You might think that a volcanic eruption that destroyed a thriving city of about 20,000 (not to mention poor, disrespected Herculaneum) would be enough to hold the camera's attention.

Action. Starring Kit Harington, Kiefer Sutherland and Emily Browning. Directed by Paul W. S. Anderson. (PG-13. 105 minutes.) Pompeii disappeared under fire and lava in 79 A.D., but only movies can ...

Lopes says it’s unlikely the next Mount Vesuvius eruption will reach the magnitude of the one in 79 A.D., when the volcano near Naples, Italy, blew its top off and buried Pompeii in lava and ash.

LOS ANGELES — Hollywood’s latest action adventure movie depicts the calamity of Pompeii, the ancient Roman city that was buried by the volcanic eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in 79 AD.

Plus, there are volcanic eruptions, not to mention volcanic ash raining down onto the seats in front of you — or seeming to, in 3-D.” ALSO: ...

But even Pompeii star Kit Harington concedes it's hard not to be dwarfed by history's most famous volcano disaster, the 79 A.D. eruption of Italy's Mount Vesuvius.

Film to re-create huge volcanic eruption Kit Harington%2C Emily Browning and Kiefer Sutherland to star Huge sets and props re-create ancient Roman city The buried city of Pompeii is set to rise ...

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The victims who died in the disaster have inspired artworks, movies and TV shows, and today, archaeologists are still ...

Pompeii disappeared under fire and lava in 79 A.D., but only movies can convey the devastation, and only a modern movie can recreate the earthquakes, the tidal waves, the floods and the volcanic ...

Lopes says it's unlikely the next Mount Vesuvius eruption will reach the magnitude of the one in 79 A.D., when the volcano near Naples, Italy, blew its top off and buried Pompeii in lava and ash.