A new poster for Moonfall, the latest sci-fi-tinged disaster movie from Independence Day and The Day After Tomorrow director Roland Emmerich, is now online, and Lionsgate appears to be taking a bit of a tongue-in-cheek approach to the marketing for this one.
The tagline on the poster reads "in 2022 humanity will face the dark side of the moon," while the movie's official Twitter account has added: "There's nothing you can do – it’s a total eclipse of humanity." What other lunar-themed songs will factor into Moonfall's promotion? Keep checking back for updates!
The story deals with the aftermath of the moon being knocked from its orbit by a mysterious force and set on a collision course with Earth. A team is then assembled and sent on a perilous mission to land on the lunar surface and save the planet.
Patrick Wilson (Aquaman) plays a disgraced former NASA astronaut whose last mission, which ended in tragedy, holds a clue about the impending catastrophe. Halle Berry (John Wick Chapter 3) is playing an astronaut-turned-NASA administrator who is a former colleague of Wilson's character. Together with the likes of Charlie Plummer (Boardwalk Empire), John Bradley (Game of Thrones), and Donald Sutherland (The Hunger Games), they must race against time to stop a potential sixth extinction event.
“With mere weeks before impact and the world on the brink of annihilation, NASA executive and former astronaut Jo Fowler (Academy Award winner Halle Berry) is convinced she has the key to saving us all – but only one astronaut from her past, Brian Harper (Patrick Wilson) and a conspiracy theorist K.C. Houseman (John Bradley), believe her. These unlikely heroes will mount an impossible last-ditch mission into space, leaving behind everyone they love, only to find out that our Moon is not what we think it is.”
Moonfall is set to hit theaters on February 4, 2022.
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