In director Roland Emmerich’s newest disaster film, the entire world comes to a cataclysmic end in the year 2012. The earth beneath our feet shifts, causing buildings to collapse and tidal waves to form, killing millions and leaving only a small percentage of the population struggling to escape on a limited number of ships built by the government for this very purpose.
It’s not like we didn’t now this was coming. We were warned and that’s not just a line from the movie. Here’s what the folks at National Geographic have to say about the truth beyond the legend.

In The Dark Knight, Chin Han keeps a step ahead of the Gotham mob as Lau, a Hong Kong crime lord who launders the crooks’ money. In addition to snagging a role in the biggest film of the year, Han will also play a pivotal part in Roland Emmerich’s apocalyptic 2012. SF Universe got to talk with him about The Dark Knight, 2012 and the hot streak he’s on right now.
This is the biggest role of Han’s career and he’s ecstatic to have worked with an incredible cast including the likes of Christian Bale, Morgan Freeman and Heath Ledger.
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Still riding high off the sci-fi success of Predator 2, Danny Glover could be tapped to play the president in Roland Emmerich’s disaster pic 2012.  The Hollywood Reporter says in addition to Glover, Thandie Newton is in discussions to play his daughter. Well, I have to see it now.
This movie chronicles the aftereffects of the apocalypse supposedly predicted by the Mayan calendar. John Cusack has signed on to star. Filming is set to begin in July with the film targeting a July 2009 release date. All this, of course, depends on what …read more