Press Release
[Immediate Release]
Patrick Wilson, Halle Berry & Josh Gad Join Roland Emmerich’s Science Fiction Epic “Moonfall”
(June 15, 2020 – Hong Kong) Huayi Tencent Entertainment Company Limited (“Huayi Tencent Entertainment” or the “Company”; stock code: 00419.HK; together with its subsidiaries collectively known as the “Group”) is pleased to announce that Patrick Wilson, who plays an important role in “Aquaman” and “Midway”; Halle Berry, who won a best actress Oscar, actress of “John Wick 3”, “X-men” and “Catwoman”; and Josh Gad, dubber of Olaf in “Frozen” series confirm to join Emmerich's latest science fiction epic "Moonfall”. The Company together with its parent company – Huayi Brothers - invest in and produce “Moonfall”. It also has obtained the right to distribute the movie in China. “Moonfall” is slated to be released theatrically around the second half of 2021 to 2022.
In “Moonfall”, a mysterious force knocks the Moon from its orbit around Earth and sends it hurtling on a collision course with life as we know it. With mere weeks before impact, and against all odds, a ragtag team launches an impossible last-ditch mission into space, risking everything to land on the lunar surface and save our planet from annihilation. Patrick Wilson will play a disgraced former NASA astronaut whose previous space mission holds a clue about an impending catastrophe. Halle Berry plays an astronaut turned NASA administrator, while Josh Gad plays a high intelligence science geek.
Directed by Roland Emmerich, “Moonfall” begins production this fall in Montreal in Canada with a script written by Roland Emmerich, Harald Kloser (co-writer of 2012 and The Day After Tomorrow), and Spenser Cohen. Roland Emmerich is producing the independent feature film under his Centropolis Entertainment banner with Harald Kloser producing through his company, Street Entertainment. Executive producers are Dennis Wang (Chairman of the Company), James Wang (Executive Director of the Company), J.P. Pettinato, Marco Shepherd, Ute Emmerich, Carsten Lorenz, and Stuart Ford.
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The Group and Huayi Brothers deeply involved in the investment and production of “Moonfall” and the distribution in China. "Moonfall" achieved outstanding sales at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival. Lionsgate obtained the distribution rights in North America. Other key international distribution partners include Entertainment Film Distributors in the UK, Leonine in Germany and Switzerland, Metropolitan in France, Sun in Latin America and Spain, IIF in Italy, Roadshow in Australia, Kino Film in Japan, Noori Pictures in South Korea, Central Partnership in Russia, and DFW in Benelux.
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About Huayi Tencent Entertainment Company Limited Huayi Tencent Entertainment Company Limited (Stock Code: 00419.HK) is a new media company integrating culture and entertainment. It produces quality international films, animations, and TV dramas, and invests in international entertainment companies through M&As and resource integration, aimed at building an integrated platform with both content development and online-to-offline entertainment channels. Currently, Huayi Brothers (Stock Code: 300027.SZ) and Tencent (Stock Code: 00700.HK) are the controlling shareholders of Huayi Tencent Entertainment.
About Roland Emmerich & Centropolis Entertainment Centropolis Entertainment is the film and television production company of international filmmakers, director/producer/screenwriter Roland Emmerich and his sister, producer Ute Emmerich. In 2017, the company significantly expanded its scope beyond traditional producing in order to own its original intellectual property. Beginning with the recent WWII action epic “Midway”, which has grossed almost $140 million worldwide to date, Centropolis raises all of its funding independently and oversees all aspects of development, production, financing, delivery, and distribution and marketing with its U.S. and international partners. The science fiction epic, “Moonfall”, will be the second feature film produced under this model.
Last year, Roland Emmerich received the Honorary Award for career achievement from the Bavarian Film Awards, the most highly regarded accolades for filmmaking in his home country of Germany. In January, the Visual Effects Society (VES) bestowed its Visionary Award to him at its annual gala. Since Centropolis’ inception in 1985, its 30 films – including “Independence Day”, “Stargate”, “Godzilla”, “The Patriot”, “The Day
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After Tomorrow”, “2012”, “White House Down”, and “Midway” - have grossed more than $4 billion worldwide.
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