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MOVIE LIST
upcoming or current releases for which we intend to publish reviews
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Genre
MPAA
Rating
Submission Date
Applicants:
Eric Hernandez
Open: July 3, 2009 (select—3 theaters)

Starring: Nia Vardalos, John Corbett

Romance, Comedy PG-13  
ASSIGNED TO:
Taran Gingery
DVD DVD: June 30, 2009
Theatrical: February 13, 2009
Romance, Drama R within 24 hrs of release date
ASSIGNED TO:
Sheri McMurray
Alternate:
Carissa Horton
Ethan Samuel Rodgers
Open: July 1, 2009 (wide—3,200 theaters)
Crime, Drama R within 24 hrs
DVD DVD release: June 23, 2009 Action, Crime, Drama R  
ASSIGNED TO:
Karl Heitman
Open: June 19, 2009 (wider)
June 12, 2009 (3 theaters—NYC/LA)
Documentary PG June 13
Friday, July 10, 2009
Open: July 10, 2009 (wider)
June 26, 2009 (limited)
War, Action, Adventure, Thriller, Drama R  
ASSIGNED TO:
Thaisha Geiger
Open: July 10, 2009 (limited—17 theaters)
Action, Thriller, Horror R July 11-12
ASSIGNED TO:
Eric Hernandez
Alternate:
Jacob Lenden
Laura Villegas
Open: July 10, 2009
Romance, Comedy PG-13 July 10
ASSIGNED TO:
Ethan Samuel Rodgers
Alternate:
Eric Hernandez
Open: July 10, 2009
Comedy R within 2 days of release
TUESDAY, July 14, 2009
ASSIGNED TO:
Ethan Samuel Rodgers
Alternate:
Taran Gingery
DVD DVD release: July 14, 2009

Starring: Dennis Quaid, Ziyi Zhang, etc.

Thriller, Mystery, Drama R within 72 hours of release
WEDNESDAY, July 15, 2009
ASSIGNED TO:
Robbye Fielden
Alternate:
Rachel Teichrob
Carissa Horton
Taran Gingery
informationOfficial site: harrypotter.com
Open: July 15, 2009
Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Romance, Adaptation, Sequel PG July 16
Friday, July 17, 2009
ASSIGNED TO:
Thaisha Geiger
aka “500 Days of Summer”
Open: July 17, 2009
Romance, Comedy PG-13 July 17-18
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
DVD
informationOfficial site: echelonconspiracy.com
DVD: July 21, 2009
Theatrical release: February 27, 2009
Action, Suspense, Mystery, Drama PG-13  
DVD DVD release: July 21, 2009
Family, Kids PG  
Friday, July 24, 2009
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Shrink

Tagline: The Doctor is out.

Open: July 24, 2009

Roadside Attractions - Starring: Kevin Spacey, Robin Williams, Dallas Roberts, Keke Palmer, Jack Huston, Pell James, Gore Vidal / Director: Jonas Pate

Unable to cope with a recent personal tragedy, LA's top celebrity shrink turns into a pothead with no concern for his appearance and a creeping sense of his inability to help his patients.

Drama    
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The Answer Man
aka “Arlen Faber,” “The Dream of the Romans”

Tagline: He wrote the book on life's big questions, but the truth is he hasn't got a clue.

Open: July 24, 2009 (limited)

Magnolia Pictures — Starring: Kat Dennings, Lauren Graham, Olivia Thirlby, Jeff Daniels

Everyone wants to meet Arlen Faber, the world famous author of the best-selling spiritual book Me and God, but crotchety, disgruntled Arlen simply wants to be left alone - and so far he's been successful in keeping his identity a secret. But all that changes when troubled bookstore owner Kris Lucas discovers his home address and barters books for Arlen's words of wisdom, and a back injury leads the reclusive writer to begin dating chiropractor and overprotective single mother Elizabeth. As Arlen's relationships with his newfound friends begin to grow, he must come to terms with his past and the realization that he doesn't hold all the answers.

Romance, Comedy R
for language.
 
Open: July 24, 2009 Thriller, Drama, Mystery, Horror R  
ASSIGNED TO:
Misty Wagner
Alternate:
Mia J. Best
Open: July 24, 2009
Romance, Comedy R within 24 hours
ASSIGNED TO:
Raphael Vera
Alternate:
David Criswell
Open: July 24, 2009
Sci-Fi, Action, Adventure, Fantasy PG July 25
July 28, 2009
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DVD
Streets of Blood

Tagline: The Big Easy is losing the fight.

DVD: July 28, 2009
Theatrical release: July 13, 2009

Anchor Bay Entertainment - Starring: Val Kilmer, Sharon Stone, 50 Cent / Director: Charles Winkler

Two city cops fight corruption on the streets and in their own force. A police officer's partner has died during Hurricane Katrina, but he later discovers that his partner may have been murdered. An investigation follows, taking the officer and his new partner into the depths of the criminal underworld.

Action, Thriller, Drama R
for strong violence, sexuality, drug content and pervasive language.
 
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DVD
Severed Ways: The Norse Discovery of America

Tagline: An epic adventure of exploration

informationOfficial site: severedways.com
DVD: July 28, 2009
Theatrical release: March 13, 2009

Magnolia Pictures — On the coast of North America in AD 1007, two Norsemen are stranded when their expedition is attacked and they are left for dead. As they struggle to survive in the vast forests of the New World, their paths diverge as one pursues a spiritual quest and the other reverts to his primal instincts.

Adventure, Drama Not rated yet, as of July 3  
Friday, July 31, 2009
ASSIGNED TO:
David Criswell
Alternate:
Brian Johnson
Open: July 31, 2009 (wide)
Sci-Fi, Adventure, Fantasy, Comedy, Kids PG Day after release
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Adam
Open: July 29, 2009 (limited)

Fox Searchlight Pictures — Starring: Hugh Dancy, Rose Byrne, Peter Gallagher, Amy Irving, Frankie Faison, Mark Linn-Baker / Director: Max Mayer

A lonely, autistic man, Adam, develops a relationship with his upstairs neighbor, Beth.

