''40 Days and Nights'' is a 2012

disaster film A disaster film or disaster movie is a film genre that has an impending or ongoing disaster as its subject and primary plot device. Such disasters may include natural disasters, accidents, military/ terrorist attacks or global catastrophes s ...

loosely based on the 2009 film ''

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''. Produced by

The Asylum The Asylum is an American independent film company and distributor that focuses on producing low-budget, direct-to-video films. It is notorious for producing titles that capitalize on productions by major studios, often using film titles and s ...

and directed by Peter Geiger, the film stars

Monica Keena Monica Keena (born May 28, 1979) is an American actress. She made her film debut in '' While You Were Sleeping'' (1995), and a lead role as Lilliana "Lilli" Hoffman in '' Snow White: A Tale of Terror'' (1997). She later starred as Lori Campb ...

, Alex Carter, Christianna Carmine, Emily Sandifer, and Mitch Lerner. It is a modern take on

Noah's Ark Noah's Ark ( he, תיבת נח; Biblical Hebrew: ''Tevat Noaḥ'')The word "ark" in modern English comes from Old English ''aerca'', meaning a chest or box. (See Cresswell 2010, p.22) The Hebrew word for the vessel, ''teva'', occurs twice in ...

and the

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Synopsis

When a massive tectonic shift triggers a

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capable of swallowing whole continents, the military creates an ark capable of holding only 50,000 people and the DNA of every species possible while the storm consumes most of the world.

Cast

as Tessa * Alex Carter as John * Christianna Carmine as Lynn * Emily Sandifer as Maddie * Mitch Lerner as Freeman

References

External links

Official site at The Asylum
* The Asylum films 2012 films 2012 independent films 2012 science fiction action films American science fiction action films American disaster films 2010s English-language films Apocalyptic films Direct-to-video science fiction films Films shot in Los Angeles Direct-to-video action films 2010s disaster films Noah's Ark in film 2010s American films {{2010s-sf-film-stub