Cusack & Ejiofor Join Emmerich's 2012
By: Jarrod SarafinDate: Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Source: Variety
Two more actors have joined the next end-of-the world thriller from the man who brought us The Day After Tomorrow, Independence Day and 10,000 B.C2012 for Columbia Pictures. Redbelt star Chiwetel Ejiofor also is in talks to join the big-budget epic, whose title refers to the end days of human civilization as foretold by the ancient Mayan calendar. Emmerich and his "10,000" teammate Harald Kloser penned the screenplay and Kloser will be producing alongside Mark Gordon and Larry Franco.
Barring a SAG strike, shooting is set to begin in Los Angeles in July.
Plot Concept: The specific plot details are being kept under wraps but the story kicks off with a global cataclysm, which brings an end to the world as we know it, and chronicles the heroic struggle of the survivors. John Cusack has signed on to topline Roland Emmerich’s apocalyptic thriller




