Woody Harrelson Joins Emmerich's '2012'
Filed under: Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Thrillers, Casting, Sony
At this point I'm starting to think that Roland Emmerich must be in possession of some pretty serious blackmail material, because there is no other explanation why accomplished actors are so ready and willing to star in his films. MTV now reports that Woody Harrelson has joined the cast of Emmerich's end of the world thriller, 2012.The story is based on an ancient Mayan prophecy about the end of the world, but Emmerich's film is no ode to Apocalypto. Instead, John Cusack stars as an academic who opens up a portal to a parallel dimension (don't you hate it when that happens?) in an attempt to contact his double and prevent the apocalyptic prophecy from happening. Harrelson will play what he calls a "modern day Cassandra" who has seen the writing on the wall and has been predicting the disaster for years.
According to Harrelson, he will "play a guy who's been talking for a long time, the whole world thinks he's crazy. But he's been talking that there's gonna be hell to pay for what's been going on ecologically and everything." Perhaps this is Emmerich's idea of a little in-joke considering Harrelson's activist leanings. In the meantime, fans of Harrelson's work will probably prefer his upcoming thriller, Transsiberian. But who am I to judge? I guess sometimes a pay check can be its own reward.
2012 is scheduled to begin filming on location in Vancouver and is slated for release in July, 2009.
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7-16-2008 @ 12:39AM
cobra said...
2008 - 2012 ...
*** The Pentagon estimated that a sudden stopping of the Gulf Stream could possibly take place for a period of 5 years, starting with October 2003. The ice age will begin when the currents of the ocean will no longer transport the warm water to the Polar Regions.
At the end of 2003. the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution showed the fact the salinity of the Polar seas is dismishing due to the melting of the ice fields known for their sweet water:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2004/feb/22/usnews.theobserver
*** A variety of intellectual dissidents have suggested that Al Gore is in fact, still working on behalf of the One Party State, by "distracting" humanity from an apparent Off-world explanation for Global Warming. These "intellectual dissidents" include Cristian Negureanu, who is the author of Planet Eris and the Global Warming. Yes, it is apparent that Greenhouse Gas Emissions from a scientific standpoint, is a contributing factor to a context of Climate Change. However, the pivotal reason for destabilizing planetary Climate Change, as Cristian Negureanu, and other writers suggest, may very well be a planet that apparently re-enters Earth's region of time-space once every 3,600 years. Apparently, this planetary constellation, has caused historically recorded ancient environmental cataclysms. This has included the warming-up of polar regions, drought, horrific famines and great floods. Full story:
Google: www.agoracosmopolitan.com/home/Frontpage/2008/04/17/02340.html
*** NASA AND PLANET X:
http://www.australia.to/story/0,25197,23040466-937,00,00.html
*** YOUTUBE: Planet Eris - the cause of global warming
http://youtube.com/watch?v=f5WnuRekG4s
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