The Day After Tomorrow Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

Plot

What's the story about?

Plot

A high-concept big-budget movie from director Roland Emmerich ("Independence Day"), it's about a climatological disaster that ravages the world beyond recognition. As millions of terrified survivors flee south, Professor Adrian Hall (Dennis Quaid), a brilliant paleoclimatologist, heads to New York City — now a frozen wasteland — in search of his son Sam (Jake Gyllenhaal), who may still be alive.

Action Adventure Fantasy Sci-Fi Thriller

Top Cast

The lead cast starring in The Day After Tomorrow.

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  Dennis Quaid

  The Substance, Reagan

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  Jake Gyllenhaal

  Guy Ritchie's The Covenant, Presumed Innocent (series)

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  Emmy Rossum

  Poseidon, Nola

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  Sela Ward

  The Guardian, The Stepfather

• J
  Joe Cobden

  Beneath the Harvest Sky

• J
  Jared Harris

  Brave The Dark, Pompeii

• R
  Rick Hoffman

  Thanksgiving, The Condemned

• P
  Perry King

• K
  Kenneth Moskow

• A
  Austin Nichols

  I Know What You Did Last Summer (reboot), The Christmas Classic

• N
  Nestor Serrano

  Secretariat, Empire

• A
  Arjay Smith

Crew Behind the Film

The The Day After Tomorrow behind-the-scenes crew and production team.

The film's writer Jeffrey Nachmanoff last wrote Abduction and The Tourist.

Director

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Screenwriters

Jeffrey Nachmanoff
Roland Emmerich

Producer

Mark Gordon

Production Details

What we know about the The Day After Tomorrow movie production.

Production Updates for The Day After Tomorrow

Dec 2004

Completed

Changed The Day After Tomorrow movie production status. The movie is ready for release.

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