Geostorm

Geostorm is an upcoming American disaster science-fiction action film co-written, co-produced and directed by Dean Devlin as his feature film directorial debut. The film stars Gerard Butler, Jim Sturgess, Abbie Cornish, Alexandra Maria Lara, Richard Schiff, Robert Sheehan, Daniel Wu, Eugenio Derbez, Ed Harris and Andy García. The plot follows a satellite designer who tries to save the world from a storm of epic proportions caused by malfunctioning climate-controlling satellites.

Principal photography began on October 20, 2014, in New Orleans, Louisiana. After poor test screenings, re-shoots took place in December 2016 under executive producer Jerry Bruckheimer, writer Laeta Kalogridis and director Danny Cannon. The film is the first co-production between Skydance Mediaand Warner Bros. Pictures. The film will be released in the United States on October 20, 2017.

Synopsis

In the near future, when climate-controlling satellites malfunction and release disaster-creating small pods all over the world, Jake Lawson and his other fellow astronauts head into space to prevent the satellites from programming the small pods into creating a storm of epic proportions. They soon discover that the disaster wasn't caused by a malfunction, but was done intentionally, and the only person who has the kill codes to shut down the satellites is U.S. President Andrew Palma.

Cast

• Gerard Butler as Jake Lawson, Hannah's father
• Jim Sturgess as Max Lawson, Jake’s younger brother and Hannah's uncle
• Abbie Cornish as U.S. Secret Service Agent Sarah Wilson, Max's love interest
• Alexandra Maria Lara as Ute Fassbinder, the commander of a space station and Jake’s love interest
• Ed Harris as U.S. Secretary of State Leonard Dekkom
• Andy García as U.S. President Andrew Palma
• Richard Schiff
• Robert Sheehan as Duncan, a crew member of a space station
• Daniel Wu as Cheng, the Hong Kong-based supervisor for the Dutch Boy Program
• Eugenio Derbez as Hernandez, a crew member of a space station
• Zazie Beetz
• Adepero Oduye as Adisa
• Amr Waked as Dussette
• Talitha Bateman as Hannah Lawson, Jake’s daughter and Max's niece
• Billy Slaughter as Karl Dright
• Tom Choi as Chinese Representative Lee

Katheryn Winnick had been cast as Olivia Lawson, Jake’s ex-wife and the mother of Hannah, but during reshoots, her role was recast with another actress who hasn't yet been revealed.