Posts with tag "Roland Emmerich"

Amanda Peet Talks Disaster Movies and Staying Out of the Tabloids

Posted Nov 11th 2009 at 05:00 PM by Mike Ryan

Amanda Peet stars as Kate Curtis in Roland Emmerich's new apocalyptic thriller, '2012.' Kate, a single mother of two, must navigate her children through an obstacle course of the world imploding while also stroking the egos of both her ex-husband, Jackson (John Cusack), and current boyfriend, Gordon (Tom McCarthy), who are both along for the ride. Peet sat down with us in Midtown Manhattan to ...

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'2012' Stars On Doomsday Prophecies

Posted Nov 6th 2009 at 03:25 PM by Jenna Busch

PopEater hit the red carpet for the premiere of the upcoming disaster flick, '2012' last night in downtown Los Angeles. The film refers, of course, to the ancient Mayan calendar that ends on December 21st of that year. There are all sorts of theories about the prophecy, from mass destruction to a giant shift in global consciousness. Everyone has a different idea about what's going to happen...or ...

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'2012' Loses Worldwide Destruction to Avoid Religious Wars

Posted Nov 6th 2009 at 11:55 AM by PopEater Staff

Roland Emmerich has demolished nearly every beloved monument in the world in his disaster movie career - from Big Ben in 'Independence Day' to the Statue of Liberty in 'The Day After Tomorrow' - but you won't see the German filmmaker take down Islam's holiest site in his new end-of-days flick '2012.' Emmerich had planned to show the destruction of the Kaaba, the structure in Mecca toward which ...

'2012': The End Of The World As Hollywood Knows It?

Posted Nov 5th 2009 at 11:30 AM by Jenna Busch

PopEater hit the red carpet for the premiere of the upcoming disaster flick, '2012' Tuesday night in downtown Los Angeles. The film refers, of course, to the ancient Mayan calendar that ends on December 21st of that year. There are all sorts of theories about the prophecy, from mass destruction to a giant shift in global consciousness. Everyone has a different idea about what's going to ...