The Day After Tomorrow (2004) is a science fiction disaster film directed by Roland Emmerich. It follows the story of a climatologist, played by Dennis Quaid, who tries to save the world from the effects of global warming. As the world is thrown into a deep freeze
The Day After Tomorrow is a 2004 American science fiction disaster film co-written, co-produced, and directed by Roland Emmerich. Based on the 1999 book The Coming Global Superstorm by Art Bell and Whitley Strieber, the film depicts catastrophic climatic effects following the disruption of the North Atlantic Ocean circulation, in which a series of extreme weather events usher in climate change and lead to a new ice age. The film stars Dennis Quaid, Jake Gyllenhaal, Sela Ward, Emmy Rossum, and Ian Holm.