Not content with wreaking destruction upon the Earth via alien invaders in both Independence Day movies and using various other methods elsewhere in his output, Roland Emmerich now has his eye on the moon with a new sci-fi outing called Moonfall.
As the title might suggest, things won't be going well for our little satellite world, with the plot described as a blend of Emmerich's own 2012 and Close Encounters, as a group of misfits unite to try to save humanity when the Moon falls out of its orbit and starts to hurtle towards our planet.
Yes, even though he took potshots at the lunar surface in Independence Day: Resurgence (and may feel like actually bringing the moon down if that film's box office takings don't improve) Emmerich is taking aim via a script he wrote with regular collaborator Harald Kloser and Spenser Cohen, a man well versed in apocalyptic stories himself having written a script called Extinction.
Universal is backing this one, and it's on the fast track, so expect it to get moving shortly. Can we please have a separate commentary track on the DVD with professor Brian Cox and astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson pointing out the issues and laughing themselves silly?