2012: Supernova is a 2009 direct-to-video

Direct-to-video

Direct-to-video is a term used to describe a film that has been released to the public on home video formats without being released in film theaters or broadcast on television...

 science fiction disaster film

Disaster film

A disaster film is a film genre that has an impending or ongoing disaster as its subject...

 by The Asylum

The Asylum

The Asylum is an American film studio and distributor which focuses on producing low-budget, usually direct-to-video productions. The studio has produced titles that capitalize on productions by major studios; these titles have been dubbed "mockbusters" by the press.-History:The Asylum was founded...

. The film is a mockbuster

Mockbuster

A mockbuster is a film created with the apparent intention of piggy-backing on the publicity of a major film with a similar title or theme and are often made with a low budget. Often these films are created to be released direct-to-video at the same time as the mainstream film reaches theaters or...

 of the Columbia Pictures

Columbia Pictures

Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. is an American film production and distribution company. Columbia Pictures now forms part of the Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group, owned by Sony Pictures Entertainment, a subsidiary of the Japanese conglomerate Sony. It is one of the leading film companies...

 film 2012

2012 (film)

2012 is a 2009 American disaster film directed by Roland Emmerich. It stars John Cusack, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Amanda Peet, Oliver Platt, Thandie Newton, Danny Glover, and Woody Harrelson. It was produced by Emmerich's production company, Centropolis Entertainment and was distributed by Columbia Pictures...

, 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 the other. The other two films are titled 2012: Doomsday and 2012: Ice Age

2012: Ice Age

2012: Ice Age is a 2011 disaster film produced by the independent film group The Asylum. It is a mockbuster taking in elements from The Day After Tomorrow. It is the third film in the Asylum's 2012 "Trilogy", however, none of them share a common plot...

.

Plot

When a star gone supernova

Supernova

A supernova is a stellar explosion that is more energetic than a nova. It is pronounced with the plural supernovae or supernovas. Supernovae are extremely luminous and cause a burst of radiation that often briefly outshines an entire galaxy, before fading from view over several weeks or months...

 threatens to destroy the Earth, an astrophysicist puts together a dangerous and desperate plan to shield the Earth from the destructive burst of radiation heading toward it.

Cast

• Brian Krause
  Brian Krause
  Brian Jeffrey Krause is an American actor and screenwriter. He is best known for his role as Leo Wyatt on the WB Network TV series Charmed from 1998 to 2006.-Background:...
  
   as Kelvin
• Heather McComb
  Heather McComb
  Heather McComb is an American actress.McComb started acting at age 2 in a commercial for Publisher's Clearing House. When she appeared in the telefilm Generation X in 1996, she became the first actress to portray the X-Men character of Jubilee on screen...
  
   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 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
  Stephen Blackehart
  Stephen Blackehart is an American actor and producer from Hell's Kitchen, New York. It has been reported that Blackehart was born Stefano Brando and is the son of actor Marlon Brando...
  
  as Agent Greene
• Matthew Farhat as Lt. Shalah
• Melissa Osborne as Eden

Reception

The film has mostly poor reviews for various reasons, including its conveniently timed release so close to the release of the film 2012, which is based on a similar concept.