In movies, when two twentysomethings serendipitously wind up under the same Manhattan roof, witty repartee usually transpires, then sparks fly, and eventually they fall into bed. But the boy and the girl in Adam are no ordinary characters, and their romance is anything but familiar. Soon after moving in, Beth, a brainy, beautiful writer, encounters Adam, the handsome, but odd, fellow in the downstairs apartment. A pleasant chemistry flows, but his awkwardness is perplexing. Whether avoiding eye contact or standing by blithely while Beth drags a heavy load up steep stairs, Adam seems utterly oblivious to social convention.

Then one night, Adam regales Beth with an elaborate outer-space light show. It's a magical moment, tainted slightly by his obsessively thorough astronomical explanation. Their connection is palpable. It becomes clear that Adam's inability to decipher nonverbal signals is beyond his control. And yet Beth doesn't balk. Their mutual interest tentatively takes root.

What makes this rare story about obstacles to human intimacy credible is its tremendous psychological wisdom; what makes it transcendent is the intelligence and authenticity radiating from actors Hugh Dancy and Rose Byrne. Though their particular challenges are extraordinary, Beth and Adam's tricky relationship elucidates something universal: truly reaching another person means bravely stretching into discomfiting territory-and the shake-up can be liberating.

Romance, Comedy, Drama    
ASSIGNED TO:
Daniel Thompson
informationOfficial site: funnypeoplemovie.com
Open: July 31, 2009
Comedy, Drama R July 31
Tuesday, August 4, 2009
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DVD
Fragments
Open: August 4, 2009

Sony Pictures — Starring: Starring: Kate Beckinsale, Dakota Fanning, Guy Pearce, Forest Whitaker, Embeth Davidtz, Josh Hutcherson, Kevin Durand, Jackie Earle Haley / Director: Rowan Woods

Shots ring out and the early morning tranquility of a diner shatters. As survivors pick up the pieces, they find themselves transforming in the most unexpected ways as they cope with the aftermath. One brief moment and their lives are changed forever.

Crime, Drama R
for violent content, sexuality and language.
 
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DVD
Labor Pains

Tagline: Some stories keep on growing.

DVD: August 4, 2009
TV Premiere: July 19, 2009

First Look International — Starring: Lindsay Lohan, Aaron Yoo, Chris Parnell, Cheryl Hines, Connie Britton / Director: Lara Shapiro

Thea (Lindsay Lohan) is a young assistant at a Military Publishing House struggling to support herself and her younger sister, Emma. After a misunderstanding occurs, Thea’s boss tries to fire her. In a panic, she lies to her boss and tells him she’s pregnant.

When that gets her a bunch of special treatment by everyone involved in her life, she tries to keep up the lie for nine months.

Comedy, Drama PG-13
for sexual content and language.
 
ASSIGNED TO:
Raphael Vera
DVD DVD: August 4, 2009
Theatrical release: April 24, 2009
Sci-Fi, Action, Adventure, Adaptation R August 7
Thursday, August 6, 2009
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Misconceptions

Tagline: Good things come in other people's packages.

Open: August 6, 2009

Regent Releasing — The story centers on a religiously conservative, married southern woman who receives a message from God instructing her to act as a surrogate mother and carry a child for two married gay men who live in Boston - a Jewish doctor and and African-American dance choreographer. All Hell breaks loose when the African American man comes to her home down south to micro-manage her pregnancy, and he won't leave.

     
Friday, August 7, 2009
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Cold Souls

Tagline: A soul searching comedy.

Open: August 7, 2009

The Samuel Goldwyn Company — Starring: Paul Giamatti, Emily Watson, David Strathairn

An exploration of a man in search of his soul.

In response to shiny, bigger, better American consumerism comes ‘Cold Souls,’ a metaphysical tragicomedy in which souls can be extracted and traded as commodities. Balancing on a tightrope between deadpan humor and pathos, and between reality and fantasy, the film presents Paul Giamatti as himself, agonizing over his interpretation of Uncle Vanya. Paralyzed with anxiety, he stumbles upon a solution via a New Yorker article about a high-tech company promising to alleviate suffering by deep-freezing souls. Giamatti enlists their services, intending to reinstate his soul once he survives the performance. Complications ensue when a mysterious, soul-trafficking ‘mule,’ borrows Giamatti's stored soul for an ambitious, but unfortunately talentless, Russian soap-opera actress. Rendered soulless, Paul is left with no choice but to follow the trail back to St. Petersburg. Funny, charming and wildly imaginative, the film explores the profound moods and inner struggles of a man in search of his essence.

Comedy, Drama    
Applicants:
Sheri McMurray
Michael Karounos
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G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra
Open: August 7, 2009 (wide)

Paramount Pictures — Starring: Dennis Quaid, Channing Tatum, Brendan Fraser, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Rachel Nichols, Sienna Miller, Ray Park, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agabaje, Said Taghmaoui, Marlon Wayans, Arnold Vosloo, Christopher Eccleston, Jonathan Pryce, Kevin J. O'Connor

Director: Stephen Sommers (“The Mummy,” “The Mummy Returns,” “Van Helsing”)

Story is set at G.I.J.O.E., an acronym for the Global Integrated Joint Operating Entity, and revolves around an international co-ed force of operatives who use high-tech equipment to battle Cobra, an evil organization headed by a double-crossing Scottish arms dealer.

Action, Adventure Not rated yet, as of July 3  
ASSIGNED TO:
Thaisha Geiger
Alternate:
Eric Hernandez
aka “Julie & Julia”
Open: August 7, 2009
Biography, Comedy, Drama PG-13 August 7-8
ASSIGNED TO:
Raphael Vera
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Shorts: The Adventures of the Wishing Rock

Tagline: Not so tall tales from the director of “Spy Kids”

Open: August 7, 2009

Starring: Jimmy Bennett, Kat Dennings, Jon Cryer, William H. Macy, Leslie Mann, James Spader / Director: Robert Rodriguez

A young boy's discovery of a colorful, wish-granting rock causes chaos in the suburban town of Black Falls when jealous kids and scheming adults alike set out to get their hands on it.

Set in a suburb where all the houses look the same and everyone works for Black Box, manufacturer of the ultimate communication and do-it-all gadget. Chaos follows when an 11-year-old boy is hit in the head with a rainbow-colored rock that grants wishes to anyone who holds it.

