The revelation that the world will end in 2012, courtesy the Mayan calendar, created quite a stir. And now Roland Emmerich, the man who created doomsday cult films like Independence Day (1996) and The Day After Tomorrow (2004) brings the prophecy to life in his next disaster thriller 2012. The film by Columbia pictures boasts of an extremely talented ensemble cast including John Cusack, Amanda Peet, Danny Glover, Thandie Newton, Oliver Platt, Chiwetel Ejiofor, and Woody Harrelson.

 

The movie’s trailer was released in the November 2008 and has been highly successful in stirring up curiosity. It shows a monk running up a rugged pathway to a station perched on a mountain. He strikes a gong signaling danger just as the ocean brims over the Himalayas and begins flooding the world. 2012 was scheduled to be released on July 10, 2009 but has been pushed back to November 13, 2009 to give more time to complete production. Sony Pictures Imageworks was hired to create the highly graphic and realistic visual effects for the film.