2012 (France 3): why did NASA intervene when the film was released?

This Thursday, January 26, 2023 at 9:10 p.m., France 3 invites viewers to return to the year 2012, at the time of the hypothetical apocalypse, with the broadcast of 2012, by Roland Emmerich. A film that prompted NASA to intervene. Télé-Loisirs explains to you.

Remember December 21, 2012: a seemingly innocuous date, which nevertheless haunted many people around the world, constantly feeding the media news. Despite all the scientific explanations, yet another end of the prophetic world was announced, according to the Mayan calendar. Holy bread for Hollywood who seized the phenomenon in 2009 with the release of the film 2012, broadcast this Thursday, January 26, 2023 on France 3, at 9:10 p.m. At the helm, Roland Emmerich, specialist in disaster blockbusters.

2012 : the end of the prophetic world

After destroying the White House in independence dayplunges humanity into a new ice age in The day afterRoland Emmerich tackles the extinction of the human species in 2012. A film in which the eschatological predictions of December 21, 2012 come true, which marks the end of the 5,125-year cycle of the Long Count of the Mayan calendar. A prophecy which must then lead to the total annihilation of our planet… By defying the laws of physics, Jackson Curtis, played by John Cusack, tries to flee with his family from the multiple cataclysms that are raging on the west coast of the United States. -United. With its marketing impact, the feature film is a commercial success at the box office with 770 million dollars collected for an initial budget of 200 million dollars.

2012 : NASA comes out of its hinges

For many, December 21, 2012 was to mark the definitive end of our existence. Faced with the magnitude of the event, NASA wanted to calm the crowds by setting up a question and answer system on its website. In the process, the American Space Agency did not hesitate to descend Hollywood and its production. Scientist Donald Yeomans notably called the fiction “absurd who drawn public concern about the supposed end of the world predicted by the Mayans, whose calendar ends on December 21, 2012″, with daily The Times. “The agency had so many questions from people terrified of the end of the world in 2012, that we had to create a special site to answer them. This is the first time we have had to do this.a”, he continued in his remarks relayed by Release. A crazy story with a beautiful ending, in real life at least, since everyone survived this fateful date.