Family, Comedy PG
for mild action and some rude humor.
August 9
TUESDAY, August 11, 2009
DVD
informationOfficial site: thegoobymovie.com
DVD release: August 11, 2009
Theatrical release was April 17, 2009
Family PG  
August 14, 2009
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I Sell the Dead

Tagline: Never trust a corpse

informationOfficial site: isellthedead.com
Open: August 14, 2009

IFC Films — 18th century justice catches up with a pair of grave robbers. With only a few hours to go before his date with the guillotine, Arthur Blake (Monaghan) tells his life story to Father Francis Duffy (Ron Perlman). Before long, Arthur spills the beans on how he got started in the grim corpse peddling business with seasoned ghoul Willie Grimes (Fessenden).

Comedy, Horror    
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Ponyo
aka “Ponyo A Cliff By The Sea”

Tagline: Welcome to a world where anything is possible

Open: August 14, 2009 (limited)

The Walt Disney Company — Starring voice of: Matt Damon, Tina Fey, Cate Blanchett, Liam Neeson, Lily Tomlin, Betty White, Madison Davenport, Fankie Jonas, Noah Lindsey Cyrus, Cloris Leachman

An animated adventure centered on a 5-year-old boy and his relationship with a goldfish princess who longs to become human.
Animation, Adventure, Family G  
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Paper Heart

Tagline: A story about love that's taking on a life of its own.

informationOfficial site: paperheart-movie.com
Open: August 7, 2009 (limited)
August 14, 2009 (wider)

Anchor Bay Entertainment — Starring: Michael Cera, Seth Rogen, Jake M. Johnson, Demetri Martin, Charlyne Yi

Charlyne Yi does not believe in love. Or so she says. Well, at the very least, she doesn't believe in fairy-tale love or the Hollywood mythology of love, and her own experiences have turned her into yet another modern-day skeptic.

‘Paper Heart’ follows Charlyne as she embarks on a quest across America to make a documentary about the one subject she doesn't fully understand. As she and her good friend (and director) Nicholas search for answers and advice about love, Charlyne talks with friends and strangers, scientists, bikers, romance novelists, and children. They each offer diverse views on modern romance, as well as various answers to the age-old question: does true love really exist?

Then, shortly after filming begins, Charlyne meets a boy after her own heart: Michael Cera. As their relationship develops on camera, her pursuit to discover the nature of love takes on a fresh new urgency. Charlyne risks losing the person she finds closest to her heart.

Combining elements of documentary and traditional storytelling, reality and fantasy, ‘Paper Heart’ brings a fresh perspective to the modern romance and redefines the classic love story.

Comedy PG-13
for some language.
 
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The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard
aka “The Goods: The Don Ready Story” Open: August 14, 2009

Paramount Vantage — Starring: Jeremy Piven, Ving Rhames, Joey Kern, Ed Helms, Ken Jeong, Noureen DeWulf, James Brolin

Used-car liquidator Don Ready is hired by a flailing auto dealership to turn their Fourth of July sale into a majorly profitable event.

Who is Don Ready? Salesman? Lover? Song Stylist? Semi-professional dolphin trainer? Ready is all of the above - except for a dolphin trainer. When he's asked to help save an ailing local car dealership from bankruptcy, Ready and his ragtag crew descend on the town of Temecula like a pack of coyotes on a basket full of burgers. Selling, drinking, selling and going to strip clubs is their stock and trade. And they do it well. What Don doesn't expect is to fall in love and find his soul (cue heartfelt piano).

‘The Goods: The Don Ready Story’ stars Emmy award-winning actor Jeremy Piven (‘The Kingdom,’ ‘Entourage’) and Ving Rhames (‘I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry,’ ‘Mission: Impossible III’). The film, from Will Ferrell and Adam McKay's Gary Sanchez Productions, is directed by Neal Brennan, creator of the hugely successful Comedy Central hit Chappelle's Show.

Comedy R
for sexual content, nudity, pervasive language and some drug material.
 
ASSIGNED TO:
Thaisha Geiger
Open: August 14, 2009 Comedy, Music, Teens, Drama PG within 24-48 hours
ASSIGNED TO:
David Criswell
Alternate:
Misty Wagner
Thaisha Geiger
New Line Cinema
Open: August 14, 2009
Sci-Fi, Romance, Drama, Adaptation PG-13 Day After Release
Open: August 14, 2009
Action, Thriller R  
ASSIGNED TO:
David Criswell
Alternate:
Ethan Samuel Rodgers
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District 9
informationOfficial site: d-9.com
Open: August 14, 2009

Sony Pictures Entertainment — Producer: Peter Jackson / Writer/Director: Neill Blomkamp (“Stargate SG-1,” “Smallville,” “3000 Miles to Graceland”)

‘District 9’ depicts a fictional world where extraterrestrials have become refugees in South Africa.

An extraterrestrial race forced to live in slum-like conditions on Earth suddenly find a kindred spirit in a government agent that is exposed to their biotechnology.

The aliens are called the ‘Non-Humans’ and are forced to work the Multi National United company (MNU for short). A kind of apartheid discriminating the non-humans has been enforced. Throughout the film, the Non-Humans will try to free themselves from MNU's grasp.

Sci-Fi R
for bloody violence and pervasive language.
Day after release
August 21, 2009
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Post Grad
aka “The Post Grad Survival Guide,” “Ticket to Ride”

Tagline: A Pre-Life Crisis. / Now What?

Open: August 21, 2009

Fox Searchlight Pictures — Starring: Alexis Bledel, Jane Lynch, Michael Keaton / Director: Vicky Jenson

Ryden Malby (Bledel) had a plan. Do well in high school, thereby receiving a great college scholarship. Now that she's finally graduated, it's time for her to find a gorgeous loft apartment and land her dream job at the city's best publishing house. But when Jessica Bard (Reitman), Ryden's college nemesis steals her perfect job, Ryden is forced to move back to her childhood home. Stuck with her eccentric family - a stubborn do-it-yourself dad (Keaton), an overly thrifty mom (Lynch), a politically incorrect grandma (Burnett), a very odd little brother (Coleman) - and a growing stack of rejected job applications, Ryden starts to feel like she's going nowhere. The only upside is spending time with her best friend, Adam (Zach Gilford) - and running into her hot next-door neighbor, David (Santoro). But if Ryden's going to survive life as a post grad, it may be time to come up with a new plan...

Comedy PG-13
for sexual situations and brief strong language.
 
