Greenland

Greenland is a 2020 American apocalyptic disaster film directed by Ric Roman Waugh and written by Chris Sparling. The film stars Gerard Butler (who also produced), Morena Baccarin, Roger Dale Floyd, Scott Glenn, David Denman, and Hope Davis, and follows a family who must fight for survival as a planet-destroying comet races to Earth. Originally scheduled to be theatrically released in the United States, Greenland was delayed several times due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The film was released domestically by STXfilms, through video on demand on December 18, 2020, and then to streaming on HBO Max and Amazon Prime. It was still released theatrically in other territories, beginning with Belgium on July 29, 2020. The film received generally positive reviews from critics and grossed $52.3 million worldwide with a production budget of $35 million. A sequel, Greenland: Migration, is in development, with Waugh, Butler, Baccarin and Floyd all returning. Plot A near-earth passing of a recently discovered interstellar comet named "Clarke" is expected to occur. Structural engineer John Garrity lives in Atlanta, Georgia USA with his estranged wife, Allison, and their diabetic son, Nathan. John plans to watch the televised expected impact of a fragment of the comet in the Altantic Ocean near Bermuda along with his family and neighbors. John receives an automated Department of Homeland Security (DHS) message saying that he and his family have been selected for emergency sheltering just after a comet fragment is seen entering the atmosphere on live television. Instead of landing in the ocean, the fragment strikes Tampa, Florida vaporizing the city and much of the state; it is revealed that Clarke is actually on a direct collision course with Earth. The entire planet will be bombarded with hundreds of fragments over the next two days, culminating in a strike by a fragment large enough to cause an extinction-level event. John receives a call with instructions to head to Robins Air Force Base with his family for an evacuation flight; he is the only resident of the neighborhood to get this call. John, Allison, and Nathan quickly pack up and leave for the base, taking no one else with them as none but them would be allowed to board.