Greenland 2 Migration trailer confirms Butler return for Jan 2026

The first trailer for Greenland 2 Migration debuted this week, confirming that Gerard Butler will return as John Garrity in a postapocalyptic sequel that sends the Garrity family out of their long-held bunker to search for a new home. Lionsgate has set the film for a January 9, 2026, theatrical release in the United States, with Ric Roman Waugh back in the director's chair and Morena Baccarin reprising her role as Allison Garrity.

The trailer and studio synopsis pick up five years after the comet strike that drove much of humanity underground in the 2020 original. In Greenland 2 Migration, the Garritys conclude that survival is no longer enough and are compelled to leave their subterranean refuge in Greenland to traverse a shattered world in search of a habitable zone, reportedly located in a crater in southern France. The footage shows the family confronting radiation storms, falling fireballs and collapsing infrastructure as they attempt the transcontinental journey.

Waugh, who co-produces alongside Butler and others, described the sequel as both a continuation and a conclusion to the Garritys' arc. "It will be about who survived and how they rebuild the earth when everything...