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On November 12, 2008, the studio released the first teaser trailer for ''2012'' that showed a [[tsunami]] surging over the [[Himalayas]] and interlaced a purportedly scientific message suggesting that the world would end in 2012, and that the world's governments were not preparing its population for the event. The trailer ended with a message to viewers to "find out the truth" by searching "2012" on search engines. ''[[The Guardian]]'' criticized the marketing approach as "deeply flawed" and associated it with "websites that make even more spurious claims about 2012".<ref>{{cite news | last=Pickard | first=Anna | url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2008/nov/25/2012-ronald-emmerich | title=''2012'': a cautionary tale about marketing | work=[[The Guardian]] | date=November 25, 2008 | accessdate=December 10, 2008 }}</ref> |
On November 12, 2008, the studio released the first teaser trailer for ''2012'' that showed a [[tsunami]] surging over the [[Himalayas]] and interlaced a purportedly scientific message suggesting that the world would end in 2012, and that the world's governments were not preparing its population for the event. The trailer ended with a message to viewers to "find out the truth" by searching "2012" on search engines. ''[[The Guardian]]'' criticized the marketing approach as "deeply flawed" and associated it with "websites that make even more spurious claims about 2012".<ref>{{cite news | last=Pickard | first=Anna | url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2008/nov/25/2012-ronald-emmerich | title=''2012'': a cautionary tale about marketing | work=[[The Guardian]] | date=November 25, 2008 | accessdate=December 10, 2008 }}</ref> |
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The studio also launched a [[viral marketing]] website operated by the fictional Institute for Human Continuity, where filmgoers could register for a lottery number to be part of a small population that would be rescued from the global destruction.<ref>{{cite news | last=Billington | first=Alex | url=http://www.firstshowing.net/2008/11/15/roland-emmerichs-2012-viral-institute-for-human-continuity/ | title=Roland Emmerich's ''2012'' Viral - Institute for Human Continuity | work=FirstShowing.net | date=November 15, 2008 | accessdate=December 10, 2008 }}</ref> |
The studio also launched a [[viral marketing]] website operated by the fictional Institute for Human Continuity, where filmgoers could register for a lottery number to be part of a small population that would be rescued from the global destruction.<ref>{{cite news | last=Billington | first=Alex | url=http://www.firstshowing.net/2008/11/15/roland-emmerichs-2012-viral-institute-for-human-continuity/ | title=Roland Emmerich's ''2012'' Viral - Institute for Human Continuity | work=FirstShowing.net | date=November 15, 2008 | accessdate=December 10, 2008 }}</ref> |
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| Directed by | Roland Emmerich |
| Written by | Harald Kloser Roland Emmerich |
| Produced by | Roland Emmerich Mark Gordon Harald Kloser Larry J. Franco Ute Emmerich |
| Starring | John Cusack Amanda Peet Danny Glover Thandie Newton Oliver Platt Chiwetel Ejiofor Woody Harrelson |
| Cinematography | Dean Semler |
| Edited by | David Brenner Peter S. Elliott |
| Music by | Harald Kloser |
Production companies | Centropolis Entertainment The Mark Gordon Company |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
Release date | November 13, 2009 |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $200 million |
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.
Plot
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.[1]
Production
Director Roland Emmerich and composer-producer Harald Kloser co-wrote a spec script titled 2012, which was marketed to major studios in February 2008. Nearly all studios met with Emmerich and his representatives to hear the director's budget projection and story plans, a process that the director had previously gone through with the films Independence Day (1996) and The Day After Tomorrow (2004).[2] The film was shopped around with a production budget of $200 million.[3] Later that month, Sony Pictures Entertainment won the rights for the spec script, planning to distribute it under Columbia Pictures.[4] The studio planned to make the film for less than the estimated budget.[3]
Filming was originally scheduled to begin in Los Angeles, California, in July 2008,[5] but instead commenced in Vancouver in August 2008.[6] Due to the possible 2008 Screen Actors Guild strike, filmmakers set up a contingency plan for salvaging the film.[7] Sony Pictures Imageworks was hired to create visual effects for 2012.[8]. Thomas Wander co-wrote the score with Harald Kloser.
Cast
- John Cusack as Jackson Curtis, a science fiction book writer who occasionally works as a limousine driver.[9]
- Amanda Peet as Kate, Jackson's ex-wife.[10]
- Thandie Newton as Laura Wilson, the First Daughter.[3]
- Oliver Platt as Carl Anheuser, the President's Chief of Staff.[3]
- Chiwetel Ejiofor as Adrian Helmsley, scientific advisor to the President.[9]
- Danny Glover as President Wilson, the President of the United States.[3]
- Woody Harrelson as Charlie Frost,[11] a man who prophesies the end of the world and is considered crazy by others. Alex Jones claimed in an interview with Eric "Mancow" Muller that Harrelson told him that Frost's character was based on him.[12] Harrelson compared his character to the mythological Greek figure Cassandra, whose predictions were dismissed.[13]
- Ng Chin Han as Lin Pang, a worker in Tibet.[6]
- Thomas McCarthy as Gordon, Kate's current boyfriend and a plastic surgeon.[14]
- Liam James as Noah Curtis, Jackson and Kate's son.
