LIVE Magazine #264

y Levvy Carriker and Juli Ragsdale
LIVE Magazine
It is a time when the entire world is attacked. Only this time by
weather! What could be causing these catastrophic events?
The film Geostorm is set in the not too distant future. Existence
on Earth can be controlled by weather machines.(ie. ‘not so distant
future’)
From the Producer of ‘Independence Day’ ....’Geostorm’ shakes
up the planet. Amazing special effects and colorization.
It is a very interesting film and incredibly shot .
WHO IS IN CONTROL?
After an unprecedented series of natural
disasters threatened the planet, the world’s
leaders came together to create an intricate
network of satellites to control the global
climate and keep everyone safe. But now,
something has gone wrong—the system built
to protect the Earth is attacking it, and it’s
a race against the clock to uncover the real
threat before a worldwide geostorm wipes
out everything...and everyone along with it.
Warner Bros. Pictures and Skydance present,
a Skydance production, an Electric Entertainment
production, a film by Dean Devlin,
“Geostorm.” It will be distributed in 3D and
2D in select theaters and IMAX, by Warner
Bros. Pictures, a Warner Bros. Entertainment
Company.
Dean Devlin (writer/producer, “Independence
Day”) makes his feature film directorial debut
with suspense thriller “Geostorm,” starring
Gerard Butler (“Olympus Has Fallen,” “300”),
Jim Sturgess (“Cloud Atlas”), Abbie Cornish
(“Limitless”), Alexandra Maria Lara (“Rush”),
Daniel Wu (“The Man with the Iron Fists,”
“Warcraft: The Beginning”), Eugenio Derbez
(“How to Be a Latin Lover”), with Oscar nominees
Ed Harris (“The Hours,” “Apollo 13”) and
Andy Garcia (“The Godfather: Part III”).
Butler stars as Jake Lawson, a scientist
who, along with his brother, Max, played by
Sturgess, is tasked with solving the satellite
program’s malfunction. Cornish stars as Secret
Service agent Sarah Wilson; Lara as Ute
Fassbinder, the ISS astronaut who runs the
space station; Wu as Cheng Long, the Hong
Kong-based supervisor for the satellite program;
Derbez as space station crew member
Al Hernandez; with Garcia as U.S. President
Andrew Palma; and Harris as Secretary of
State Leonard Dekkom. The film also stars
Zazie Beetz (upcoming “Deadpool 2,” TV’s
“Atlanta”), Adepero Oduye (“The Big Short,”
“12 Years a Slave”), Amr Waked (“Lucy,”
“Syriana”), and Robert Sheehan (“The Mortal
Instruments: City of Bones,” “Season of the
Witch”).
The film, written by Dean Devlin & Paul
Guyot, was produced by Skydance’s David Ellison,
Devlin, and Skydance’s Dana Goldberg.
Herbert W. Gains, Electric Entertainment’s
Marc Roskin and Skydance’s Don Granger
are the executive producers. Rachel Olschan
of Electric Entertainment and Cliff Lanning
co-produce.
The behind-the-scenes creative team includes
director of photography Roberto Schaefer
(“Finding Neverland,” “Quantum of Solace”);
production designer Kirk M. Petruccelli
(“White House Down”); editors Ron Rosen
(“Godzilla”), Oscar nominee Chris Lebenzon
(“Crimson Tide,” “Top Gun”) and Oscar
nominee John Refoua (“Avatar”); costume
designer Susan Matheson (“The Big Short,”
“Safehouse”); and VFX supervisor Jeffrey A.
Okun (“Clash of the Titans,” “The Day the
Earth Stood Still”). The music is by Lorne
Balfe (“The LEGO® Batman Movie”).
“Geostorm” has been rated PG-13 for destruction,
action and violence. www.geostorm.movie
ABBIE CORNISH as Sarah Wilson
(L-r) AMR WAKED as Dussette and EUGEN-
IO DERBEZ as Hernandez
(L-r) AMR WAKED as Ray Dussette, ADEPERO
ODUYE as Eni Adisa, ALEXANDRA MARIA
LARA as Ute Fassbinder, ROBERT SHEEHAN
as Duncan Taylor, GERARD BUTLER as Jake
Lawson and EUGENIO DERBEZ as Al Hernandez
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