Iron Sky

For other uses, see Iron Sky (disambiguation).

Iron Sky
Theatrical release poster
Directed byTimo Vuorensola
Screenplay by
  • Michael Kalesniko
  • Ryan Healey
  • Timo Vuorensola
Story by
Produced by
  • Tero Kaukomaa
  • Oliver Damian
  • Mitchell Welsh
  • Cathy Overett
  • Sam Horton
  • James Wenban
  • Matt Pohl
  • Mark Overett
  • Samuli Torssonen
Starring
CinematographyMika Orasmaa
Edited bySuresh Ayyar
Music byLaibach
Production
companies
Distributed by
Release dates
  • 11 February 2012 (2012-02-11) (Berlinale)
  • 4 April 2012 (2012-04-04) (Finland)
  • 5 April 2012 (2012-04-05) (Germany)
  • 10 May 2012 (2012-05-10) (Australia)
Running time
93 minutes[1]
CountriesFinland
Germany
Australia
LanguagesEnglish [1]
German[1]
Budget€7.5 million[2]
Box officeUS$8.1 million[3]

Iron Sky is a 2012 comic-science-fiction action film directed by Timo Vuorensola and written by Johanna Sinisalo and Michael Kalesniko.[4][5][6] It tells the story of a group of German Nazis who, having been defeated in 1945, fled to the Moon, where they built a space fleet to return in 2018 and conquer Earth. Iron Sky is one of the most expensive Finnish films.

Iron Sky comes from the creators of Star Wreck: In the Pirkinning and was produced by Tero Kaukomaa of Blind Spot Pictures and Energia Productions, co-produced by New Holland Pictures and 27 Films, and co-financed by numerous individual supporters; Samuli Torssonen was responsible for the computer-generated imagery. It was theatrically released throughout Europe in April 2012.[5] A director's cut of the film with 20 additional minutes was released on DVD and Blu-ray on 11 March 2014.[7] The film received negative reviews, focusing on the film's execution and dated humor.

A video-game adaptation titled Iron Sky: Invasion was released in October 2012. A sequel, titled Iron Sky: The Coming Race, was crowdfunded through Indiegogo and released in January 2019,[8] to a more hostile critical reception and a box office bomb, leading to the bankruptcy of two production companies involved in the sequel's production: Blind Spot Pictures, and Iron Sky Universe.

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  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference ironskyinvest was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "Iron Sky". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 15 October 2012.
  4. ^ io9.com, by Charlie Jane Anders (7 May 2008), "Nazi Moonbase Launches Stealth Attack". Retrieved 1 May 2009.
  5. ^ a b "Iron Sky info site". Ironsky.net. Archived from the original on 14 January 2009. Retrieved 22 October 2012.
  6. ^ Ritman, Alex (19 May 2023). "Cannes: 'Iron Sky' Director Timo Vuorensola Prepping Darkly Comic Action Thriller 'Killtown' (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
  7. ^ "Iron Sky (2012) Blu-ray comparison". DVDCompare. Retrieved 19 April 2017.
  8. ^ "Iron Sky: The Coming Race". Indiegogo. Retrieved 9 May 2017.