Armageddon is a 1998 American science fiction disaster film produced by Jerry Bruckheimer and Michael Bay and directed by Michael Bay. The film follows a group of Blue-collar deep-core drillers sent by NASA to stop a gigantic asteroid on a collision course with Earth. It stars Bruce Willis with Ben Affleck, Billy Bob Thornton, Liv Tyler, Owen Wilson, Will Patton, Peter Stormare, William Fichtner, Michael Clarke Duncan, Keith David, and Steve Buscemi.