‘Moonfall’ director Roland Emmerich talks disaster, destruction and the inspiration for his moon-crashing new film (video)

The latest amazing, action-packed apocalyptic movie from the master of mayhem, the captain of calamity, Roland Emmerich is about to hit the big screen.

In the movie “Moonfall” — which arrives in theaters across the U.S. on Friday (Feb. 4) — for reasons unknown, Earth’s only natural satellite is on a collision course with our little blue-green planet. The film focuses on a former astronaut-turned-NASA executive (Halle Berry) who must team up with an astronaut from her past (Patrick Wilson) and a conspiracy theorist (John Bradley) to save Earth from this impending calamity. Joining them are Michael Peña, Charlie Plummer, Kelly Yu, Eme Ikwuakor, Carolina Bartczak and Donald Sutherland.