
The Iron Giant(1999)
In the small town of Rockwell, Maine in October 1957, a giant metal machine befriends a nine-year-old boy and ultimately finds its humanity by unselfishly saving people from their own fears and prejudices.


“We're at the edge of a mass extinction.”
Disaster unfolds when a meteor strikes a small town, turning the environment uninhabitable and killing everything in the surrounding area. Exobiologist Lauren Stone is called to find answers to the unearthly event. As she begins to uncover the truth, imminent danger awakens and it becomes a race against time to save mankind.
Nicole Schalmo
Lauren

Jack Campbell
Colonel Emmerich

Caroline McQuade
Mandy Stone

Kenneth Trujillo
David Santiago
Buffy Anne Littaua
Dr. Maria Paselo
Nicole Sharrock
Sargeant Nitro

Melissa Brattoni
Sargeant Thompson

Anthony Moisset
Sargeant Brooks

Marcus Johnson
David Howell
Natalie Rose
Narelle Jackson
Risen is a science fiction, drama, thriller film released in 2021 exploring themes of small town, meteorite, mass extinction, alien contact. Directed by Eddie Arya, it stars Nicole Schalmo, Jack Campbell, Caroline McQuade. Disaster unfolds when a meteor strikes a small town, turning the environment uninhabitable and killing everything in the surrounding area. Exobiologist Lauren Stone is called to find answers to the unearthly event. As she begins to uncover the truth, imminent danger awakens and it becomes a race against time to save mankind.
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