduye]] as Adisa, a Nigerian crew member of the ICSS
* [[Amr Waked]] as Dussette, a French crew member of the ICSS
* [[Amr Waked]] as Dussette, a French crew member of the ICSS

Revision as of 15:43, 16 October 2017

Not to be confused with Geo Storm, StormGeo, or geomagnetic storm.
Geostorm
Theatrical release poster
Directed byDean Devlin
Written by
  • Dean Devlin
  • Paul Guyot
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyRoberto Schaefer
Edited by
Music byLorne Balfe
Production
companies
Distributed byWarner Bros. Pictures[1]
Release date
  • October 20, 2017 (2017-10-20) (United States)
Running time
110 minutes[2]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$81 million[3]
Box office$9.1 million[4]

Geostorm is a 2017 American disaster science-fiction action film[5] co-written, co-produced and directed by Dean Devlin as his feature film directorial debut. The film stars Gerard Butler, Jim Sturgess, Abbie Cornish, Alexandra Maria Lara, Richard Schiff, Robert Sheehan, Daniel Wu, Eugenio Derbez, Ed Harris and Andy García. The plot follows a satellite designer who tries to save the world from a storm of epic proportions caused by malfunctioning climate-controlling satellites.

Principal photography began on October 20, 2014, in New Orleans, Louisiana. After poor test screenings, re-shoots took place in December 2016 under executive producer Jerry Bruckheimer, writer Laeta Kalogridis and director Danny Cannon.[6] The film is the first co-production between Skydance Media and Warner Bros. Pictures. The film will be released by Warner Bros. in the United States on October 20, 2017 in 2D, 3D and IMAX 3D.

Plot

In 2019, after several natural disasters of epic proportions hit Earth, 18 nations[7] have banded together and commissioned a natural disaster defense system nicknamed "Dutch Boy", a series of climate-controlling satellites surrounding Earth centered around the International Climate Space Station. Jake Lawson (Gerard Butler) is the architect behind it all, commanding a multinational crew on board the station, until, after a Senate sub-committee hearing where he is tasked with defending his past actions vis-a-vis Dutch Boy, goes postal and verbally attacks Virginia senator Thomas Cross (Richard Schiff), head of the sub-committee, after Cross insinuates less-than-diplomatic notions about his conduct (including an instance where, in an attempt to prevent a federal inspector touching a short-circuting electrical system, Lawson punched the federal inspector sent by the sub-committee). He is replaced by his relatively calmer brother, Max Lawson (Jim Sturgess).

Three years later, a United Nations field team is riding through Afghanistan when they are confronted with an unnerving sight: an entire village frozen, along with its inhabitants. U.S. President Andrew Palma (Andy García) calls an emergency meeting of his Cabinet (including Max, who now works for the State Department under Secretary Leonard Dekkom (Ed Harris) where it is revealed that an alleged malfunction in the satellite responsible for maintaining Afghanistan's weather caused the freezing. President Palma wants the incident all covered up to prevent the nations involved in the project from brewing up a political storm, as the United States is slated to hand over authority over the Space Station to the international community in two weeks' time. Max protests in the strongest possible terms and reminds Palma that they must take responsibility and fix the problems with Dutch Boy. The President consents to sending one man up to the station; Despite his objections, Max reluctantly chooses Jake under suggestions by Dekkom.

Max approaches Jake at his house in Cocoa Beach, Florida, where he has lived for the past three years, intermittently accompanied by his daughter Hannah (who has been under shared custody with Jake's ex-wife after the sub-committee fiasco, costing him his home and marriage), to persuade him to go back up into the job. Jake is at first cold and unresponsive to his brother's advance. However, after Max appeals to Jake's passion for his work, he agrees. Meanwhile, an extreme increase of temperature in Hong Kong results in a massive gas leak, destroying part of the city and nearly killing Cheng, Max's college friend and the Dutch Boy Program's Hong Kong bureau chief.

Upon arriving at ICSS, Jake is introduced to Ute Fassbinder, the commander of the space station, along with his crew: Duncan, Hernandez, Adisa, and Dussette. When the crew tries to investigate one of the malfunctioning satellites, the machine holding the satellite malfunctions, causing the satellite to be broken beyond repair, and all of its data is lost. Meanwhile, Cheng contacts Max, who tells him that he can't access the Hong Kong satellite despite having the authority to do so. He also tells Max that if the malfunction continues, the world will suffer from "Geostorm", a chain reaction of massive disasters all over the world that will lead to millions of people dying. Max, being the man in charge of the Dutch Boy, also can't access the satellite. He enlists help from a friend, who's also hacker, and discovers that his authority is blocked. During a blackout, Cheng's office is raided by armed mercenaries. Cheng manages to hide and decides to fly to the States to tell Max.

