Halle Berry and Patrick Wilson Team Up to Save the Earth and Moon in Outer Space Thriller Moonfall

Halle Berry and Patrick Wilson are trying to save the Earth — and the moon — from impending destruction.

On Thursday, Lionsgate released the first official trailer for its upcoming science fiction thriller Moonfall.

The film follows former astronaut and NASA executive Jo Fowler (Berry, 55) as she recruits astronaut Brian Harper (Wilson, 48) and conspiracy theorist K.C. Houseman (John Bradley) for a mysterious mission into space.

In the clip, Bradley's character uncovers a "shocking discovery" that the moon is "out of orbit." As scenes flash before the screen, Berry's Fowler then discovers that the moon is inhabited by an unknown force and they are "dealing with an intelligent entity."

Other scenes show the trio blasting off into space as those left on Earth fight back against the natural forces destroying the planet. "What's the plan?" Berry's character asks Wilson's Harper, who replies: "Save the moon, save Earth."

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Alongside Berry, Wilson and Bradley, 33, the film also stars Michael Peña, Charlie Plummer, Kelly Yu, Eme Ikwuakor and Carolina Bartczak. Donald Sutherland also appears.

Roland Emmerich — who has helmed other disaster-themed films such as Day After Tomorrow and Godzilla — directs the film.

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While recently speaking with Entertainment Weekly, Emmerich, 66, said that he came up with the concept for Moonfall when he read Who Built the Moon? by Christopher Knight and Alan Butler. There, Emmerich said, it was the first time he came across "the idea that maybe the moon is not what we think it is, that it's built rather than natural."

"Some people believe that megastructures are a built shell around a star," he explained. "Enormous, enormous structures that are more or less like a cage around a captured star."

Moonfall rises in theaters on Feb. 4, 2022.