Overview - 2012

Overview

Dr. Adrian Helmsley, part of a worldwide geophysical team investigating the effect on the earth of radiation from unprecedented solar storms, learns that the earth's core is heating up. He warns U.S. President Thomas Wilson that the crust of the earth is becoming unstable and that without proper preparations for saving a fraction of the world's population, the entire race is doomed. Meanwhile, writer Jackson Curtis stumbles on the same information. While the world's leaders race to build "arks" to escape the impending cataclysm, Curtis struggles to find a way to save his family. Meanwhile, volcanic eruptions and earthquakes of unprecedented strength wreak havoc around the world.

Cast

• Name: John Cusack

  Character: Jackson Curtis

  Popularity: 20.157

  

• Name: Amanda Peet

  Character: Kate Curtis

  Popularity: 19.66

  

• Name: Chiwetel Ejiofor

  Character: Adrian Helmsley

  Popularity: 21.604

  

• Name: Thandiwe Newton

  Character: Laura Wilson

  Popularity: 25.272

  

• Name: Oliver Platt

  Character: Carl Anheuser

  Popularity: 20.313

  

• Name: Tom McCarthy

  Character: Gordon Silberman

  Popularity: 7.915

  

• Name: Woody Harrelson

  Character: Charlie Frost

  Popularity: 35.133

  

• Name: Danny Glover

  Character: President Thomas Wilson

  Popularity: 25.915