QUICK TAKES - Oct. 3, 2009
Associated Press
The crew of the doomsday movie “2012” expressed sympathy Friday for victims of flooding and earthquakes this week in the Asia-Pacific region.
The epic, set for release in November, is based on a Maya prophecy that a catastrophe will occur in 2012.
“Things in the film were happening in real life,” co-producer Harald Kloser said of the Asian disasters on a stop in Taiwan during the film’s promotional tour. “Our hearts go out to those suffering.”
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