--- description: Warner Bros. says the earthquake blockbuster's May 29 release will go ahead title: 'San Andreas' Will Be Released in May Despite Nepal Quake image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0951431aa3e37bed/6987edaae20a87220ba8929c/the-rock-nepal-earthquake.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [movies](/tag/movies/) ## movies Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # _San Andreas_ Is Still Going to Be Released in May Despite the Nepal Earthquake by [Kevin McSpadden](/author/kevin-mcspadden/) ## Kevin McSpadden Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 30, 2015 4:24 AM CUT  Dwayne Johnson, a cast member in the upcoming film San Andreas, poses before the Warner Bros. presentation at CinemaCon 2015 at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas on April 21, 2015 Dwayne Johnson, a cast member in the upcoming film San Andreas, poses before the Warner Bros. presentation at CinemaCon 2015 at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas on April 21, 2015Chris Pizzello—Invision/AP by [Kevin McSpadden](/author/kevin-mcspadden/) ## Kevin McSpadden Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 30, 2015 4:24 AM CUT Warner Bros. will stick to the original release date of May 29 for its earthquake blockbuster _San Andreas_ despite the devastating tremblor in Nepal, _Variety_ [reports](http://variety.com/2015/film/news/san-andreas-nepal-earthquake-1201484016/ "undefined"). A studio spokesperson said Wednesday the company debated over moving the release date, but instead chose to alter promotional materials to include information about how people can donate to relief efforts in Nepal. They also accelerated an original public-service campaign that educates people on natural disaster safety and adjusted the messaging to encompass events in Nepal, _Variety_ said. The trailers and posters, however, will not be changed. “We will continue to evaluate our worldwide marketing campaign to ensure that we are sensitive to those affected by this tragic event,” a Warner Bros. spokesperson told _Variety_. The movie features Dwayne “the Rock” Johnson and Carla Gugino as an estranged couple who travels from Los Angeles to San Francisco to save their daughter after California’s San Andreas fault suffers a magnitude-9 earthquake. The trailer features scenes of Los Angeles skyscrapers tumbling and a massive tsunami bearing down on San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge. Nepalese police said Thursday morning the death toll from the magnitude-7.8 earthquake had topped 5,500 people across India, Bangladesh, China and Nepal, with an estimated 11,440 injured. \[[_Variety_](http://variety.com/2015/film/news/san-andreas-nepal-earthquake-1201484016/ "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3841291/san-andreas-nepal-earthquake/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3841291/san-andreas-nepal-earthquake/"},"headline":"San Andreas Is Still Going to Be Released in May Despite the Nepal Earthquake","datePublished":"2015-04-30T04:24:22.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T06:48:27.227Z","description":"Warner Bros. says it will disseminate information about how people can donate to Nepal earthquake relief","url":"https://time.com/3841291/san-andreas-nepal-earthquake/","keywords":["movies","Television","celebrities","India","China","Hollywood","Nepal","Bangladesh","entertainment","Warner Bros.","Natural Disasters","the rock","dwayne johnson","Nepal Earthquake topic"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0951431aa3e37bed/6987edaae20a87220ba8929c/the-rock-nepal-earthquake.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Kevin McSpadden","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/kevin-mcspadden/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0951431aa3e37bed/6987edaae20a87220ba8929c/the-rock-nepal-earthquake.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Dwayne Johnson, a cast member in the upcoming film \"San Andreas,\" poses before the Warner Bros. presentation at CinemaCon 2015 at Caesars Palace on Tuesday, April 21, 2015, in Las Vegas","caption":"Dwayne Johnson, a cast member in the upcoming film \"San Andreas,\" poses before the Warner Bros. presentation at CinemaCon 2015 at Caesars Palace on Tuesday, April 21, 2015, in Las Vegas","creditText":"Chris Pizzello—Invision/AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/movies/","name":"movies"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3841291/san-andreas-nepal-earthquake/","name":"San Andreas Is Still Going to Be Released in May Despite the Nepal Earthquake"}}]}] ```