1905 Movie Network News Although the reputation and box office performance are average, as a disaster blockbuster, "Escape" still has many fans. Recently, the sequel of the film was confirmed to start shooting in London and Iceland on April 22 this year. Gerard Butler, the star of the previous film, will return again.
In addition, the director of the previous film Rick Roman Wolf will also return to the crew. Rick Roman Wolf previously filmed "Angel Has Fallen." Among Gerard Butler's works, the most well-known is the Fall series. Although this "Doomsday Escape" breaks away from the story mode of fighting terrorists, it still follows the framework of a disaster movie. The story of the first part takes place in an ordinary city. Gerrard plays John Jaredi, an ordinary person. At the moment when the comet is about to hit the earth, he, like billions of other people on the earth, watches in horror. Comet fragments hit the earth, crushing countless cities and threatening the survival of mankind. John heard that there was a refuge in Greenland that could allow his family to survive. He must take his estranged wife Alison and young son Nathan on a dangerous journey to reach a safe harbor before most people. . In the second part of
, the story will take place 5-7 years after the previous one. Humanity has established a refuge, but new problems are still following. Regarding the story of the second part, Wolf said: One thing that is very true about the last mass extinction event is that the toxicity in the atmosphere was so high that no living thing could survive on the ground for a long time. . There are also ongoing fires, all kinds of things happening, volcanic ash, it's impossible to breathe. Currently, the film has not been scheduled for release.