To call director Timo Vuorensola’s epic 12-year odyssey with the Iron Sky franchise “challenging” would be an understatement if there ever was. As hard as it is to make a movie, the journey to complete the first film certainly had its challenges before releasing in 2012, while the forthcoming sequel, Iron Sky: The Coming Race, was a definitively gruesome undertaking.
Upon announcing Iron Sky spin-off, The Ark, the first official teaser trailer for Iron Sky: The Coming Race launched last May. Post-production was underway and a Finnish premiere date now set for January 16, amid having faced an endangering production halt, rigorous financial negotiations, harrassment from former crew members and lawsuits that would have otherwise killed the movie if the odds weren’t favorable.
On Friday, the team took to its blog highlighting many of these factors in the last several years in addition to announcing the film’s full completion, packaged with the last VFX shots, sound, music, color grading — the works. To bookend things, the new official poster is here as well which you can check out below, created by Jeremy Saunders with VFX elements by Pixomondo and photography by Tomi Tuuliranta, and a tagline that resonates excellently per the narrative.
Iron Sky The Coming Race is a follow up to the 2012 cult film Iron Sky. Iron Sky The Coming Race takes place in a post nuclear war Earth, in the year 2043, when the remnants of humanity who have taken refuge on the moon, look for their salvation in the hollow center of Earth, in their battle for survival. Commander of the moon-base Renate Richter (Julia Dietze) sends her daughter Obi (Lara Rossi) on the search for the key to their survival, the mystical Holy Grail, with her band of unique associates.
Tickets for the premiere in Finland are still up for grabs. Grab ’em while you can!