Exclusive: TV version of Roland Emmerich's '2012' in the works by Lynette Rice
lRoland Emmerich, the director/producer of the apocalyptic film 2012 (opening Nov. 13), confirmed to EW exclusively that a small-screen version of the end-of-the-world movie is already in the works. Emmerich said there was “plenty to do in a TV show” and that 2012 executive producer Mark Gordon – who’s also an exec producer on TV shows like Grey’s Anatomy and Private Practice - would be attached.
“The plan is that it is 2013 and it’s about what happens after the disaster,” Emmerich told EW while walking the red carpet for the 2012 premiere Tuesday. “It is about the resettling of Earth. That is very, very fascinating. (2012 writer/producer) Harald Kloser and I came up with the idea and we have the luxury of having a producer on the film who is a big TV producer, Mark Gordon. We said to Mark, ‘Why don’t you do a TV show that picks up where the movie leaves off and call it 2013?’ I think it will focus on a group of people who survived but not on the boats … maybe they were on a piece of land that was spared or one that became an island in the process of the crust moving. There are so many possibilities of what they could do and I’d be excited to watch it.”
Word in Hollywood is that Gordon has already entered talks with ABC to develop the disaster drama. Though Gordon wouldn’t confirm this, he did tell EW that ABC “will have an opening in their disaster-related programming after Lost ends” (An ABC spokeswoman declined to comment). “I think people would be interested in this topic on a weekly basis,” Gordon said, who also attended Tuesday’s premiere. “There’s hope for the world despite the magnitude of the 2012 disaster as seen in the film. After the movie, there are some people who survive and the question is how will these survivors build a new world and what will it look like. That might make an interesting TV series.”
Added Emmerich, “The movie talks about the varied reactions people have in the face of disaster and who should survive and how we carry on and what parts of our culture do we save. The TV show could carry on all that.” – With reporting from Carrie Bell
"David" <dimla...@yahoo.com> wrote: > lRoland Emmerich, the director/producer of the apocalyptic film 2012 > (opening Nov. 13), confirmed to EW exclusively that a small-screen > version of the end-of-the-world movie is already in the works.
'End of the world'.
> "The plan is that it is 2013 and it's about what happens after the > disaster,"
Um...so...not...'end of the world'.
Sheesh, even mother nature cannot get it right.
> maybe they were on a piece of land that was spared or > one that became an island in the process of the crust moving. There > are so many possibilities of what they could do and I'd be excited to > watch it."
It could even be a remake of Gilligan's Island.
>After the movie, there are some people who survive and the > question is how will these survivors build a new world and what will > it look like. That might make an interesting TV series."
It could make for an interesting TV series, but why tie it to a disasterous movie?
>“The plan is that it is 2013 and it’s about what happens after the >disaster,” Emmerich told EW while walking the red carpet for the 2012 >premiere Tuesday. “It is about the resettling of Earth.
From the TV ads I've seen, there isn't going to be much Earth to resettle....
>Word in Hollywood is that Gordon has already entered talks with ABC to >develop the disaster drama. Though Gordon wouldn’t confirm this, he >did tell EW that ABC “will have an opening in their disaster-related >programming after Lost ends” (An ABC spokeswoman declined to comment).
LOL! ABC keeps a slot reserved for "disaster-related programming"??
> Exclusive: TV version of Roland Emmerich's '2012' in the works > by Lynette Rice
> lRoland Emmerich, the director/producer of the apocalyptic film 2012 > (opening Nov. 13), confirmed to EW exclusively that a small-screen > version of the end-of-the-world movie is already in the works. > Emmerich said there was “plenty to do in a TV show” and that 2012 > executive producer Mark Gordon – who’s also an exec producer on TV > shows like Grey’s Anatomy and Private Practice - would be attached.
Oh, HELL *no*!
-- "There's no business, like Cho business." - Patrick Jane, "The Mentalist", 02/11/09
dimla...@yahoo.com wrote: >“The plan is that it is 2013 and it’s about what happens after the >disaster,” Emmerich told EW while walking the red carpet for the 2012 >premiere Tuesday.
A year after the end of the world? Really?
-- It is simply breathtaking to watch the glee and abandon with which the liberal media and the Angry Left have been attempting to turn our military victory in Iraq into a second Vietnam quagmire. Too bad for them, it's failing.
On Nov 5, 10:45 pm, web...@polaris.net (Ubiquitous) wrote:
> dimla...@yahoo.com wrote: > >“The plan is that it is 2013 and it’s about what happens after the > >disaster,” Emmerich told EW while walking the red carpet for the 2012 > >premiere Tuesday.
> A year after the end of the world? Really?
