John Cusack and Chiwetel Ejiofor (Redbelt) have been cast in Roland Emmerich’s sci-fi summer blockbuster movie 2012. An academic researcher opens a portal into a parallel universe and makes contact with his double in order to prevent an apocalypse predicted by the ancient Mayans. December 21st 2012 is the last day of the Mayan calendar, believed to be the end of the world.
Emmerich is best known as the director of Independence Day, Stargate and Universal Soldier. But as of recent years the German director has produced lackluster efforts: Godzilla, The Day After Tomorrow and 10,000 BC. Bad news is that Emmerich penned the screenplay with composer turned writer Harald Kloser, the same guy behind 10,000 BC. Hopefully the addition of Cusack will raise the level of this project.
2012 begins filming shooting in February 2009.
source: Variety
May 19th, 2008 at 6:17 pm
Hopefully this will be good but R.E’s films have been laackluster lately. Maybe with the addition of John Cusack and Chiwetel Ejiofor, the movie will have a chance.
May 19th, 2008 at 6:23 pm
and just how would Cusack’s presence make this a better film? ‘Must Love Dogs’ and ‘Martian Child’ don’t really make me think an elevation in this flick’s quality is in the cards.
expect crap. Ejiofor is a good actor. If he’s getting the pay check then good for him but its too bad he has to resort to something like this movie.
May 19th, 2008 at 6:52 pm
I’ve always wanted an actual sequel to Grosse Point Blank
May 19th, 2008 at 7:05 pm
This is what the world thinks of your Godzilla movie Roland- http://youtube.com/watch?v=JOISbaA2G18
May 19th, 2008 at 7:08 pm
“December 21st 2012 is the last day of the Mayan calendar, believed to be the end of the world.”
bleh… I’m so sick of hearing that lol 2012 is the end of the Calender CYCLE. It’s happened before and will happen again. I can’t remember how long the cycles are off the top of my head but I guarantee you, after that date the calender restarts. To dumb it down, with our current calender, the world doesn’t end after 12 months. It restarts with January again.
May 19th, 2008 at 7:10 pm
*edit* on it happening before because I’m not sure what cycle we’re currently in
May 19th, 2008 at 7:32 pm
damn Peter, how much are you paying your PhotoShop guy?
May 19th, 2008 at 7:38 pm
dan: I actually created that myself, but thanks! :P
May 19th, 2008 at 7:43 pm
10,000 bc was the worst movie I have ever seen hopefully this will be better
May 19th, 2008 at 7:58 pm
I find it more likely that Ejiofor would raise the level of the product better than Cusack would.
May 19th, 2008 at 10:01 pm
Hopefully it will be released before 2012.
(NOT KIDDING)
May 19th, 2008 at 10:09 pm
If anybody elevates this it will be Ejiofor. He’s an amazing actor. Cusack gets credit for trying hard but his taste in questionable with the added bonus of being kind of pretentious. Why would Cusack do this? For the paycheck and so he can act visibly embarrassed when he’s out promoting it.
May 19th, 2008 at 10:54 pm
Man. My Birthday is Dec. 21st.
May 20th, 2008 at 12:15 am
If they wanted to make a 2012 movie, they could have at least followed the tale tales and whatnot, not just conjured one up out of thin air.
May 20th, 2008 at 5:29 am
I like how you put Redbelt as Chiwetel Ejiofor’s credit. I guess maybe you put it because it’s his newest, but there are tons of better ones to pick from like Children of Men, Inside Man, or Serenity .
May 20th, 2008 at 3:35 pm
Anything with Chiwetel gets my vote.
July 4th, 2008 at 3:06 pm
2012 debunked at lol2012.com