I *think* this the first movie to mention a comet heading towards Earth in 2012. A Japanese film that is seeing cinema releases at present (well, in London at least), it has a fractured storyline revolving around a book and then punk song titled “Fish Story” – this is also the name of the movie. Presumably at the end, 3 people are in a record store, listening to the old punk rock track while a comet hurtles towards Earth. Full info at IMDB and a review at Time Out.

These are being released next year, or have recently been released. Is it just a coincidence that these types of films are coming out so close to 2012?

2012 – from the guy who gave us Independence Day
2012 – written by the guy who gave us the Communion book
City of Ember – survivors in an underground city
The Road – based on a post-apocalypse book by Cormac McCarthy
Autumn – all of us become zombies
Deadland – post WW3, sounds like Mad Max Redux
Wasteland – our pollution causes everything to die
The Last Man – sounds like I Am Legend

I guess that means lots of comedies will top the movie charts?

(Search IMDB.com for more info)