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World's Greatest Dad

Tagline: Lance Clayton is about to get everything he deserves.

Open: August 21, 2009

Magnolia Films — Starring: Robin Williams (Lance Clayton), Daryl Sabara / Director: Bob Goldthwait

A comedy about a man who learns that the things you want most may not be the things that make you happy, and that being lonely is not necessarily the same as being alone.

Lance is a high school teacher who protects his family from shame following the embarrassing accidental death of his son. Lance writes a fake suicide note to cover up the death, but without permission the note is published and becomes an unexpected hit. Keen to be a successful author, Lance produces an entire journal which he passes off as his son's.

Comedy    
Applicants:
Sara Bickley
David Simpson
Daniel Thompson
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Inglourious Basterds
aka “Inglorious Bastards,” “Inglorious Youth”
Open: August 21, 2009 (wide)

The Weinstein Company — Starring: Brad Pitt, Diane Kruger, Mike Myers, Samuel L. Jackson (Narrator), Cloris Leachman, Eli Roth / Director: Quentin Tarantino

A band of U.S. soldiers facing death by firing squad for their misdeeds are given a chance to redeem themselves by heading into the perilous no-man's lands of Nazi-occupied France on a suicide mission for the Allies.

In German-occupied France, Shosanna Dreyfus witnesses the execution of her family at the hand of Nazi Colonel Hans Landa. Shosanna narrowly escapes and flees to Paris, where she forges a new identity as the owner and operator of a cinema. Elsewhere in Europe, Lieutenant Aldo Raine organizes a group of Jewish soldiers to engage in targeted acts of retribution. Known to their enemy as ‘The Basterds,’ Raine's squad joins German actress and undercover agent Bridget Von Hammersmark on a mission to take down the leaders of The Third Reich. Fates converge under a cinema marquee, where Shosanna is poised to carry out a revenge plan of her own…

War, Action, Adventure, Drama, Adaptation Not rated yet, as of July 3  
August 25, 2009
ASSIGNED TO:
Eric Hernandez
DVD
informationOfficial site: fightingmovie.net
DVD release: August 25, 2009
Theatrical release: April 24, 2009 (wide—2,100 theaters)
Action, Drama PG-13 Aug 25
August 28, 2009
ASSIGNED TO:
Brian Johnson
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The Final Destination
aka “Final Destination 4”

Tagline: Rest in pieces

Open: August 28, 2009

New Line Cinema — Starring: Krista Allen, Nick Zano

After a teen's premonition of a deadly race-car crash helps saves the lives of his peers, Death sets out to collect those who evaded their end.

Director: David R. Ellis (“Cellular,” “Snakes on a Plane”)

Thriller, Horror R
for strong violent/gruesome accidents, language and a scene of sexuality.
Aug 22
Applicants:
Daniel Thompson
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Taking Woodstock
Open: August 28, 2009

Focus Features — Director: Ang Lee / Starring: Demetri Martin, Emile Hirsch, Liev Schreiber, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Paul Dano, Kelli Garner, Dan Fogler, Eugene Levy

A man working at his parents' motel in the Catskills inadvertently sets in motion the generation-defining concert in the summer of 1969.

“Taking Woodstock,” the new film from Academy Award-winning director Ang Lee, is a 1969-set true story about a man, Elliot Tiber (Demetri Martin), who inadvertently played a pivotal role in making the Woodstock Music and Arts Festival into the famed happening it was. Mr. Tiber found himself swept up in a generation-defining experience that would change his life, and American culture, forever. Based on the book by Mr. Tiber with Tom Monte, the screenplay adaptation is by Mr. Schamus.

Comedy, Music, Drama R
for graphic nudity, some sexual content, drug use and language.
 
Applicants:
Christopher Walker, for submission: 72 hours after release
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Halloween II

Tagline: Family is forever.

Open: August 28, 2009

Dimension Films — Sequel to: Halloween (2007) / Director: Rob Zombie / Starring: Mark Christopher Lawrence (Deputy King), Tyler Mane, Ezra Buzzington and Jeffrey Daniel Phillips

Michael Myers is still at large and no less dangerous than ever. After a failed reunion to reach his baby sister at their old home, Laurie Strode is immediately taken to a hospital to be treated by the wounds that had been afflicted by her brother a few hours ago. However, Michael isn't too far off and will continue his murdering 'Halloween' rampage until he gets his sister all to himself.

Action, Comedy, Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller Not rated yet, as of July 3  
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
DVD

Tagline: Terror—the whole family can enjoy.

informationOfficial site: alientrespass.com
DVD: September __, 2009
Theatrical release: April 3, 2009

Starring: Robert Patrick, Jenni Baird, Eric McCormack, Dan Lauria

Comedy, Sci-Fi, Horror, Thriller PG  
September 4, 2009
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Black Dynamite
informationOfficial site: blackdynamite.com
Open: September 4, 2009

Columbia Pictures — Starring: Michael Jai White, Tommy Davidson, Salli Richardson, Arsenio Hall, Byron Minns, Kym Whitley

This is the story of 1970s African-American action legend Black Dynamite. When “The Man” murders his brother, pumps heroin into local orphanages, and floods the ghetto with adulterated malt liquor, Black Dynamite is the one hero willing to fight all the way from the blood-soaked city streets to the hallowed halls of the Honky House.

Action, Comedy    
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Carriers
informationOfficial site: carriersmovie.com
Open: September 4, 2009

Paramount Vantage — Starring: Chris Pine

Four friends fleeing a viral pandemic soon learn they are more dangerous than any virus.

Thriller, Horror, Drama    
My One and Only
Open: September 4, 2009 (wider)
August 21, 2009 (limited)

Starring: Renée Zellweger, Chris Noth, Kevin Bacon / Director: Richard Loncraine (“Firewall,” “Wimbledon”)

‘My One and Only,’ set in the 1950s, takes the glamorous Anne Deveraux (Zellweger) on a drive down the Eastern Seaboard from city to city in a quixotic search for a wealthy man to fund a new life for her and her sons. Told from the perspective of the younger son, ‘George,’ an old soul with Holden Caulfield wit, this beautiful dark family comedy unfolds as they make their way from city to city, eventually landing in Hollywood, where a new life seems possible.

Comedy, Drama, Family    
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Gamer
aka “Game,” “Citizen Game”

Tagline: Who’s playing you?

