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15 July 2008 12:42 PM, PDT | From Digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news

Woody Harrelson has joined the cast of Roland Emmerich's 2012. The actor told MTV that he was surprised but happy to be a part of the big budget disaster movie. He said: "I don't know why they thought of me. But I like the idea. "I play a guy who's been talking for a long time, the whole world thinks he's crazy. But he's been talking (more)

By Simon Reynolds

14 July 2008 3:45 PM, PDT | From bloody-disgusting.com | See recent Bloody-Disgusting.com news

The always awesome Woody Harrelson (Natural Born Killers, Transsiberian) will be joining John Cusack, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Danny Glover, Thandie Newton, Oliver Platt, Amanda Peet and Thomas McCarthy in Roland Emmerich's apocalyptic disaster movie 2012, according to MTV. I play a guy whos been talking for a long time, the whole world thinks hes crazy, Harrelson said of his character. But hes been talking that theres gonna be hell to pay for whats been going on ecologically and everything. The story centers on an academic researcher who opens a portal into a parallel universe and makes contact with his double in order to prevent an apocalypse predicted by the ancient Mayans.

11 July 2008 1:18 AM, PDT | From Digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news

Singaporean actor Chin Han is the latest name to sign up to Roland Emmerich's disaster epic 2012. The Dark Knight star will join John Cusack, Amanda Peet, Chiwetel Ejifor and Danny Glover in the film, which revolves around an academic researcher who battles to prevent an apocalypse predicted by the ancient Mayans. Variety quotes him as saying: "I have (more)

By Beth Hilton

9 July 2008 10:07 PM, PDT | From bloody-disgusting.com | See recent Bloody-Disgusting.com news

Singaporean actor Chin Han (The Dark Knight) will next star in Roland Emmerich's 2012, according to Variety. Chin Han joins an ensemble cast that includes John Cusack, Amanda Peet, Chiwetel Ejifor and Danny Glover. The pic, co-written and to be produced and directed by Emmerich for Centropolis Entertainment and Columbia Studios, begins shooting in Vancouver in August. Additional producers are Harold Kloser, Larry Franco and Mark Gordon, with Centropolis' Ute Emmerich and Michael Wimer exec producing. "I have always enjoyed Roland Emmerich's epic take on sci-fi and disaster movies and really look forward to being a part of this film," Chin Han said.

3 July 2008 12:24 AM, PDT | From Digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news

Thomas McCarthy has joined the cast of Roland Emmerich's disaster movie 2012. McCarthy, a supporting actor who has recently found success writing and directing indie features The Station Agent and The Visitor, will play the boyfriend of Amanda Peet's character. "As an actor, I've never worked on anything with this scale before, and I always go see these movies," he told The Hollywood Reporter. "And then there's the director part of me. I get really excited about (more)

By Simon Reynolds

1 July 2008 10:17 PM, PDT | From bloody-disgusting.com | See recent Bloody-Disgusting.com news

Thomas McCarthy, the writer and director behind the season's indie sleeper hit, "The Visitor," is moving into disaster movie territory by booking a role in Roland Emmerich's "2012." He will star alongside John Cusack that includes Amanda Peet, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Thandie Newton, Danny Glover and Oliver Platt. McCarthy will play the boyfriend of Peet, who is the ex-wife of Cusack's character. Read on to see what he had to say about his role in the apocalyptic sci-fi thriller... McCarthy said he is driven to roles out of curiosity. "As an actor, I've never worked on anything with this scale before, and I always go see these movies," he tells Variety. "And then there's the director part of me. I get really excited about working with directors like this, who do things that are so wildly different from me. And he really is. He works on a totally different canvas."

1 July 2008 10:10 PM, PDT | From screeninglog.com | See recent screeninglog news

Although he’s not the kind of guy you would normally expect to see in a big Hollywood action blockbuster, Thomas McCarthy has signed on to star in Roland Emmerich’s upcoming apocalyptic thriller “2012.”

The film focuses on a little group of people struggling with the large-scale cataclysm ensuing from the end of the world in 2012. John Cusack, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Thandie Newton, Oliver Platt, Danny Glover and Amanda Peet are already on board.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, McCarthy will play Peet’s boyfriend. Peet herself will star as the ex-wife of Cusack’s character, a limo driver who wants to become a writer.

