The Colony Looks Like Children of Men Meets Waterworld

An astronaut whose individuals have lengthy since deserted Earth returns to a residence she’s by no means recognized, decided to discover a resolution to their fertility points. What she finds is that the devastated planet they left behind could be humanity’s solely hope—however guaranteeing their survival will come at a price.

Saban Films has launched the primary trailer for The Colony, a brand new movie from co-writer Mariko Minoguchi and director and co-writer Tim Fehlbaum, government produced by Independence Day’s Roland Emmerich. It takes place after Earth was deserted due to climate-related disasters, which has left a lot of the world underwater. The colonists who escaped to a different planet have discovered themselves unable to procreate, so a group of astronauts return to the planet in the hunt for solutions. The solely survivor, Blake (Nora Arnezeder), discovers kids among the many planet’s inhabitants, so a earlier explorer deserted on Earth named Gibson (Iain Glen) thinks now could be the time to convey their individuals residence. But to take action would imply destroying the lives of those that’d labored so exhausting to outlive there.

Here’s the synopsis: “Cataclysmic conditions on Earth forced a mass exodus to a distant planet. Generations later, a manned mission hurtles back to assess living conditions on the desolate, mostly submerged world. The sole survivor of the expedition is attacked by a violent band of scavengers, themselves locked in battle with a far more sinister foe. Now, mankind’s very survival depends on the bravery and ingenuity of the lone astronaut.”

The trailer appears promising, coming throughout like an epilogue to Waterworld the place a gaggle of colonists got here again to find what occurred to the planet they’d left behind. That or Planet of the Apes, solely with out Charlton Heston’s monologues or Mark Wahlberg’s surprised facial expressions. The trailer can be visually spectacular, particularly the outsized cargo ships serving because the survivors’ properties. I’m curious to see extra.

The Colony arrives in theaters and digital residence launch on August 27.

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