Open: September 4, 2009

Lionsgate — Starring: Alison Lohman, Gerard Butler, Kyra Sedgwick, Michael C. Hall, Chris “Ludacris” Bridges, John Leguizamo, Amber Valletta, Terry Crews, Logan Lerman, Johnny Whitworth, Ashley Rickards, Brighid Fleming, Zoe Bell / Director: Mark Neveldine, Brian Taylor

Set in a future-world where humans can control other humans in mass-scale, multi-player online gaming environments, a star player (Butler) from a game called "Slayers" looks to regain his independence while taking down the game's mastermind (Hall).

In the not too distant future, Kabel (Gerard Butler), a death row inmate, has unwittingly become a pop culture hero. Every week, millions worldwide tune in online to watch him and hundreds of other convicts battle in Slayers, an ultra-violent multi-player online game invented by technological genius Ken Castle (Michael C. Hall). To the wealthy young gamer who controls his every move, Kable is just a sim (simulation) character. To the resistance group that opposes Castle’s games as high-tech slavery, he is a critical element in their battle to take down the inventor. Caught in the crosshairs of two opposing forces and under the command of a teenager’s remote device, Kable must use his extraordinary fighting skills to escape the game, bring down Castle and overthrow the system.

Sci-Fi, Thriller, Action, Drama    
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Shanghai
Open: September 4, 2009

The Weinstein Company — Starring: John Cusack, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Yun-Fat Chow, Ken Watanabe

A '40s period piece which revolves around an American expat who returns to Shanghai in the months before Pearl Harbor due to the death of his friend.

An American man returns to a corrupt, Japanese-occupied Shanghai four months before Pearl Harbor and discovers his friend has been killed. While he unravels the mysteries of the death, he falls in love and discovers a much larger secret that his own government is hiding.

Thriller, Mystery, Romance, Drama Not rated yet, as of July 3  
Applicants:
Ethan Samuel Rodgers
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Extract
informationOfficial site: extract-the-movie.com
Open: September 4, 2009

Miramax Films — Starring: Jason Bateman, Mila Kunis, Ben Affleck, Kristen Wiig, J.K. Simmons

Joel, the owner of an Extract plant, tries to contend with myriad personal and professional problems, such as his potentially unfaithful wife and employees who want to take advantage of him.

‘Extract,’ is the new movie from writer/director Mike Judge (‘Office Space,’ ‘King of The Hill,’ ‘Beavis and Butt-Head’). Joel, played by Jason Bateman (‘Juno,’ ‘Arrested Development’), is one step away from selling his flavor extract factory and retiring to easy street when a freak workplace accident sets in motion a series of disasters that put his business and personal life in jeopardy. The film also stars Kristen Wiig (SNL, ‘Ghost Town’), Mila Kunis (‘Forgetting Sarah Marshall’) and Ben Affleck (‘He's Just Not That Into You’).

Comedy    
Applicants:
Ethan Samuel Rodgers
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Pandorum

Tagline: Fear what happens next.

Open: September 4, 2009

Overture Films — Starring: Ben Foster, Dennis Quaid, Cam Gigandet

A pair of crew members aboard a spaceship wake up with no knowledge of their mission or their identities.

Sci-Fi, Action, Thriller, Adventure, Horror    
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All About Steve
informationOfficial site: allaboutstevemovie.com
Open: September 4, 2009

20th Century Fox — Starring: Sandra Bullock, Thomas Haden Church, Bradley Cooper, Ken Jeong, DJ Qualls, Katy Mixon, Howard Hesseman / Screenwriter: Kim Barker—“License to Wed”

Convinced that a CNN cameraman is her true love, an eccentric crossword puzzler (Bullock) trails him as he travels all over the country, hoping to convince him that they belong together.

Crossword puzzle constructor Mary Horowitz (Sandra Bullock) is smart, pretty—and a natural disaster that shakes news cameraman Steve (Bradley Cooper) to the core. Set up on a blind date with Steve, Mary thinks the chemistry is undeniable and just knows she's found her soulmate. She decides to do anything and go anywhere to be with him.

Mary's escalating infatuation is encouraged by the self-serving actions of news reporter Hartman Hughes (Thomas Haden Church) who enjoys torturing his insolent cameraman at every opportunity. As the news team crisscrosses the country covering breaking news stories, Steve becomes increasingly unhinged as Mary trails them.

But when the overzealous Mary becomes embroiled in the news story of the year, Steve and Hartman begin to see her differently. Hartman is plagued by guilt knowing his game of one-upmanship with Steve has placed her squarely in harms way while Steve is feeling his own pangs of remorse at his callous behavior. Despite the media storm surrounding her, Mary with her upbeat unaffected manner not only brings everyone together, but finds her own oddball friends and discovers her true place in the world.

Comedy    
WEDNESDAY, September 9, 2009
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The Jerk Theory
informationOfficial site: thejerktheory.com
Open: September 9, 2009

Starring: Josh Henderson, Tom Arnold, Jenna Dewan / Director: Scott S. Anderson

Adam (Josh Henderson) is the typical nice guy. He does everything for his girlfriend Cynthia, but she doesn't appreciate it, and she kicks him to the curb for the school jerk, Marc Dixon. Lesser men would give in to their pain and self-pity, but not Adam. He decides that since girls don't want the nice guy, he'll be the jerk. It works like a charm with all sorts of girls.

Molly (Jenna Dewan) is done dating jerks, and she dumps the very tool that sold Adam's girl the year before. Adam sets out to score with the girl who dumped his sworn enemy. He now has women all figured out, but Molly wants nothing to do with him and his theory.

Adam will have to reincarnate the nice guy if he wants any shot with Molly, but the transition may only lead to heartache once again.

Comedy PG-13
for sexual references and language.
 
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9
aka “Nine”

Tagline: When our world ended their mission began.

informationOfficial site: 9themovie.com
Open: September 9, 2009

Focus Features — Producers: Tim Burton and Timur Bekmambetov / Starring the voices of: Jennifer Connelly, Elijah Wood, John C. Reilly, Crispin Glover, Christopher Plummer, Martin Landau

A new era in animated storytelling begins on 9.9.09. Visionary filmmakers Tim Burton (“The Corpse Bride,” Charlie and “The Chocolate Factory”) and Timur Bekmambetov (“Wanted,” “Nightwatch”) join forces to produce wunderkind director Shane Acker's distinctively original and thrilling tale. “9” stars Elijah Wood, John C. Reilly, Jennifer Connelly, Martin Landau, Christopher Plummer and Crispin Glover and features the music of Danny Elfman.