McCarthy’s acting credits include small roles in “Michael Clayton” and “Flags of Our Fathers.” He’s also known for writing and directing “The Station Agent” and “The Visitor,” two of my favorite indie flicks.

Shooting for “2012” will kick off later this summer, with a release

Franck Tabouring

13 June 2008 2:23 PM, PDT | From screeninglog.com | See recent screeninglog news

The cast is growing for Roland Emmerich’s upcoming apocalyptic action spectacle “2012,” and the latest to join the gang is Amanda Peet, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

John Cusack, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Thandie Newton, Oliver Platt and Danny Glover are already on board.

The film focuses on a little group of people struggling with the large-scale cataclysm ensuing from the end of the world in the year 2012, as predicted by the Mayan calendar.

Peet will jumps into the female lead as Cusack’s ex-wife. Cusack himself plays a limo driver who wants to become a writer, with Glover starring as the president and Thandie Newton playing the latter’s daughter.

Emmerich is directing a script he wrote with Harald Kloser. The two previously collaborated on the screenplay for Emmerich’s recent action spectacle “10,000 B.C.”

Peet was last seen alongside Cusack in “Martian Child.” She will next star in Chris Carter

Franck Tabouring

12 June 2008 10:08 PM, PDT | From bloody-disgusting.com | See recent Bloody-Disgusting.com news

I know it's not really horror, but all the other sites are covering it and it is about the apocalypse. Today it was announced that Amanda Peet (X-Files: I Want to Believe) has landed the female lead in Roland Emmerich's epic disaster project 2012. Peet is joining a strong ensemble cast led by John Cusack that includes Chiwetel Ejiofor, Thandie Newton, Danny Glover and Oliver Platt. "2012" revolves around a global cataclysm and the heroic struggle of the survivors. Peet is playing Cusack's ex-wife, newly married to a wealthy man. Cusack plays a divorced father trying to become a writer while holding a job as a limo driver. Emmerich wrote the script with Harald Kloser. Barring an actors strike, the movie will shoot in July. The release date for "2012" is July 10, 2009.

2 June 2008 12:05 AM, PDT | From bloody-disgusting.com | See recent Bloody-Disgusting.com news

Danny Glover, Thandie Newton and Oliver Platt are the latest to join Roland Emmerich's 2012, Columbia's epic disaster project that centers on a global cataclysm and tells the heroic struggle of the survivors. Glover is in talks to play the president, with Newton in discussions to play his daughter. Platt is in negotiations to play the president's chief of staff. John Cusack and Chiwetel Ejiofor already are on board. Emmerich is directing a script he penned with his "10,000 Bc" co-writer Harald Kloser. He is serving as an exec producer with Michael Wimmer and Ute Emmerich. "2012" was shopped around with a $200 million budget, but Columbia said it will be made for less than that. The studio is planning a July 10, 2009, release, with filming set to begin in July -- unless there is an actors strike.

24 March 2008 8:05 AM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Pre-historic adventure movie 10,000 B.C. has scored a third week at the top of the world's movie box office.

The caveman film, directed by Roland Emmerich, remains the most popular movie outside the U.S. with takings of $28.2 million (GBP14.1 million) over the Easter weekend (21-23Mar08).

Climbing a place to two is Jim Carrey's animated film Horton Hears A Who! with $25.2 million (GBP12.6 million).

Bienvenue Chez Les Ch'tis falls from two to three with $17.6 million (GBP8.8 million).

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21 March 2008 9:12 AM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Mythical odyssey 10,000 Bc has left its cinematic counterparts back in the dark ages after topping the U.K. box office chart in its first week of release.

The pre-historic film, directed by Roland Emmerich, clawed in more than $3.86 million (GBP1.93 million), bumping last week's (begs10Mar08) number one, Vantage Point, into second place.

The Game Plan beat off the competition to stay at number three, while Scarlett Johansson and Natalie Portman's historical drama The Other Boleyn Girl drops two places to number four and The Bank Job completes the top five at five.

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17 March 2008 8:03 AM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Caveman adventure movie 10,000 B.C. has clubbed the competition to score a second week at the top of the international box office chart.

The pre-historic film, directed by Roland Emmerich, remains the most popular film outside the U.S. with takings of $38 million (GBP19 million) over the weekend (14-16Mar08).

Bienvenue Chez Les Ch'tis, which recently broke French box office records by scoring $39.7 million (GBP19.85 million) in its first week on release, sits at two with $19 million (GBP9.5 million).

