io9: iron sky

The Space Nazis Are Coming! The Space Nazis Are Coming!

Charlie Jane Anders — Fri, 15 May 2009 13:34:31 PDT

Iron Sky, the Finnish comedy about Nazis returning from the Moon, was already challenging Dead Snow for the crazy-Scandanavian-Nazi-movie title. But now this new concept art clinches it for us. Check out our awesome gallery.

I love these images of spaceships and moonbases. Those Nazis sure can build. And you can check out the filmmakers' updates from Cannes on their Youtube channel.

[Iron Sky via Film School Rejects]

The Fourth Reich Takes Flight In Space

Meredith Woerner — Wed, 13 May 2009 13:54:37 PDT

What if the Nazis had a secret Arctic base that launched a team of astro-nazis to the dark side of the moon? And then they waited until 2018 to strike? New video from Iron Cross.

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From the people who brought you the weird Star Trek parody Star Wreck, Iron Sky imagines what happens if the Nazis landed, and prospered, on the Moon. It's written by Johanna Sinisalo, who won a Tiptree Award and the Finlandia Prize for Literature, for her novel Troll and has been nominated for a Nebula for her novella "Baby Doll." Here's the synopsis:

Towards the end of World War II the staff of SS officer Hans Kammler made a significant breakthrough in anti-gravity. From a secret base built in the Antarctic, the first Nazi spaceships were launched in late ‘45 to found the military base Schwarze Sonne (Black Sun) on the dark side of the Moon. This base was to build a powerful invasion fleet and return to take over the Earth once the time was right. Now it's 2018, the Nazi invasion is on its way and the world is goose-stepping towards its doom.

And the film just announced more of its cast members, including the "legendary Udo Kier":

German actor Götz Otto will step in the boots of the intelligence officer Klaus Adler, a fanatic Moon Nazi devoted on invading the Earth. Otto has previously appeared in numerous feature films and tv-series, including attempting to kill James Bond as Mr. Stamper in the film Tomorrow Never Dies...

The other two new cast members attached to Iron Sky are also from Germany.
Veteran actor Tilo Prückner (The Neverending Story) will design the wunderwaffe of the Fourth Reich as the Nazi scientist Doktor Richter.

The legendary Udo Kier (Dogville, Blade, Shadow of the Vampire) will appear as the Nazi Moon base commander Wolfgang Höss.

Earlier German actress Julia Dietze (1½ Ritter) joined the cast as Moon Nazi officer Renate Richter.

Here's The Teaser As Well:

Space-Nazis Movie Gets A Star

Meredith Woerner — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 09:30:00 PST

The gorgeous actress Julia Dietze has been picked for the title role in Iron Sky, a flick about a moon-base full of Nazis who attack Earth in the year 2018. Which means this instant classic, from the masterminds who brought you Star Trek parody Star Wreck, is actually going to get made - probably thanks to Nazi zombie film Dead Snow. Dietze will be the first moon-Nazi descendant who comes to Earth to make sure it's OK for a full fledged attack. [Variety]

Nazi Moonbase Launches Stealth Attack

Charlie Jane Anders — Wed, 07 May 2008 11:00:00 PDT

The long-awaited teaser trailer for Iron Sky, the science fiction comedy from the Finnish makers of Star Trek parody Star Wreck, is finally out. And unlike Wreck, which always seemed a bit pointless, Sky looks like it could be really twisted and awesome. For one thing, the script is by Johanna Sinisalo, author of the award-winning Troll: A Love Story. For another, it's about Nazis on the Moon. And finally, it's the first-ever open-source science fiction epic.

Iron Sky's tagline pretty much sums it up:

In 1945 the Nazis went to the Moon. In 2018, they are coming back.

It's a dark science fiction comedy that plays with Finland's history of being oppressed by Sweden, Russia, and most of all the Nazis, and continues Star Wreck's trend of mocking totalitarian regimes. Director Timo Vuorensola explains:

Iron Sky is a story about conformity: those who want to conform, those who want to make others conform, and those who refuse to conform.

And to make this new film possible, the Finns have developed a new web site to facilitate collaborative filmmaking. Unlike the "chaotic" process in which 3,000 people worked on Star Wreck, the producers hope to harness a more orderly effort involving 10,000 creators this time around, thanks to a new site called WreckAMovie.com. The site is also being used to create Finnish horror movie Sauna. [Iron Sky]