2012: Supernova is a 2009 direct-to-video science fiction disaster film directed by Anthony Fankhauser and starring Brian Krause, Heather McComb, and Najarra Townsend. It was distributed by The Asylum. As with the previous film, titled 2012: Doomsday, 2012: Supernova is a mockbuster of the Roland Emmerich film 2012, which was released a month later. It is the second film in the Asylum's 2012 trilogy though the films have nothing to do with one another. The third film is titled 2012: Ice Age which was released in 2011.
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Premise
When a star gone supernova threatens to destroy Earth, an astrophysicist puts together a dangerous and desperate plan to shield Earth from the destructive burst of radiation heading toward it.
Cast
Brian Krause as Kelvin
Heather McComb as Laura
Najarra Townsend as Tina
Allura Lee as Dr. Kwang Ke
Alan Poe as Dzerzhinsky
Londale Theus as Captain Henreaux
Stephen Schneider as Captain James Moto
Rob Ullett as NASA Official
Dana Tomasko as NASA Technician
Rick L. Dean as NASA Technician
Pete Angelikus as NASA Technician
William Joseph Hutchins as NASA Technician
Doug Newman as NASA Technician
Jeff Crabtree as NASA Technician
Maus Jackson as NASA Technician
J. Dedman as USAF Agent
Henrik Ej Hermiz as USAF Agent
Malcom Scott as The President
Brittian D. Soderberg as NASA Soldier
Andrew Fetty as NASA Soldier
Bryan Dodds as NASA Soldier
Dorothy Drury as Agent Dunne
Stafford Mills as Farmer Brown
Kevin Ashworth as Carter
Stephen Blackehart as Agent Greene
Matthew Farhat as Lieutenant Shalah
Melissa Osborne as Eden
Reception
HorrorNews.net reviewed the film, writing that "Frankhauser's depiction of what will happen in 2012 is action packed, but lacks in character development and believability impedes the likability of the movie to a certain extent".
Sequel
Another sequel was released the following year entitled 2012: Ice Age and borrowing elements from another of Roland Emmerich's films, The Day After Tomorrow.