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What even Roland Emmerich won't destroy: An Islamic landmark
In Roland Emmerich's upcoming global demolition derby movie 2012 , the director gets to indulge his passion for destroying landmarks on a world scale. In previous movies, he's destroyed the Empire State Building and the White House ( Independence Day ), sent a giant monster into the middle ...
Exclusive: TV version of Roland Emmerich's '2012' in the works
Exclusive: TV version of Roland Emmerich's '2012' in the works
hollywoodinsider.ew.com — Roland-Emmerich_l Roland 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 ... (more) Exclusive: TV version of Roland Emmerich's '2012' in the ...
Exclusive: Roland Emmerich Wants To Make Independence Day 2 Because Of Obama
cinemablend.com — Last time we heard from Roland Emmerich about plans for a second Independence Day movie , he said that Fox was balking at putting up the money for Will Smith to be part of the film. At today's press day for 2012 , I asked Emmerich both about the ... (more) Exclusive: Roland Emmerich Wants To Make Independence ...
Roland Emmerich confirms plans for a 2012 TV show
scifiwire.com — Roland Emmerich's already controversial world-destroying movie 2012 isn't even in theaters yet, but there are reports he's mulling a follow-up TV show called 2013 . How can there be a follow-up show to a movie about the end of the world, you ask? ... (more) Roland Emmerich confirms plans for a 2012 TV show
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SciFi Scanner — ... • Roland Emmerich discusses his reasons for destroying every monument in the world for the forthcoming disaster flick, 2012, with one exception: The Kaaba in the holy city of Mecca. ...

Lost's Secret Theme Song, 2012 Awfulness, First Animated Doctor Who Clips, And New Caprica Glimpses [Morning Spoilers]
io9 — ... to the White House, which I thought was ironic," says Emmerich, who's obviously a big Alanis Morrissette fan. Also, a big cruise ship, meant to evoke the Poseidon, rolls over. A big crack appears in the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. The Basilica, in the Vatican, tips over and falls on people. Also, the Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro collapses "because I'm against organized religion," says Emmerich. (He wanted to destroy an Islamic monument, but feared a backlash.) [ Sci Fi Wire ] Let Me In: Matt Reeves has started filming his American remake of this Swedish ...

What Roland Emmerich Couldn’t Obliterate
SciFiCool.com | No Anal Probing Involved — ... have a fatwa on my head because of a movie. And he was right. … We have to all … in the Western world … think about this. You can actually … let … Christian symbols fall apart, but if you would do this with [an] Arab symbol, you would have … a fatwa, and that sounds a little bit like what the state of this world is. So it’s just something which I kind of didn’t [think] was [an] important element, anyway, in the film, so I kind of left it out.” Probably wise, probably wise. Thanks Scifiwire .

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