Greenland 2 Gets Major Update, Set Images Reveal Gerard Butler as a Post-apocalyptic Survivor

The highly anticipated sequel to the Gerard Butler-led apocalyptic thriller Greenland, Greenland: Migration, just got a major update as Lionsgate announces that they will handle distribution of the movie in the United States. Bringing us ever closer to a release date. Confirmed by Variety, STX will handle distribution in the international markets, with the sequel once again finding Butler and his family fighting to survive in a world that has been brought to its knees by a comet.

The Chair of Lionsgate Motion Picture Group, Adam Fogelson, heaped praise on Gerard Butler and director Ric Roman Waugh, and cannot wait to once again see “large-scale action spectacle” paired with an “emotionally resonant, character driven story.”

“The marriage of large-scale action spectacle with an emotionally resonant, character driven story was very effective, and left audiences wanting to know what happens next. Gerard, Ric, Basil, Erica and the team have found a visually and emotionally compelling answer to the question and we’re thrilled to be a part of bringing that story to the screen.”

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Producer Sébastien Raybaud, meanwhile, can’t wait for audiences to see what’s next for the Garrity family.

“We’re delighted to have reunited with this amazing cast and crew, and to continue telling the exhilarating story of the Garrity family as they begin their next adventure in this post-apocalyptic world. We can’t wait for audiences to see what is in store for them.”

Greenland: Migration Is Now Filming in the U.K.

Greenland

Release Date

July 29, 2020

Runtime

119

Directed by Ric Roman Waugh and starring Gerard Butler, Morena Baccarin, Roger Dale Floyd, Roman Griffin Davis, Amber Rose Revah, and Trond Fausa Aurvåg, the official synopsis for Greenland: Migration teases difficult times ahead for John Garrity.

“In the film, the Garrity family, having found the safety of the Greenland bunker after the comet Clarke decimated the Earth, must risk everything to embark on a harrowing journey across the wasteland of Europe to find a new home.”

Greenland: Migration is currently filming in the United Kingdom, with several images from set revealing Butler back in the role of a now post-apocalyptic survivor. You can check out some images from filming below and more courtesy of the BBC.

Returning director Ric Roman Waugh has offered some detailed insight into the direction of Greenland: Migration. Following the first movie, which was released back in December 2020, Greenland begins when scientists discover that fragments of a comet will hit Earth in a few days and will likely cause the extinction of humanity. The only hope of survival is to take shelter in a group of bunkers in Greenland, with the story following a family who must fight for survival as they make their way to salvation before the comet collides with the planet.

Greenland ends with the Garrity family leaving the safety of the bunker to face the new world. And it sounds like that will be no easy task…

“It’ll be about who survived, and how did they rebuild the earth when everything was completely burned to the ground. So it’s a beautiful kind of way to give you a conclusion of the Garritys and where they go. So, do you call it a sequel? Yeah, but to me, it’s more of the final chapter of what this story has to say.”