When 9 (“The Lord of the Ring's” Elijah Wood) first comes to life, he finds himself in a post-apocalyptic world. All humans are gone, and it is only by chance that he discovers a small community of others like him taking refuge from fearsome machines that roam the earth intent on their extinction. Despite being the neophyte of the group, 9 convinces the others that hiding will do them no good. They must take the offensive if they are to survive, and they must discover why the machines want to destroy them in the first place. As they'll soon come to learn, the very future of civilization may depend on them.

Animation, Sci-Fi, War, Adventure, Fantasy PG-13  
September 11, 2009
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Beyond a Reasonable Doubt

Tagline: Why would a man frame himself… for murder?

Open: September 11, 2009

Starring: Michael Douglas, Amber Tamblyn / Director: Peter Hyams

Remake of the 1956 film noir film “Beyond a Reasonable Doubt” in which a writer's plan to expose a corrupt district attorney takes an unexpected turn.

High profile lawyer, Martin Hunter (Michael Douglas) has an impeccable record putting criminals behind bars and is a shoo-in for governor in the upcoming election. But when ambitious rookie journalist, C.J. Nicholas (Jesse Metcalfe) begins investigating Hunter for tampering with evidence to secure his convictions, the district attorney's perfect record is up for scrutiny. Commencing a risky game of cat and mouse with Hunter, C.J. frames himself as a murder suspect to catch the corrupt D.A. in the act.

Romantically involved with C.J. but unaware of his assignment, Assistant D.A. Ella (Amber Tamblyn) becomes caught between her boss's political ambitions and C.J.'s dangerous expose. As mounting evidence stacks up against both men, Ella's own life becomes threatened as she discovers incriminating proof that puts the fate of both Nichol's innocence and Hunter's reputation in her hands.

With intricate plot twists ratcheting the tension throughout the film, this gripping courtroom thriller is written and directed by acclaimed director, Peter Hyams (‘Running Scared,’ ‘End of Days’) and also stars Orlando Jones and Joel David Moore.

Mystery, Suspense, Drama PG-13
for a sex scene, violence and brief strong language.
 
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Sorority Row

Tagline: Sisters for life… and death.

Open: September 11, 2009

Summit Entertainment — Starring: Jamie Chung, Carrie Fisher, Briana Evigan, Rumer Willis

‘Sorority Row’ sees a group of sorority sisters try to cover up the death of their house-sister after a prank gone wrong, only to be stalked by a serial killer.

Horror, Thriller    
Applicants:
Brian Johnson for submission: September 15
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I Can Do Bad All by Myself
Open: September 11, 2009

Lionsgate Films — Director: Tyler Perry / Starring: Tyler Perry, Taraji P. Henson, Adam Rodriguez, Brian White, Malese Jow, Mary J. Blige / Produced by The Tyler Perry Company

The story follows what happens when Perry's iconic Madea character discovers a 16-year-old girl (Wilson) and her brothers looting her home and sends them to live with their Aunt April (Henson), a hard-drinking nightclub singer.

Comedy    
ASSIGNED TO:
Michael Karounos
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Whiteout

Tagline: See your last breath.

Open: September 11, 2009

Warner Bros. Pictures — Starring: Kate Beckinsale (“The Aviator,” “Underworld,” “Pearl Harbor”)

‘Whiteout,’ which is based on Greg Rucka's 1999 Eisner Award-winning comic book miniseries of the same name. In ‘Whiteout,’ Beckinsale stars as Carrie Stetko, the lone U.S. Marshal assigned to Antarctica, whose investigation of the continent's first murder draws her into a shocking mystery. Now, with only three days until winter, Carrie must solve the crime before Antarctica is plunged into darkness, and she is stranded with the killer.

Kate Beckinsale starred in the comedy ‘Click,’ opposite Adam Sandler, and the horror thriller ‘Underworld: Evolution,’ the sequel to her 2003 hit, ‘Underworld.’ Her other film credits include Martin Scorsese's ‘The Aviator,’ in which she portrayed Ava Gardner; ‘Van Helsing,’ opposite Hugh Jackman; the independent film ‘Laurel Canyon,’ Michael Bay's ‘Pearl Harbor,’ and the drama ‘Brokedown Palace.’ She also stars in ‘Snow Angels’ and ‘Vacancy.’

Dominic Sena previously directed such films as the suspense thriller ‘Swordfish,’ starring John Travolta, Halle Berry and Hugh Jackman; the action thriller ‘Gone in Sixty Seconds,’ teaming Nicolas Cage and Angelina Jolie, and the controversial drama ‘Kalifornia,’ starring Brad Pitt and Juliette Lewis.

Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller   24-36 hours
September 18, 2009
informationOfficial site: lovehappensmovie.com
Open: September 18, 2009

Starring: Jennifer Aniston, Aaron Eckhart, Sasha Alexander, Martin Sheen

Romance, Drama PG-13  
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Jennifer's Body

Tagline: From the creators of “Juno”

Open: September 18, 2009

Fox Atomic — Starring: Megan Fox (as Jennifer)

A newly possessed cheerleader turns into a killer who specializes in offing her male classmates. Can her best friend put an end to the horror?

Comedy, Sci-Fi, Thriller, Horror    
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Splice

Tagline: Science newest miracle… is a mistake.

Open: September 18, 2009

Senator Distribution — Starring: Adrien Brody, Sarah Polley, David Hewlett

Elsa and Clive, two young rebellious scientists, defy legal and ethical boundaries and forge ahead with a dangerous experiment: splicing together human and animal DNA to create a new organism. Named ‘Dren,’ the creature rapidly develops from a deformed female infant into a beautiful but dangerous winged human-chimera, who forges a bond with both of her creators—only to have that bond turn deadly.

