Scottish star Gerard Butler will is in negotiations to headline Ric Roman Waugh's disaster thriller "Greenland".

The actor and the director most recently worked on upcoming film "Angel Has Fallen", the third part of Butler's "Olympus Has Fallen" film series. The movie is set to release in August this year.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, "Greenland" follows a family who fights for its survival in the face of a cataclysmic natural disaster.

The film will be produced by Thunder Road Films' Basil Iwanyk, who has developed the project, with Butler and Alan Siegel via their G-BASE production company.

Principal photography will commence inf May in Toronto, Canada.

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