Roland Emmerich directed and wrote the 2009 American science fiction disaster film 2012. It was written by Kloser and Emmerich and produced by Harald Kloser, Mark Gordon, and Larry J. Franco.
John Cusack, Amanda Peet, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Oliver Platt, Thandiwe Newton, Danny Glover, and Woody Harrelson are among the cast members. The plot follows geologist Adrian Helmsley (Ejiofor) and author Jackson Curtis (Cusack) as they encounter the events prophesied by the 2012 phenomenon.
Filming, which had been scheduled for Los Angeles, began in August 2008 in Vancouver. After a lengthy marketing campaign that involved the establishment of a website from the perspective of the film’s major characters as well as a viral marketing website where moviegoers could register for a lottery number to save them from the calamity, the film was released.
2012 opened to critical and economic acclaim on November 13, 2009, collecting over $769 million worldwide on a production budget of $200 million, making it the seventh highest-grossing picture of 2009. The film got mixed reviews, with some praising the visual effects but others criticizing the narrative and running duration.
On March 2, 2010, the DVD and Blu-ray editions of the film were released. Adam Lambert’s music video for ‘Time for Miracles’ is included on the two-disc Blu-ray edition, as well as a digital copy for PSP, PC, Mac, and iPod. In February 2010, a 3D version was released in Cinemex theatres in Mexico. On January 19, 2021, it was released on Ultra HD Blu-ray.
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