Pages tagged “2012”

Roland Emmerich Unveils Independence Day Sequels

There’s just something about the idea of the world being ripped to pieces that gets the box-office bees buzzing, no matter how exhausted the story arcs may be. Roland Emmerich doesn’t give cinema anything new with his latest disaster flick, 2012, and he plans to keep that trend alive as he looks to make a couple more sequels to his 1996 blockbuster, Independence Day....  read more

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Roland Emmerich Plans to Bring 2012 to TV

Roland Emmerich’s much-anticipated (and sometimes maligned) disaster flick 2012 hasn’t even come to theaters yet and already there are talks of it being adapted for the small screen....  read more

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Watch Some Hilarious Promo Footage of Roland Emmerich's 2012 With the Special Effects Removed

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Director Roland Emmerich certainly loves himself some CGI-fueled spectacle. Independence Day, Godzilla, The Day After Tomorrow; for the last 15 years, almost all of his movies have banked heavily on a cornucopia of special-effects eye candy. And his upcoming disaster-porn movie 2012 looks to carry on that grand tradition of famous U.S. landmarks being destroyed by apocalyptic disasters. ...  read more

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Trailer Stash: Harry Potter, Star Trek, Up, Che, The Wrestler, more

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And now, a look at a few of the latest movie trailers to hit the web:...  read more

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Girl Talk plans epic 24-hour final show on Mayan apocalypse

In 1839, an American writer and explorer named John Lloyd Stephens was sent to Central America to serve as Special Ambassador. He traveled around the continent during his time there, and, after happening upon Mayan ruins at Copán, visited almost 50 other such sites, gathering material for a travelogue that has long been credited with enlivening modern interest in Mayan culture....  read more

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John Cusack signs on for Roland Emmerich's 2012

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It seems John Cusack's film focus may be shifting from romantic comedies to the suspenseful and supernatural. What with his most recent films being Martian Child and the Stephen King-adapted 1408, it may come as no big surprise that he just got on board with...  read more

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