In another attempt to find the cause of the malfunction, Jake and Ute fly outside the ICSS to retrieve a flash drive which has been ejected into space, following a freak accident which killed a member of the ICSS. However, Jake's suit malfunctions, causing his boosters to out of control and nearly gets himself out of reach of the ICSS. After being rescued, Jake reveals to Ute that he has retrieved the flash drive, but has kept it secret from his crew, suspecting that someone's tried to kill him. Jake and Ute attempt to find the source of the error, but are blocked by someone; Jake concludes that someone within the White House is responsible. Jake tells Max about this in an encrypted message. Meanwhile, Cheng meets up with Max, but is killed when someone pushes him, crashed to a car and dies of his injuries, but not before he tells Max about Zeus. Max enlists help from his friend and discovers that Zeus is a simulation program which deduces which possible scenarios will happen to every country when the Dutch Boy satellites malfunction.

Jake and Ute, with the help of Dussette, discovers a data kept by the dead ICSS member in a locker and discovers that the entire system has been infected by a virus. Jake believes that The president is behind the attack and is using the Dutch Boy as a weapon. He tells Max in order to restore Dutch Boy, he needs to reboot the system entirely, but not before he receives the kill code, held by the president. Max askes Sarah, his fiance and a Secret Service agent, to help him to aquire the kill code.

During the presidential campaign in Colorado, Max reveals his intentions to Dekkom, in which Dekkom agrees to help. Max eventually escapes after Dekkom attempts to kill him, being the one behind the malfunction of the Dutch Boy. Max eventually told Sarah, and they decide to "kidnap" President Palma. They manage to save President Palma and escape from the stadium before a massive thunderstorm blows up the stadium. They are pursued by Dekkom's troops but Sarah takes them down and watches one of them(who happens to be the one that pushed Cheng) die after lightning blows up the car. Dekkom attempts to track their car and blows it up, but Max outsmarted them and arrested Dekkom. Dekkom reveals his intentions: to wipe out all of the future candidates for the presidential election and wiping out all of America's enemies, in the guise of freak disasters. Meanwhile, the virus affects the entire ICSS, causing the self destruct mechanism to activate. It was a defense mechanism created by Jake in case of crashing to Earth. Jake realized that Duncan is the inside man, and the one who's initiating the self destruct program, and confronts him. Jake escapes to a nearby seal lock, when a glass within the room breaks, killing Duncan.

As the crew evacuates, Jake decides to stay behind in order to ensure that the reboot is complete. Max and Sarah manage to escort the President to a nearby NASA facility, where it is revealed that despite the Geostorm can be stopped, it cannot stop the destruction of the ICSS. Ute decides to also stay behind in order to help Jake, and manages to reboot the system, preventing the Geostorm. They manage to take shelter in an attached satellite, and manage to escape from the exploding ICSS. Hernandez and his remaining crew manages to get hold of their satellite and arrive safely on Earth. Jake and Max eventually rekindle their relationship, and are greeted by President Palma.

Six months later, Jake manages to reclaim his job as the engineer of the Dutch Boy, with the Dutch Boy given to the international committee. The movie ends with Hannah narrating that no-one can change the past, but people can embrace the future, as a rocket flies in the distance to the stars above.

Cast

Katheryn Winnick had been cast as Olivia Lawson, Jake’s ex-wife and the mother of Hannah, but during reshoots, her role was recast with another actress who hasn't yet been revealed.

Production

The pre-production began on July 7, 2014.[9] Dean Devlin would direct the science fiction action film for Warner Bros. with Gerard Butler attached to star as the lead,[10] and Jim Sturgess, Abbie Cornish, Ed Harris and Andy García also starring.[11] On August 19, Alexandra Maria 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.[12] On September 26, Katheryn Winnick was added to the cast to play Olivia, Butler's character's ex-wife and mother of Hannah.[13] On October 8, Eugenio Derbez was added to the cast of the film.[14]

Filming

The principal photography on the film began on October 20, 2014, in New Orleans, Louisiana,[15][16] and would last through February 10, 2015.[16] Filming began on Loyola Avenue on the first day.[17] Some NASA scenes were filmed at NASA Facility in New Orleans in November 2014 and January 2015.[18][19] After poor test screenings in December 2015, reshoots were conducted in Louisiana in early December 2016, under new producer Jerry Bruckheimer, writer Laeta Kalogridis and director Danny Cannon. Winnick's role was recast with another actress during reshoots, while new characters were added into the script.[6]

Marketing

On October 16, 2017, Warner Bros. released a viral video on its YouTube channel. In the video, a New York taxicab drives into an ice storm affected city block, much to the shock of its passengers.[20]

