18% RT Gerard Butler Disaster Movie Gets Candid Reflection & Sequel Update From Director: 'We Barely Survived'

Summary

• Geostorm
  It was a critical and commercial bomb, losing $71.6 million, 60% of the film was rewritten and reshot.
• Director Dean Devlin has expressed interest in a sequel or director's cut, despite being changed during production.
• Disaster movies like Gerard Butler's latest success
  Greenland
  and its upcoming sequel and recent box office success
  Twisters
  then it can take the genre back even further
  Geostorm
  failure of

As Gerard Butler steps forward in the genre with a distinctive feature, Dean Devlin candidly reflects on his experience. Geostorm. Co-written, co-produced and directed by frequent collaborator Devlin Independence day's Roland Emmerich, the 2017 film is set in a world where climate-monitoring satellites have been created to combat a series of catastrophic natural disasters, only for a saboteur to enter and wreak havoc. Butler, directed by Jim Sturgess and Abbie Cornish, Geostorm It was a critical and commercial bomb, losing Warner Bros. $71.6 million.

During a recent interview Reverse to discuss Ship Season 2 release Devlin was asked about Geostorm and the potential for sequels. The director/writer/producer spoke candidly about his thoughts on the 2017 film, recalling being changed and “60% of the movie” rewritten and reshot, but has expressed interest in seeing a sequel or an original director's cut. Below is what Devlin had to say:

We narrowly escaped Geostorm 1. The truth of the matter is that I was replaced in Geostorm. Someone else rewrote and directed 60% of the film. So this is not my film. If they ever want to go back and restore my film version, I'd be happy to do that and I'd be happy to make a sequel.

A sequel to Butler's Apocalypse could reverse the failure of Geostorm

during Geostorm's release, the disaster film genre was on a marked decline in both popularity and general acceptance. Mark Wahlberg was in charge, though Deep Water Horizon and starring Chris Pine The Most Beautiful Hours both received largely positive reviews from critics, both were notable box office bombs, the former losing the studio an estimated $60-112 million and the latter $75 million. This period also has various intentional camp names, viz Sharknado franchise.

Although Geostorm has pretty much continued the decline of the disaster movie genre, with several recent hits, one of which is the Butler-led 2020 Greenland. In addition to receiving a 78% Certified Fresh approval rating from critics on Rotten Tomatoes, the film was also a financial success, grossing over $52 million during its COVID-19-based release, though it was even more successful on VOD. STX Films generates over $80 million in revenue. This success even led to the development Greenland: Migrationwhich will see Butler return to lead the cast of the sequel.

A number of Butler's recent films have since been both critical and commercial successes Geostorm's release is not only Greenland: Migration continue this success but save it even more in the disaster genre. However, even in the midst of this success, it seems unlikely that a Geostorm A sequel to the 2017 film was always going to happen, not just because of its box office woes, but also because of its critical failures.

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