Amanda Peet has joined John Cusack and Thandie Newton on the cast of the epic disaster movie “2012.”

The film is being directed by Roland Emmerich, who has helmed such other big-budget apocalyptic flicks as “Independence Day” and “The Day After Tomorrow.”

According to The Hollywood Reporter, “2012″ centres on a global catastrophe and the characters’ ensuing struggle to survive. Peet will play Cusack’s ex-wife who is newly married to a wealthy man, while Cusack is a divorced father and limo driver trying to make it as a writer.

It won’t be Peet’s first time working with Cusack - they previously appeared together in 2003’s “Identity” and last year’s “Martian Child.”

Also part of the ensemble cast in “2012″ are Danny Glover, Oliver Platt and British actor Chiwetel Ejiofor.

The movie will begin shooting in July, with a release date set for July 10, 2009.

Peet is currently shooting an untitled comedy from “Friends With Money” director Nicole Holofcener and will appear in the upcoming “The X-Files” movie as an FBI agent.


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