2012 is a disaster movie in 2009 directed by Roland Emmerich. This 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.Movie Synopsis
The film is inspired by the idea of doomsday global events that coincide with the final round of the Mayan Long Count Calendar on or about December 12, 2012 (the winter solstice the northern hemisphere).
Curtis Jackson (John Cusack) is a divorced father who has been moonlighting as a limousine driver and writer, while his ex-wife (Amanda Peet) and her children lived together with her new boyfriend, Gordon (Thomas McCarthy).
In the Mayan city of Tikal in Guatemala, the victims of mass suicide seemed to believe the Mayan calendar, which predicted the end of the world that coincide with Galactic Alignment, which occurred on December 21, 2012, the date of the winter solstice in the northern hemisphere. IHC (Institute for Human Continuity), a secret organization, aware of this situation and begin to build a huge ark in the Himalayas that is designed to deal with a lot of natural disasters to save humans, certain species, and humans are the most precious treasure when the apocalypse finally happens. There is debate about how and when the world will tell their citizens, and how to choose those who will survive Armageddon. Meanwhile, while on his afternoon trip to Yellowstone with her two children, Jackson met Charlie Frost (Woody Harrelson), who brought his own radio show about the Mayan prediction of December 21, 2012.
Movie Trailer
2012 Trailer
Movie Credit
Director: Roland Emmerich
Writers: Roland Emmerich, Harald Kloser
Stars: John Cusack, Thandie Newton and Chiwetel Ejiofor