- Morgan Lily as Lilly Curtis, Jackson and Kate's daughter.[15]
Marketing
On November 12, 2008, the studio released the first teaser trailer for 2012 that showed a tsunami surging over the Himalayas and interlaced a purportedly scientific message suggesting that the world would end in 2012, and that the world's governments were not preparing its population for the event. The trailer ended with a message to viewers to "find out the truth" by searching "2012" on search engines. The Guardian criticized the marketing approach as "deeply flawed" and associated it with "websites that make even more spurious claims about 2012".[16]
The studio also launched a viral marketing website operated by the fictional Institute for Human Continuity, where filmgoers could register for a lottery number to be part of a small population that would be rescued from the global destruction.[17]
Release
2012 was originally scheduled to be released on July 10, 2009. The release date was changed to November 13, 2009 to move out of the busy summer schedule into a time frame that the studio considered to have more potential for financial success. According to the studio, the film could have been completed for the summer release date, but the date change will give more time to the production.[18]
See also
- List of American films of 2009
- 2012 doomsday prediction
- Mesoamerican Long Count calendar – 2012 and the Long Count
- Mayanism – December 21, 2012
References
- ^ Pawlowski, Agnes (January 27, 2009). "Apocalypse in 2012? Date spawns theories, film". CNN. Retrieved 2009-02-05.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ Fleming, Michael (February 19, 2008). "Studios vie for Emmerich's 2012". Variety. Retrieved July 14, 2008.
{{cite journal}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=and|date=(help) - ^ a b c d e Simmons, Leslie (June 2, 2008). "Danny Glover circles 2012". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved July 14, 2008.
{{cite journal}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=and|date=(help); Unknown parameter|coauthors=ignored (|author=suggested) (help) - ^ Fleming, Michael (February 21, 2008). "Sony buys Emmerich's 2012". Variety. Retrieved July 14, 2008.
{{cite journal}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=and|date=(help) - ^ Siegel, Tatiana (May 19, 2008). "John Cusack set for 2012". Variety. Retrieved July 14, 2008.
{{cite journal}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=and|date=(help) - ^ a b Frater, Patrick (July 9, 2008). "Chin Han makes date with 2012". Variety. Retrieved July 14, 2008.
{{cite journal}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=and|date=(help) - ^ "Big Hollywood films shooting despite strike threat". Reuters. August 1, 2008. Retrieved August 5, 2008.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=and|date=(help) - ^ Giardina, Carolyn (August 13, 2008). "SPI's future includes 2012". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved August 13, 2008.
{{cite journal}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=and|date=(help) - ^ a b Simmons, Leslie (May 19, 2008). "John Cusack ponders disaster flick". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved July 14, 2008.
{{cite journal}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=and|date=(help) - ^ Simmons, Leslie (June 13, 2008). "Amanda Peet is 2012 lead". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved July 14, 2008.
{{cite journal}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=and|date=(help); Unknown parameter|coauthors=ignored (|author=suggested) (help) - ^ Rich, Katey (15 July 2008). "Woody Harrelson Trying To Survive Armageddon". Cinema Blend. Retrieved 2009-02-03.
- ^ "Youtube: Mancow Muller on The Alex Jones Show 1/2:Waterboarding is "TORTURE"".
- ^ Adler, Shawn (July 14, 2008). "EXCLUSIVE: Woody Harrelson Joins Roland Emmerich's World-Ending 2012". MTV Movies Blog. MTV. Retrieved July 14, 2008.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=and|date=(help) - ^ Kit, Borys (July 1, 2008). "Thomas McCarthy joins 2012". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved July 14, 2008.
{{cite journal}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=and|date=(help) - ^ "Morgan Lily". Variety. August 3, 2008. Retrieved October 29, 2008.
{{cite journal}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=and|date=(help) - ^ Pickard, Anna (November 25, 2008). "2012: a cautionary tale about marketing". The Guardian. Retrieved December 10, 2008.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=and|date=(help) - ^ Billington, Alex (November 15, 2008). "Roland Emmerich's 2012 Viral - Institute for Human Continuity". FirstShowing.net. Retrieved December 10, 2008.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=and|date=(help) - ^ DiOrio, Carl (January 20, 2009). "2012 release date pushed back". Retrieved January 20, 2009.
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