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guardian.co.uk - 28 days ago
Emmerich reveals fear of fatwa axed 2012 scene
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Roland Emmerich, the director of the 'end of days' disaster movie, had wanted to depict the destruction of Islam's holiest site, but was persuaded not to He blew up the Empire State Building and the White House in Independence Day, sent a giant monster careering through the heart of Manhattan ...
'2012': TV spin-off in the works
hollywoodinsider.ew.com - 28 days ago
'2012': TV spin-off in the works
— hollywoodinsider.ew.com — By Lynette Rice Roland Emmerich tells EW exclusively about plans to adapt his film, opening next week,... as a weekly series (more) '2012': TV spin-off in the works

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2012: Beginning of the End or Why the World Won't End?
nasa.gov - 23 days ago
2012: Beginning of the End or Why the World Won't End?
— nasa.gov — Scenes from the upcoming film 2012. Courtesy Columbia Pictures. Scenes from the motion picture "2012." Courtesy Columbia... Pictures. Remember the Y2K scare? It came and went without much of a whimper because of adequate planning and analysis of the ... (more) 2012: Beginning of the End or Why the World Won't End?

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cinemablend.com - 27 days ago
More Details On Emmerich's 2012 TV Series: 2013
— cinemablend.com — Roland Emmerich's 2012 may be the buzz film of the fall, but the news taking the television... media by storm is that there are already plans underway for a sequel TV series. We caught up with Emmerich to talk about this project, and we must have caught ... (more) More Details On Emmerich's 2012 TV Series: 2013

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KillerFilm:  Roland Emmerich feared for his life making 2012

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Roland Emmerich feared for his life making 2012
KillerFilm — ... 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.” So whether it was in fear of the so called death sentence (fatwa) or just trying to be politically correct, Emmerich feels only Christian and Buddhist objects of faith were in good taste to completely destroy. Source: The Guardian

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