Sci-Fi, Thriller, Horror    
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The Burning Plain
Open: September 18, 2009

Starring: Charlize Theron, Kim Basinger / Director: Guillermo Arriaga (“Babel” - writer, “21 Grams” - writer)

‘Burning Plan’ weaves together two storylines taking place in the past and present. Basinger will play Gina, the mother of Charlize Theron's character as seen in childhood. Theron will play Sylvia, who tries to find common ground with her parents after a turbulent childhood. The two narratives eventually converge.

Drama R
for sexuality, nudity and language.
 
Focus Features
Brand New Day
aka “Traveling”
Open: September 18, 2009

Focus Features / Universal Pictures — Starring: Jennifer Aniston, Aaron Eckhart (“Paycheck,” “No Reservations”), Martin Sheen, Dan Fogler, Judy Greer / Director: Brandon Camp (“John Doe,” “Dragonfly”)

Eckhart will play a widower whose book about grieving turns him into a phenomenon. Reinvented as a charismatic self-help guru, he falls for a woman at a seminar and is forced to confront the fact that he hasn't come to grips with his own loss.

Romance, Drama PG-13
for some language including sexual references.
 
ASSIGNED TO:
Patty Moliterno
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Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
in 3D
Open: September 18, 2009

Sony Pictures Entertainment — Produced by Sony Animation / Starring the voices of: Anna Faris, Bill Hader, Andy Samberg, James Caan, Bruce Campbell, Tracy Morgan, Mr. T

The most delicious event since macaroni met cheese. Inspired by the beloved children's book, the film focuses on a town where food falls from the sky like rain.

Animation, Family   within 24 hours
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The Informant
Open: September 18, 2009

Warner Bros. Pictures — Director: Steven Soderbergh (“Ocean's Eleven,” “Ocean's Twelve,” “Ocean's Thirteen,” “Traffic,” “The Good German”)

Starring: Matt Damon, Melanie Lynskey, Scott Bakula

Based on the book The Informant: A True Story by Kurt Eichenwald. It was one of the FBI's biggest secrets: a senior executive with America's most politically powerful corporation, Archer Daniels Midland, had become a confidential government witness, secretly recording a vast criminal conspiracy spanning five continents. Mark Whitacre, the promising golden boy of ADM, had put his career and family at risk to wear a wire and deceive his friends and colleagues. Using Whitacre and a small team of agents to tap into the secrets at ADM, the FBI discovered the company's scheme to steal millions of dollars from its own customers. But as the FBI and federal prosecutors closed in on ADM, using stakeouts, wiretaps, and secret recordings of illegal meetings around the world, they suddenly found that everything was not all that it appeared.

At the same time Whitacre was cooperating with the Feds while playing the role of loyal company man, he had his own agenda he kept hidden from everyone around him—his wife, his lawyer, even the FBI agents who had come to trust him with the case they had put their careers on the line for. Whitacre became sucked into his own world of James Bond antics, imperiling the criminal case and creating a web of deceit that left the FBI and prosecutors uncertain where the lies stopped and the truth began.

About the book

Thriller, Crime, Drama    
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Armored

Tagline: To protect and serve yourself

Open: September 18, 2009

Screen Gems, Sony Pictures Entertainment — Starring: Matt Dillon, Laurence Fishburne

A guard for an armored truck company is coerced by his veteran coworkers to steal a truck containing $10 million.

Thriller, Drama PG-13
for sequences of intense violence, some disturbing images and brief strong language.
 
September 25, 2009
Applicants:
Thaisha Geiger
Universal Pictures
The Invention of Lying
aka “This Side of the Truth”
Open: September 25, 2009

New Line Cinema Starring: Emma Stone, Lacey Chabert, Jennifer Garner, Matthew McConaughey, Michael Douglas, Jason Bateman

A comedy set in a world where no one has ever lied, until a writer seizes the opportunity for personal gain.

Romance, Comedy    
Applicants:
Karl Heitman
Icon
Creation
aka “Annie's Box,” “Nature,” “Origin”
UK: September 25, 2009
USA: _________

Icon Film Distribution - Starring: Jennifer Connelly (Emma Darwin), Paul Bettany (Charles Darwin), Toby Jones (Thomas Huxley), Jeremy Northam (Reverend Innes)

English naturalist Charles Darwin struggles to find a balance between his revolutionary theories on evolution and the relationship with religious wife, whose faith contradicts his work.

Biography, Drama    
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Fame
Open: September 25, 2009

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) — An updated version of the 1980 musical, which centered on the students of the New York Academy of Performing Arts.

Director: Kevin Tancharoen

Musical, Drama    
ASSIGNED TO:
Michael Karounos
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The Surrogates

Tagline: How do you save humanity when the only thing that's real is you?

Open: September 25, 2009

Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures — Starring: Bruce Willis, Rosamund Pike, Radha Mitchell, Ving Rhames

Set in a futuristic world where humans live in isolation and interact through surrogate robots, a cop (Willis) is forced to leave his home for the first time in years in order to investigate the murders of others’ surrogates.

Sci-Fi, Action, Thriller   within 24-36 hours
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Case 39

Tagline: Some cases should never be opened.

Open: ______, 2009
September 25, 2009 (UK)

Paramount Pictures — Starring: Renée Zellweger, Ian McShane, Jodelle Ferland, Kerry O'Malley, Bradley Cooper, Cynthia Stevenson, Callum Keith Rennie, Adrian Lester, Georgia Craig, Tiffany Knight

Director: Christian Alvart

‘Case 39’ is a horror film starring Renée Zellweger as family services social worker Emily Jenkins. Emily thinks she has seen it all until she meets her newest, most mysterious case, troubled 10-year old Lilith Sullivan (Jodelle Ferland). Emily's worst fears are confirmed when the parents try to kill Lilith, their only daughter. Emily saves her and decides to take her in herself until the right foster family comes along. Then the real horror begins…

Thriller, Suspense, Horror R
for violence and terror, including disturbing images
 
October 2, 2009
Big Soldier
Open: October 2, 2009

Starring: Jackie Chan

Focuses on three people and a horse during China's Warring States Period / An old soldier kidnaps a young general of an enemy state and takes him on a long journey to collect the reward.

