Sony buys Emmerich's '2012'
02-21-08, 11:32 AM
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Sony buys Emmerich's '2012'
http://www.variety.com/article/VR111...goryid=13&cs=1
Posted: Thurs., Feb. 21, 2008, 8:12am PT
I guess it was a no brainer that at least one movie would be coming out regarding this 'end of the world' scenario based on the end of the Mayan calendar on Dec 21, 2012 .
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Posted: Thurs., Feb. 21, 2008, 8:12am PT
Script set for summer 2009 release
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A heated bidding battle ended Wednesday evening with Sony Pictures Entertainment buying 2012, a spec script for a 2009 summer tentpole release that will be directed by Roland Emmerich.
Sony has essentially committed to green light the film. Production will begin late summer or early fall, and the deal is a signal that studios are open to flashy packages after the resolution of the writers strike.
Deal came on the same day that Emmerich pitched his vision and his budget projections for the film, which he scripted with 10,000 B.C. co-writer Harald Kloser. Studios, which read the script Tuesday (Daily Variety, Feb. 20, 2008), were then invited to pitch Emmerich and his CAA reps on how they would market the picture.
According to sources, several studios bid on the project, while some shied away from a price-tag that could hit $200 million.
The title refers to the apocryphal date that the world is supposed to end, and it frames an ensemble disaster epic akin to The Day After Tomorrow, the blockbuster that Emmerich sold in a similar spec sale and which turned into a global hit for 20th Cen-tury Fox.
The Emmerich-directed prehistoric epic 10,000 B.C., will be released by Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures on March 7.
By VARIETY STAFF
Emmerich
A heated bidding battle ended Wednesday evening with Sony Pictures Entertainment buying 2012, a spec script for a 2009 summer tentpole release that will be directed by Roland Emmerich.
Sony has essentially committed to green light the film. Production will begin late summer or early fall, and the deal is a signal that studios are open to flashy packages after the resolution of the writers strike.
Deal came on the same day that Emmerich pitched his vision and his budget projections for the film, which he scripted with 10,000 B.C. co-writer Harald Kloser. Studios, which read the script Tuesday (Daily Variety, Feb. 20, 2008), were then invited to pitch Emmerich and his CAA reps on how they would market the picture.
According to sources, several studios bid on the project, while some shied away from a price-tag that could hit $200 million.
The title refers to the apocryphal date that the world is supposed to end, and it frames an ensemble disaster epic akin to The Day After Tomorrow, the blockbuster that Emmerich sold in a similar spec sale and which turned into a global hit for 20th Cen-tury Fox.
The Emmerich-directed prehistoric epic 10,000 B.C., will be released by Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures on March 7.
I guess it was a no brainer that at least one movie would be coming out regarding this 'end of the world' scenario based on the end of the Mayan calendar on Dec 21, 2012 .
Chris
02-21-08, 12:11 PM
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I knew somebody would make a 2012 movie, and actually expected it to be him. Sadly, it won't be nearly as cool as it could be now.
02-21-08, 01:42 PM
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What? We buy this from Emmerich, but we tell him to take a hike with 10,000 BC? 
Or maybe it's blackmail.
02-21-08, 01:56 PM
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Maybe? There's very little chance that 10,000 BC won't suck.
02-21-08, 02:00 PM
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Much like 10,000 B.C. looks, I'm sure this will be crap. Too bad someone else couldn't be tackling a prospect as cool as the foretold end of the world. At least it isn't Paul Anderson, I suppose.
02-21-08, 02:04 PM
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Originally Posted by RichC2
I knew somebody would make a 2012 movie, and actually expected it to be him. Sadly, it won't be nearly as cool as it could be now.
02-21-08, 04:44 PM
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Originally Posted by RichC2
Maybe? There's very little chance that 10,000 BC won't suck.
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02-21-08, 07:59 PM
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Originally Posted by Zen Peckinpah
Roland Emmerich is the Uwe Boll of the big-budget Hollywood scene. I'm just saying.
You may not like them, you may enjoy pointing out plot holes and so on, but the man knows what he's doing and unlike Boll, he actually knows how to make movies.
02-22-08, 09:56 AM
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Originally Posted by PopcornTreeCt
The Day After Tomorrow was the worst "blockbuster" movie I've ever seen. This is sorry news that Emmerich is still making movies.
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11-17-08, 04:53 PM
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That trailer is rip/homage to the Shinning "Elevator" Trailer.
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11-17-08, 08:57 PM
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Well, he did direct The Patriot and ID4(which hasn't aged that well, but I was mighty impressed at the time), so I think hack is a little strong.
Although, he has gone way downhill after those movies.
Although, he has gone way downhill after those movies.
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