Director Roland Emmerich’s new film Moonfall has added a few new cast members, including Michael Pena, who replaces previously-attached Stanley Tucci.
Tucci, 60, previously signed onto the big-budget space drama in October, though Deadline reports he was forced to back out due to a government-imposed travel ban on United Kingdom flights going into Canada.
Pena, 44, joins an all-star ensemble cast that also includes Halle Berry, Patrick Wilson, John Bradley, Eme Ikwuakor, Charlie Plummer and Donald Sutherland.
New cast: Director Roland Emmerich’s new film Moonfall has added a few new cast members, including Michael Pena, who replaces previously-attached Stanley Tucci
Replaced: Tucci, 60, previously signed onto the big-budget space drama in October, though Deadline reports he was forced to back out due to a government-imposed travel ban on United Kingdom flights going into Canada
Moonfall centers on a mysterious force that knocks the Moon off of it’s orbit, sending it on a collision course with Earth that could very well end humanity as we know it.
The story follows, ‘a ragtag team’ who head into space on a last-ditch effort to save life as we know it.
The team will leave behind, ‘everyone they love and risking everything to land on the lunar surface and save our planet from annihilation.’
Mysterious: Moonfall centers on a mysterious force that knocks the Moon off of it’s orbit, sending it on a collision course with Earth that could very well end humanity as we know it.
Pena will portray Tom Wilson, a wealthy car dealer who is married to Brian Harper (Wilson)’s ex-wife Brenda, played by another new cast addition, Carolina Bartczak.
Other new casting additions are Maxim Roy as Gabriella Auclair, a ‘hardened army captain’ who helps the heroes on their mission, and Stephen Bogaert playing NASA Director Albert Hutchings.
Lionsgate is distributing the film in North America, which has a 2022 release slated, though it’s unclear when production may begin.
New role: Pena will portray Tom Wilson, a wealthy car dealer who is married to Brian Harper (Wilson)’s ex-wife Brenda, played by another new cast addition, Carolina Bartczak
Characters: Other new casting additions are Maxim Roy as Gabriella Auclair, a ‘hardened army captain’ who helps the heroes on their mission, and Stephen Bogaert playing NASA Director Albert Hutchings
Emmerich (Independence Day) will direct Moonfall from a script he co-wrote with Harald Kloser (2012, 10,000 B.C.) and Spenser Cohen (Extinction).
The co-writer and director is also producing through his Centropolis Entertainment banner alongside Kloser for Street Entertainment.
Executive producers are Dennis Wang, James Wang, J.P. Pettinato, Marco Shepherd, Ute Emmerich, Carsten Lorenz, Stuart Ford, and SPG3 Entertainment’s Karl Spoerri and Viviana Vezzani.
Director: Emmerich (Independence Day) will direct Moonfall from a script he co-wrote with Harald Kloser (2012, 10,000 B.C.) and Spenser Cohen (Extinction)
Producer: The co-writer and director is also producing through his Centropolis Entertainment banner alongside Kloser for Street Entertainment
Pena is coming off Blumhouse’s Fantasy Island, which hit theaters in February and was one of the last movies to debut before the COVID-19 pandemic closed theaters.
He also returned to the small screen, reprising his role as Enrique ‘Kiki’ Camarena in an episode of Netflix’s Narcos: Mexico.
The actor will next be seen on the big screen in Warner Bros.’ Tom and Jerry, alongside Chloe Moretz, which will be released in theaters and on HBO Max February 26.
Fantasy: Pena is coming off Blumhouse’s Fantasy Island, which hit theaters in February and was one of the last movies to debut before the COVID-19 pandemic closed theaters
Narcos: He also returned to the small screen, reprising his role as Enrique ‘Kiki’ Camarena in an episode of Netflix’s Narcos: Mexico