Amanda Peet is joining John Cusack, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Thandie Newton, Danny Glover and Oliver Platt in Roland Emmerich's new disaster pic 2012.

She’ll have a lead role in the film that tells the tale of a global cataclysm in the not-too-distant future. The story follows the heroic struggle of the survivors. Peet will play Cusack's ex-wife, who recently married a wealthy and powerful man. Cusack himself is a budding writer dealing with single fatherhood and moonlighting as a limo driver.

The film is slated to start shooting in July, barring a writers’ strike. July 10, 2009, is the planned release date.