The Fire Next Time is a 1993 American television disaster miniseries directed by Tom McLoughlin and written and produced by James S. Henerson which stars Craig T. Nelson, Bonnie Bedelia, Richard Farnsworth and Justin Whalin. Set in 2017, the plot focuses on a family who, after a series of fires begins to break out due to global warming, must struggle to survive a natural disaster that devastates the Earth. Cast Craig T. Nelson as Drew Morgan Bonnie Bedelia as Suzanne Morgan Richard Farnsworth as Frank Morgan Justin Whalin as Paul Morgan Ashley Jones as Linnie Morgan Shawn Toovey as Jake Morgan Jürgen Prochnow as Larry Richter Reception Film critic Rick Sherwood of The Hollywood Reporter wrote in his review: "The Fire Next Time is a small story in a big package, an underworked, underdeveloped and severely underproduced miniseries that might have worked in two hours but fails miserably in four." Home media The miniseries became available on DVD on July 21, 2015. References External links American television films 1990s American television miniseries 1990s disaster films 1993 television films 1993 films American disaster films Disaster television films Films about families Films about homelessness Films set in the future Environmental television Climate change in fiction Climate change mass media Television series set in 2017 Climate change films 1990s English-language films 1990s American films