Gerard Butler And Morena Baccarin Set To Reprise Their Roles In The Hit Action-Packed Disaster Thriller GREENLAND: MIGRATION
Gerard Butler (Plane, Angel Has Fallen, Den of Thieves), Morena Baccarin (Deadpool, Deadpool 2 & 3, Gotham, Spy) and director Ric Roman Waugh (Kandahar, Angel Has Fallen, Shot Caller) are reprising their roles for Greenland: Migration, the sequel to the hit action-packed disaster thriller Greenland for Anton, STX Entertainment, Thunder Road and G-BASE with production starting in April, 2024.
Chris Sparling and Mitchell Lafortune wrote the screenplay to Greenland: Migration, in which the Garrity family must leave the safety of the Greenland bunker after the comet “Clarke” decimated the earth and the family embarks on a harrowing journey across the wasteland of Europe to find a new home.
Producing are Thunder Road Pictures’ Basil Iwanyk and Erica Lee, Anton’s Sébastien Raybaud and John Zois, G-BASE’s Butler and Alan Siegel, and CineMachine’s Brendon Boyea.
Executive Producers are Robert Simonds, Noah Fogelson and Sam Brown for STX Entertainment, Ric Roman Waugh for CineMachine and Chris Sparling.
The film will be co-financed and co-produced by Anton and STX. STX is handling global distribution.
Greenland debuted theatrically in summer 2020 under the lockdown via STX and its international partners and opened number one in more than 26 countries including Germany, France, Italy, Spain, and Russia, grossing more than $52m internationally. Following the theatrical roll-out, the action film debuted on SVOD followed by an exclusive run in the US on HBO Max.
“We are thrilled to have Gerard, Morena and Ric back on board for Greenland: Migration to show the audiences what happened next to the Garrity family,” said Sébastien Raybaud. “To be back working with the teams at G-BASE, Thunder Road, CineMachine and STX, we know the next installment will be just as captivating as the first.”
“The success of Greenland showcased in a narratively and visually compelling way what one man will do to protect and provide for his family against the most cataclysmic of odds. We could not be more excited to be continuing the Garrity’s harrowing story with Gerry, Morena, Ric and all of our wonderful producers and partners around the world,” said Sam Brown, President of Production, STX Entertainment.
“Working together again with our friends at ThunderRoad, Anton, Cinemachine and STX is the ultimate experience. Gerry and I were blown away by the way in which we all bonded together seamlessly to produce a stunning first movie and we’re even more excited about our next adventure with the gang” said G-BASE’s Alan Siegel.
About Anton
Headquartered in London, with offices in Los Angeles and Berlin, Anton is a fast-growing, fully independent studio that can develop, produce, and finance premium scripted projects.
Other new productions which will launch at EFM will include PALETTE, a visionary psychological horror from writer-director Zach Strauss, starring Hunter Schafer and Noomi Rapace and A PRAYER FOR THE DYING, starring rising star Callum Turner, based on the novel of the same name by Stewart O’Nan.
Recently, Anton developed, produced, and financed the Jessica Chastain and Anne Hathaway-fronted MOTHERS’ INSTINCT, TIFF Premiere THE END WE START FROM, starring Jodie Comer and Benedict Cumberbatch, as well as the action thriller CANARY BLACK, starring Kate Beckinsale and Rupert Friend, Jamie Child’s thriller JACKDAW, starring Oliver Jackson-Cohen and Jenna Coleman and Martin Campbell’s CLEANER, starring Daisy Ridley, Clive Owen and Taz Skylar.
About STX Entertainment
STX Entertainment, is a next-generation film and television studio that produces and acquires motion pictures and high quality television programming at scale. From blockbusters like Greenland, Hustlers, Bad Moms, and The Upside to hits like The Gentlemen, Molly’s Game, and The Gift, STX Entertainment, through its subsidiaries, produces star-driven films and television entertainment for a global audience. Upcoming films include, Greenland 2: Migration, the sequel to the global hit starring Gerard Butler as well as My Spy 2, starring Dave Bautista. The company has a number of films and direct-to-platform productions in development including Fast and Loose, starring Will Smith, Night Wolf starring Kevin Hart, I Slept with Joey Ramone starring Pete Davidson, and Muscle, starring Vin Diesel, among others.
About Thunder Road Films
Founded by producer Basil Iwanyk and run with his partner Erica Lee, Thunder Road Films is one of the most prolific and respected independent film companies in Hollywood. Its films have grossed over $4.2 billion worldwide and have garnered nominations from the Academy Awards, Golden Globes, Producers Guild Awards, Writers Guild Awards, Directors Guild Awards, and AFI Awards.
Thunder Road has produced a number of notable films including the critically-acclaimed drama THE TOWN, directed by Academy Award winner Ben Affleck; SICARIO, directed by Academy Award nominee Denis Villeneuve and starring Emily Blunt, Benicio del Toro and Josh Brolin as well as its sequel, SICARIO: DAY OF THE SOLDADO; Taylor Sheridan’s WIND RIVER, starring Jeremy Renner and Elizabeth Olsen; and the Oscar-winning A STAR IS BORN, directed by and starring Academy Award nominee Bradley Cooper opposite Lady Gaga.
They are best known as the producers behind the JOHN WICK franchise. The most recent installment, JOHN WICK: CHAPTER 4, has grossed more than $440M+ to date at the Worldwide Box Office, receiving the highest reviews in the series. Remarkably, each sequel has out-performed the last, building on the success of JOHN WICK, JOHN WICK: CHAPTER 2, and JOHN WICK: CHAPTER 3 – PARABELLUM, all starring Keanu Reeves. Recently, the franchise expanded to television with the spinoff series, The Continental. Currently, they are in post-production on a film spinoff, BALLERINA, directed by Len Wiseman, starring Ana de Armas.
Most recently, Thunder Road produced John Woo’s heralded US action film return SILENT NIGHT starring Joel Kinnaman; the Ric Waugh and Gerard Butler action epic KANDAHAR; Tarik Saleh’s black-op thriller THE CONTRACTOR, starring Chris Pine & Ben Foster; Halle Berry’s directorial debut, BRUISED; the romantic comedy LOVE AGAIN, directed by Jim Strouse, starring Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Sam Heughan, and Celine Dion; the Football Drama NATIONAL CHAMPIONS, starring Stephan James, J.K. Simmons, and Uzo Aduba; Ric Waugh’s disaster epic GREENLAND, starring Gerard Butler; and Neil Burger’s sci-fi thriller VOYAGERS, starring Colin Farrell, Tye Sheridan, Fionn Whitehead, and Lily-Rose Depp.
Thunder Road is in post-production on a number of projects including: Dev Patel’s directorial debut, the stylized revenge thriller MONKEY MAN; David Mackenzie’s whistle-blower thriller RELAY starring Riz Ahmed, Lily James, and Sam Worthington; a sequel to WIND RIVER directed by Kari Skogland; Stefon Bristol’s sophomore film BREATHE starring Jennifer Hudson and Milla Jovovich; Netflix’s Mouly Surya directed modern western TRIGGER WARNING starring Jessica Alba; and DUST BUNNY starring Mads Mikkelsen and Sigourney Weaver.
About CineMachine
Formed by Ric Roman Waugh and Brendon Boyea in 2023, CineMachine is a full service production company with a focus on thought provoking genre films. Currently in pre-production on GREENLAND:MIGRATION, the company is in active development/packaging across various features and TV projects. Both Waugh and Boyea’s past work includes GREENLAND, SHOT CALLER, KANDAHAR, NATIONAL CHAMPIONS, SOUTHPAW and THE ACCIDENTAL GETAWAY DRIVER
