Moonfall Ending Explained & Sequel Setup

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Warning: Major spoilers ahead for Moonfall.

Moonfall ending explained and sequel setup. Directed by Roland Emmerich, Moonfall is a disaster movie with a major sci-fi twist. As the title suggests, the moon falls to Earth, but the film holds a lot more secrets about the reasons for why that is.

Moonfall follows two astronauts, Jocinda Fowler (Halle Berry), Brian Harper (Patrick Wilson), and a conspiracy theorist K.C. Houseman (John Bradley) as they gear up for a space mission to save the Earth from the moon after it’s knocked out of its orbit. As the moon closes in on the planet, the destruction to cities and natural structures begins. Once the trio is on the moon, however, they discover the space swarm that began digging into the moon a decade before is there for a specific reason.

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Moonfall’s ending was surprising in that it killed off one character, plenty of information about the moon was acquired, and an entire human civilization’s existence was discovered. All told, Emmerich leaves the door open for a sequel. Here is the Moonfall ending explained, how the ending sets up Moonfall 2, and more.

For years, K.C. believed the moon was not formed on its own — rather, it was a megastructure like the hypothetical Dyson sphere, powered by a captured dwarf star and surrounded by advanced technology within. As it turns out, he was right in his assessment, though he couldn’t have imagined the true explanation at its core. The moon was actually created billions of years ago by ancient humans who were so advanced that they were able to make tech that was nearly impenetrable. The moon, itself a megastructure like so many others the ancient humans built, was created as a part of a batch