Release

The film was originally set for release on March 25, 2016,[21] but in August 2014, Warner cancelled this, and released Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice on that date instead.[22] On December 11, 2014, WB shifted its live-action animated film Jungle Book to 2017 and gave its previous date from March 25, 2016 then October 21, 2016 to Geostorm.[23] In September 2015, the studio again moved back the film from October 21, 2016, to January 13, 2017.[24] In June 2016, the studio announced the release had been moved back from January 13, 2017, to October 20, 2017. The film will have an IMAX release.[25]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Film Releases". Variety Insight. Retrieved September 27, 2016.
  2. ^ "Geostorm". British Board of Film Classification. Retrieved August 21, 2017
  3. ^ "Geostorm". Louisiana Entertainment. Retrieved Oct 12, 2017
  4. ^ "Geostorm (2017)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved October 15, 2017.
  5. ^ a b Charliedavid Page (16 October 2017). "SWITCH. | Film review: Geostorm - More disaster than disaster film". SWITCH. Retrieved 15 October 2017.
  6. ^ a b "Warner Bros., Skydance's 'Geostorm' Undergoes Reshoots, Brings on Jerry Bruckheimer". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved December 16, 2016.
  7. ^ GEOSTORM - OFFICIAL TRAILER 2 HD on YouTube Members of the 18 nations comprise of Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Denmark, Egypt, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States.
  8. ^ a b c Pearson, Jennifer (October 27, 2014). "Abbie Cornish suits up as a sexy Secret Service agent on New Orleans set of Geostorm with 'presidential' Andy Garcia". Daily Mail. Retrieved November 22, 2014.
  9. ^ A., Jonathan (August 13, 2014). "Gerard Butler's "Geostorm" Feature Film Now Hiring Crew Members in New Orleans". projectcasting.com. Retrieved October 20, 2014.
  10. ^ McNary, Dave (11 April 2014). "Gerard Butler to Star in Sci-Fi Thriller 'Geostorm'". variety.com. Retrieved 8 May 2014.
  11. ^ Kit, Borys (August 15, 2014). "Jim Sturgess, Abbie Cornish in Talks to Join Gerard Butler in 'Geostorm' (Exclusive)". hollywoodreporter.com. Retrieved October 31, 2015.
  12. ^ Sneider, Jeff (August 19, 2014). "'Rush' Star Alexandra Maria Lara Joins Gerard Butler in 'Geostorm'". thewrap.com. Retrieved September 29, 2014.
  13. ^ Yamato, Jen (September 26, 2014). "Katheryn Winnick Boards WB & Skydance's 'Geostorm'". deadline.com. Retrieved September 29, 2014.
  14. ^ Ford, Rebecca (October 8, 2014). "'Instructions Not Included' Star Eugenio Derbez Joins 'Geostorm'". hollywoodreporter.com. Retrieved October 10, 2014.
  15. ^ Scott, Mike (August 13, 2014). "George Clooney, Sandra Bullock, Gerard Butler, Tom Hiddleston pack bags for Louisiana film projects". nola.com. Retrieved October 20, 2014.
  16. ^ a b B. Gill, Stanley (October 10, 2014). "Louisiana Film TV Production Jobs Hotline – October 10, 2014". thehollywoodsouthblog.com. Retrieved October 20, 2014.
  17. ^ "Gerard Butler begins filming 'Geostorm' in New Orleans today". onlocationvacations.com. October 20, 2014. Retrieved October 21, 2014.
  18. ^ "'Geostorm' Starring Gerard Butler NASA Scenes Extras Casting Call in New Orleans". projectcasting.com. October 30, 2014. Retrieved November 1, 2014.
  19. ^ "Monday, Jan. 5 Filming Locations for Chicago PD, The Slap, Geostorm, Castle, SVU, & more!". onlocationvacations.com. January 4, 2015. Retrieved January 20, 2015.
  20. ^ Ulanoff, Lance (October 16, 2017). "Pranksters turn New York into frozen nightmare". Mashable. Retrieved October 16, 2017.
  21. ^ "Warner Bros Slots 'Geostorm' For 2016". deadline.com. 2 May 2014. Retrieved 8 May 2014.
  22. ^ Sneider, Jeff (6 August 2014). "Warner Bros. Blinks in Marvel Showdown: 'Batman v Superman' Avoids 'Captain America 3'". thewrap.com. Retrieved 7 August 2014.
  23. ^ Kit, Borys (December 11, 2014). "Warner Bros. Pushes Release Date of 'Jungle Book: Origins'". hollywoodreporter.com. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
  24. ^ McNary, Dave (September 1, 2015). "Gerard Butler's 'Geostorm' Pushed Back to 2017". variety.com. Retrieved September 4, 2015.
  25. ^ "'Lego Movie 2' delayed until 2019". Entertainment Weekly's EW.com. Retrieved 2016-06-18.

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