Jim Carrey's animated film Horton Hears A Who!, which topped the U.S. weekend box office, is a new entry at three with $14.2 million (GBP7.1 million).

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10 March 2008 8:02 AM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Caveman adventure movie 10,000 B.C. has clubbed its way to debut at the top of the international box office chart with takings of $25.3 million (GBP12.65 million).

A day after claiming the top spot in America on its first weekend on release, the pre-historic film, directed by Roland Emmerich, has narrowly beaten competition from record-breaking French movie Bienvenue Chez Les Ch'tis to become the most popular film outside the U.S.

Bienvenue Chez Lez Ch'tis, which recently broke French box office records by scoring $39.7 million (GBP19.85 million) in its first week on release, is at two with $25.2 million (GBP12.6 million).

After three weeks at number one, Jumper falls to three with $12.2 million (GBP6.1 million), while Vantage Point drops two places to four with $10.5 million (GBP5.25 million).

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9 March 2008 6:21 PM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Pre-historic adventure movie 10,000 B.C. has roared its way to the top of the U.S. box office chart with weekend (07-09Mar08) takings of $35.73 million (GBP17.87 million).

Director Roland Emmerich's epic film beat out competition from Martin Lawrence comedy College Road Trip to land the number one spot.

College Road Trip is at two with $14 million (GBP7 million), while political thriller Vantage Point falls a place to three with $7.5 million (GBP3.75 million).

Last week's number one, Semi-Pro, drops to four with $24.84 million (GBP12.42 million).

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7 March 2008 10:33 AM, PST | From Studio Briefing | See recent Studio Briefing news

Roland Emmerich's movies generally make a lot of money despite negative reviews. 10,000 BC appears to be no exception. A.O. Scott in the New York Times describes it as a "sublimely dunderheaded excursion into human prehistory." To Jan Stuart in Newsday, it's "an epic adventure of such towering testosterone counts and ceaseless tedium, you can almost feel the hair growing on your chest as the bags collect beneath your eyes." Similarly Claudia Puig remarks in USA Today, "The action is so plodding and the story so dreary that you feel as if you've lived through several millennia by the time it reaches its strained conclusion." Ann Hornaday in the Washington Post accuses Emmerich of taking "the time-honored Hollywood tradition of spectacle, overkill and narrative absurdity and manages to zap almost all the fun out of it." "Roland Emmerich enters a whole new tar pit of crapitude," Peter Howell scorns in the Toronto Star. But Kenneth Turan of the Los Angeles Times may have nothing nice to say about the movie, but he expresses profuse admiration for Emmerich himself. "Outrageous and outlandish, Emmerich's 10,000 Bc is easy to mock," he writes, "but it is so cheerfully shameless and terminally silly -- who knew that woolly mammoths were used to build the pyramids? -- that you have to admire its effrontery and accept its creator, the man behind Independence Day and The Day After Tomorrow, as a certified crackpot visionary."

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7 March 2008 10:33 AM, PST | From Studio Briefing | See recent Studio Briefing news

Roland Emmerich's 10,000 Bc is expected not only to dominate the box office this weekend, but set ticket-sales records for the month as well, some analysts have predicted. The current record was set by last year's 300, which took in $70.9 million over the comparable weekend a year ago. Two other films are opening wide today (Friday), but are expected to provide weak competition. Disney is offering the G-rated comedy College Road Trip, starring Martin Lawrence and Raven-Symoné of The Cosby Show and That's So Raven, which is expected to take in $15-18 million. Lionsgate is distributing the British film The Bank Job, which is likely to take in $5-8 million.

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21 February 2008 10:33 AM, PST | From bloody-disgusting.com | See recent Bloody-Disgusting.com news

A heated bidding battle ended Wednesday evening with Sony Pictures Entertainment buying 2012, a spec script for a 2009 summer tentpole release that will be directed by Roland Emmerich. Sony has essentially committed to green light the film. Production will begin late summer or early fall, and the deal is a signal that studios are open to flashy packages after the resolution of the writers strike. According to sources, several studios bid on the project, while some shied away from a price-tag that could hit $200 million! The title refers to the apocryphal date that the world is supposed to end, and it frames an ensemble disaster epic akin to The Day After Tomorrow, the blockbuster that Emmerich sold in a similar spec sale and which turned into a global hit for 20th Century Fox.

18 articles from 2008