National Geographic Presents EXTREME WEATHER: An Astonishing Film about Wildfires, Melting Glaciers, Tornadoes and How These Powerful Forces Are Colliding

WASHINGTON, Oct. 12, 2016 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- This fall, National Geographic presents an immersive new giant-screen film experience that brings audiences face to face with Mother Nature at her most dangerous. Traveling to Alaska's melting glaciers, filmmakers capture the action as massive chunks of ice shear off into the frigid water with explosive force. In the Midwest, cameras roll as storm chasers risk their lives to capture data as deadly tornadoes race toward them. And in drought-ravaged California, filmmakers embed themselves with courageous first responders fighting to contain raging wildfires.

Featuring insights from experts including National Geographic Emerging Explorer Dr. Erin Pettit and Oklahoma tornado researcher Justin Walker, EXTREME WEATHER dramatically demonstrates how climate change is rapidly affecting our land, oceans and atmosphere to produce natural disasters as ruinous as they are spectacular. The film unveils the surprising linkages between these three areas, demonstrating how a small change in one place can have large effects elsewhere.

Narrated by Emmy Award^®-winning actor Michael C. Hall ("Dexter," "Six Feet Under"), EXTREME WEATHER opens in IMAX^®, giant-screen, 15/70mm dome screens and digital cinemas nationwide beginning October 15, 2016.

Directed and filmed by Sean Casey ("Storm Chasers", "Tornado Alley", "Forces of Nature"), EXTREME WEATHER showcases breathtaking cinematography reflecting Casey's life-long immersion in the world of giant-screen nature documentaries. "I've always had a fascination with weather," says Casey. "We wanted to go into the field and capture incredible imagery. The 150-foot flames, the 400-foot wall of ice falling, the tornadoes — there's a majesty to all of that. The way I see it, EXTREME WEATHER lives at the crossroads of beauty and destruction." The film is produced by Jen Casey.

"EXTREME WEATHER offers viewers an up-close look at some of the most astonishing and potentially deadly natural phenomena, while showing how they are interconnected and changing our world in dramatic ways," says Antonietta Monteleone, vice president of film distribution for National Geographic Cinema Ventures. "It's exactly the type of film giant-screen cinema was made for."

For more information on EXTREME WEATHER, including theater listings and link to the trailer, visit extremeweatherfilm.com. Become a fan on Facebook at facebook.com/natgeomovies or follow us on Twitter @NatGeoMovies.

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