Gerard Butler Battles a Comet-Ravaged World in the Explosive Greenland 2: Migration Trailer

Gerard Butler is back on the run in Greenland 2: Migration, as the first trailer teases a desperate trek with Morena Baccarin across a world shattered by a comet strike.

If you liked the surprisingly sturdy 2020 disaster movie 'Greenland' (yes, the Gerard Butler one where the sky tries to kill us), the sequel finally has lift-off. The first trailer for 'Greenland 2: Migration' is out, and the movie is set to hit theaters on January 9, 2026.

How we got here (and who almost made a totally different version)

Fun bit of alternate-timeline trivia: at one point, Neill Blomkamp was going to direct 'Greenland' with Chris Evans starring. They both moved on pretty quickly, and the project pivoted to director Ric Roman Waugh and star/producer Gerard Butler, a pairing that has since become a reliable team-up ('Angel Has Fallen,' 'Kandahar'). That version of 'Greenland' turned out well — it was a hit and even pulled an 8/10 from JoBlo reviewer Chris Bumbray — which is why we’re now here with a bigger, bleaker follow-up.

What the sequel is actually about

'After a comet strike wipes out most of the planet, the Garrity family leaves the relative safety of their bunker in Greenland and sets out across a broken world to find a new place to live.'

So, less 'race to the bunker,' more 'post-apocalyptic road movie.' Different flavor, same panic.

Quick hits

• Title and date: 'Greenland 2: Migration' opens in theaters on January 9, 2026.
• Director and writers: Ric Roman Waugh returns behind the camera. The script is by Mitchell LaFortune and Chris Sparling (who wrote the first film).
• Returning leads: Gerard Butler and Morena Baccarin are back as John and Allison Garrity.
• New Nathan: Roman Griffin Davis takes over the role of their son, Nathan, from Roger Dale Floyd.
• Also starring: Amber Rose Revah ('The Punisher'), Sophie Thompson ('Gosford Park'), Trond Fausa Aurvag ('The Bothersome Man'), and William Abadie ('Emily in Paris').
• Behind-the-scenes muscle: Producers include Basil Iwanyk and Erica Lee (Thunder Road), Sebastien Raybaud and John Zois (Anton), Gerard Butler and Alan Siegel (G-BASE), and Brendon Boyea (CineMachine). Executive producers are Robert Simonds, Noah Fogelson, and Sam Brown (STX), plus Ric Roman Waugh (CineMachine) and Chris Sparling.
• Deal-making drama: When the sequel was shopped, it turned into a hot ticket. STX snapped it up in what was reportedly the biggest deal of the Cannes virtual market: $75 million total. That breaks down to $25 million for domestic rights and roughly $50 million to take international from Anton. Multiple streamers tried to pounce, but STX had first dibs thanks to a matching option from distributing the original, and they used it.

Bottom line

The trailer leans into the fallout world-building, Butler in survival mode, and the family-on-the-move tension that worked last time. It also has some fun inside-baseball energy: for a mid-budget disaster sequel, this thing sparked one of the splashiest market deals in years. Not bad for a franchise that started with a totally different director and star on paper.