Will Smith said that there was a sequel to "Independence Day" that was pitched to him, with people trying to rebuild everything as part of the plot. This could be similar, trying to make new records for the future a la the stone records that ancient civilizations left, and rebuilding civilization. Not sure how it would go over.
> -- > It is simply breathtaking to watch the glee and abandon with which > the liberal media and the Angry Left have been attempting to turn > our military victory in Iraq into a second Vietnam quagmire. Too bad > for them, it's failing.
David_Powell3...@msn.com wrote: >On Nov 5, 10:45 pm, web...@polaris.net (Ubiquitous) wrote: >> A year after the end of the world? Really?
>Will Smith said that there was a sequel to "Independence Day" that was >pitched to him, with people trying to rebuild everything as part of >the plot. This could be similar, trying to make new records for the >future a la the stone records that ancient civilizations left, and >rebuilding civilization. Not sure how it would go over.
I am guessing "poorly".
-- It is simply breathtaking to watch the glee and abandon with which the liberal media and the Angry Left have been attempting to turn our military victory in Iraq into a second Vietnam quagmire. Too bad for them, it's failing.
> dimla...@yahoo.com wrote: >> >“The plan is that it is 2013 and it’s about what happens after the >> >disaster,” Emmerich told EW while walking the red carpet for the 2012 >> >premiere Tuesday.
>> A year after the end of the world? Really?
>Will Smith said that there was a sequel to "Independence Day" that was >pitched to him, with people trying to rebuild everything as part of >the plot.
Despite the happy ending for that movie, they were actually in for a really grim future. All those crashed spaceships likely left lots of toxic problems for the planet and the knowledge of hostile aliens would throw most of society into a mode of spending the entire gross national product on defensive war machine preparation (just in case more aliens show up).
> > dimla...@yahoo.com wrote: > >> >“The plan is that it is 2013 and it’s about what happens after the > >> >disaster,” Emmerich told EW while walking the red carpet for the 2012 > >> >premiere Tuesday.
> >> A year after the end of the world? Really?
> >Will Smith said that there was a sequel to "Independence Day" that was > >pitched to him, with people trying to rebuild everything as part of > >the plot.
> Despite the happy ending for that movie, they were actually in for a really > grim future. All those crashed spaceships likely left lots of toxic > problems for the planet and the knowledge of hostile aliens would throw most > of society into a mode of spending the entire gross national product on > defensive war machine preparation (just in case more aliens show up).
Oh yeah. Huge casualties, wrecked industrial base, possible alien prisoners or fugitives to deal with, and the race to get whatever technology people could and rebuild it in case they needed to repel a second wave.
> On Nov 7, 7:21 am, "Obveeus" <Obve...@aol.com> wrote: >> Despite the happy ending for that movie, they were actually in for a really >> grim future. All those crashed spaceships likely left lots of toxic >> problems for the planet and the knowledge of hostile aliens would throw most >> of society into a mode of spending the entire gross national product on >> defensive war machine preparation (just in case more aliens show up). > Oh yeah. Huge casualties, wrecked industrial base, possible alien > prisoners or fugitives to deal with, and the race to get whatever > technology people could and rebuild it in case they needed to repel a > second wave.
I think remember books about it, but I never read them. -- "... respect, all good works are not done by only good folk. For here, at the end of all things, we shall do what needs to be done." --till next time, consul -x- <<poetry.dolphins-cove.com>>
Obveeus wrote: > "David E. Powell" <David_Powell3...@msn.com> wrote in message > news:877ccc42-3cc1-4b41-b3fb-3f926c267fdb@m13g2000vbf.googlegroups.com... > On Nov 5, 10:45 pm, web...@polaris.net (Ubiquitous) wrote: >> dimla...@yahoo.com wrote: >>>> “The plan is that it is 2013 and it’s about what happens after the >>>> disaster,” Emmerich told EW while walking the red carpet for the 2012 >>>> premiere Tuesday. >>> A year after the end of the world? Really? >> Will Smith said that there was a sequel to "Independence Day" that was >> pitched to him, with people trying to rebuild everything as part of >> the plot.
> Despite the happy ending for that movie, they were actually in for a really > grim future. All those crashed spaceships likely left lots of toxic > problems for the planet and the knowledge of hostile aliens would throw most > of society into a mode of spending the entire gross national product on > defensive war machine preparation (just in case more aliens show up).
Why "defensive"???
After Wells' "War of the Worlds" was published, another writer, Garrett Serviss, wrote "Edison's Conquest of Mars," intended to be a sequel to the Martian invasion. In it, Thomas Edison and noted scientists of the time construct a fleet of spaceships and travel to Mars to launch a counterattack against the Martians.
Now in the case of "Independence Day," having those crashed alien spaceships to study could enable we humans to learn how to cross interstellar space ourselves. So we could build a fleet of combat spaceships, and have them blast off on December 7.
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