2012 is
an upcoming American science
fiction disaster film directed by Roland
Emmerich. The film has an ensemble
cast, including John Cusack, Amanda Peet,
Danny
Glover, Thandie Newton, Oliver
Platt, Chiwetel Ejiofor, and Woody
Harrelson. The film will be distributed by Columbia
Pictures. Filming began in August 2008 in Vancouver;
the film is expected to be released worldwide on November 13, 2009.
A global cataclysm
occurs which leads to the end of the world and has survivors struggling for
their lives. The film is inspired by several hypotheses that state that the
ancient Mayans predicted a doomsday
event will occur sometime around the 2012 northern hemisphere winter
solstice |