Flooded Himalayas! That’s what came to director Roland Emerich’s mind when he was thinking of an image to for the apocalypse for his block buster film 2012.
Emerich said,“The first image that came into my head for 2012, was of water coming over the Himalayas. The movie shows you what a global flood is”
The head honcho of cult disaster flicks like Independence Day and Day After Tomorrow alleged that he decided to start and end the cinematic catastrophe in India, only because he wanted to depict a global catastrophe and not an American one.
Starring John Cusack and Indian actor Jimi Mistry, apoclapse was predicted by a Mayan calendar.The trumpet of doom began in Vijaywada, Andhra Pradesh and ended with the Himalayas being submerged under water.
The filmmaker who has a penchant for razing the world to ground, does so again with gusto in 2012 which has created a tidal wave at the worldwide box office, raking in $225 million in its opening weekend.
“I’ve lived here in Los Angeles for 20 years and like it but I must say, it’s always fun to lay it to ruin,” says Emerich.
The 53-year-old director claims that the flim is inspiure by some real life events. “See all those guys demonstrating at the G8 Summit? What would happen if they’re right? That kind of conspiracy was a starting point. When you type 2012 in Google, you get 240 million hits. That’s a lot,” said Emerich.
2013 a TV sequel to the film produced by Mark Gordon is on its way. The sequel would portray the resettling of earth and the survivors after the catastrophe.