Emmerich Planning ‘2012′ TV Spin-Off

Published by Jeff Leins on: November 10th, 2009

Roland Emmerich is already planning his next disaster. The director of Independence Day, The Day After Tomorrow, and the upcoming 2012 has publicly said he is done making destruction movies, calling this one the “mother of all disaster films.”

However, Emmerich is not ruling out a post-apocalyptic continuation on the small screen. According to Entertainment Weekly, Roland Emmerich is working on “2013″ with the movie’s executive producer Mark Gordon.  “It’s about what happens after the disaster,” Emmerich said last week.  “It is about the resettling of Earth.”

The team has already entered into discussions with ABC to develop the drama, which may focus on survivors on a small island building a new world. Obviously someone lives through the “end of the world,” otherwise there wouldn’t be a need for a sequel of any kind.  Way to spoil your own movie, Emmerich.

It will likely depend on how the public perceives the movie this weekend. Press have already seen the movie, but most are under embargo until this Friday. One short review called it gaudy and “disaster porn.”