Journey to the Center of the Earth (also promoted as Journey to the Center of the Earth 3D or Journey 3-D) is a 2008 3-D adventure film starring Brendan Fraser, Josh Hutcherson, and Anita Briem. It refers to and may be considered a 21st Century sequel to the 19th Century novel of the same name by Jules Verne. It has been rated PG by the MPAA for intense adventure action and some scary moments.

Plot

Trevor Anderson (Brendan Fraser) is a Bostonian volcanologist whose 13-year-old nephew, Sean (Josh Hutcherson), is supposed to spend ten days with him. Trevor has forgotten that Sean is coming until he returns home and finally receives several messages from Sean's mother about the visit.

When Sean's mother drops him off, she leaves Trevor with a box of items that belonged to Max, Trevor's brother and Sean's father, who disappeared 10 years before. Sean suddenly takes interest in what Trevor has to say after he tells him about his father, whom he never really had a chance to know. Inside the box Trevor discovers Max's old baseball glove, a yo-yo, and the novel Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne and inside the book Trevor finds notes written by his late brother. Trevor goes to his laboratory and finds out there is a new dot on his radar device on Sneffels, which is an extinct volcano in Iceland. To find out more about the notes, Trevor realizes that he must go to Iceland to investigate for himself.