Period, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Romance    
Shutter Island
Open: October 2, 2009

Paramount Pictures — Director: Martin Scorsese

Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Mark Ruffalo, Ben Kingsley, Emily Mortimer, Michelle Williams, Max von Sydow, Jackie Earle Haley

Based on the novel Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane. An atmospheric psychological thriller set in a 1950s asylum for the criminally insane. It's 1954, and up-and-coming U.S. marshal Teddy Daniels is assigned to investigate the disappearance of a patient from Shutter Island's Ashecliffe Hospital. He'd been gunning for an assignment on the island for reasons of his own—but before long he wonders whether he hasn't been brought there as part of a twisted plot by hospital doctors whose radical treatments range from unethical to illegal to downright sinister.

Teddy's code-breaking skills soon provide a promising lead, but the hospital refuses him access to records he suspects would break the case wide open. As a hurricane cuts off communication with the mainland, more dangerous criminals ‘escape’ in the confusion, and the puzzling, improbable clues proliferate, Teddy begins to doubt everything—his memory, his partner, even his own sanity.

Mystery, Thriller, Drama    
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
DVD DVD: October __, 2009
Theatrical release: May 1, 2009
Drama R  
October 9, 2009
Distributor: Fox Searchlight Pictures
Whip It!
Open: October 9, 2009

Fox Searchlight Pictures — Starring: Drew Barrymore, Ellen Page, Juliette Lewis, Kristen Wiig, Zoe Bell, Marcia Gay Harden / Director: Drew Barrymore

Story follows the exploits of alterna-teen Bliss, who lives in a small Texas town, where she is always being pushed into beauty pageants. But she winds up finding herself after joining a female roller derby team.

In Bodeen, Texas, an indie-rock loving misfit finds a way of dealing with her small-town misery after she discovers a roller derby league in nearby Austin.

Harden plays an overbearing ex-beauty queen who would rather see her daughter, Bliss (Ellen Page), in pageants than skates. Wiig (‘Saturday Night Live’) plays Bliss' rowdy mentor, Malice in Wonderland. Lewis is Dinah Might, the star of Austin's top team. Bell plays a medical technician moonlighting as derby star Bloody Holly.

Comedy, Drama    
Applicants:
Daniel Thompson
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Couples Retreat

Tagline: It may be paradise… but it's no vacation.

Open: October 9, 2009

Universal Pictures — Writer: Jon Favreau / Starring: Vince Vaughn, Kristen Bell, Jason Bateman, Malin Akerman, Jean Reno, Jon Favreau

A comedy centered around four couples who settle into a tropical-island resort for a vacation. While one of the couples is there to work on the marriage, the others fail to realize that participation in the resort's therapy sessions is not optional.

Comedy    
Applicants:
Raphael Vera
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After.Life

Tagline: Life is the symptom. Death is the cure.

Open: October 9, 2009

Starring: Liam Neeson, Christina Ricci, Justin Long, etc. / Director: Agnieszka Vosloo

The story chronicles a young woman in a transitional state between life and death who fights to avoid being buried alive and the funeral director who holds her fate in his hands.

Psychological Thriller, Drama    
Columbia Pictures
Zombieland
Open: October 9, 2009

Columbia Pictures - Starring: Mila Kunis, Amber Heard, Emma Stone, Abigail Breslin, Woody Harrelson, Jesse Eisenberg, Chick Bernhardt, Rosie Bernhard

Centers on the most frightened guy on Earth who leads a motley crew of survivors in a world overrun by zombies.

Thriller, Horror, Comedy    
October 16, 2009
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The Stepfather

Tagline: This fall Daddy's home.

Open: October 16, 2009

Screen Gems, Sony Pictures Entertainment — Starring: Amber Heard, Penn Badgley, Dylan Walsh, Sela Ward, Christopher Meloni

A seemingly normal guy wants the perfect family, but when his new wife and stepchild don't measure up, he makes plans to eliminate them and move on to the next.

David Harris (Dylan Walsh), very much a ‘family values’ man who mysteriously comes into the lives of single mothers with children and becomes the dream man they always wanted. When he woos Susan Harding (Sela Ward) and eventually moves in with her family, her teenage son Michael (Penn Badgley) begins to suspect that David is not quite the dream man he pretends to be. Along with his girlfriend Kelly (Amber Heard) and Susan's friends they slowly start to piece together the mystery of the man who is set to become their stepfather, but they may be too late in getting to the truth.

Thriller, Horror    
ASSIGNED TO:
Jonathan Rodriguez
Alternate:
Ethan Samuel Rodgers
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The Road
informationOfficial site: theroad-movie.com
Open: October 16, 2009

Dimension Films, The Weinstein Company — Starring: Viggo Mortensen, Robert Duvall, Charlize Theron, Guy Pearce, Garret Dillahunt, Cody Smit-McPhee, etc.

Director: John Hillcoat

Academy Award nominee Viggo Mortensen, Academy Award winners Robert Duvall and Charlize Theron, Guy Pearce and 12-year-old Kodi Smit-McPhee star in the big-screen adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's best-selling, Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, The Road—the story of a man (Mortensen) and his young son (Smit-McPhee) traveling through a desperate, post-apocalyptic world.

The story, set after a nuclear explosion, is the post-apocalyptic nightmarish road trip of a man who tries to transport his son to safety while fending off starving stragglers and marauding packs of cannibals. A father and his son walk alone through burned America. Nothing moves in the ravaged landscape save the ash on the wind. It is cold enough to crack stones, and when the snow falls it is gray. The sky is dark. Their destination is the coast, although they don't know what, if anything, awaits them there. They have nothing; just a pistol to defend themselves against the lawless bands that stalk the road, the clothes they are wearing, a cart of scavenged food—and each other.

Sci-Fi, Thriller, Suspense, Drama, Adaptation   Oct 17
ASSIGNED TO:
Patty Moliterno
Alternate:
Carissa Horton
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Where the Wild Things Are

Tagline: There’s one in all of us.

Open: October 16, 2009

Warner Bros. Pictures — Based on a novel. An adaptation of Maurice Sendak's classic children's story, where Max, a mischievous little boy, creates his own world—a forest in habited by fabulous wild creatures who crown Max as their ruler. “Where the Wild Things Are” follows the adventures of Max, a head-strong young boy who leaves home after having a fight with his mother—only to find himself in a mysterious forest bordering a vast sea. Misunderstood and rebellious, Max sets sail to the land of the Wild Things, where mischief reigns. The adventure film will use a unique process to bring the story to life, incorporating the most dynamic elements of voice performance, live-action puppetry and computer animation.

Starring: Forest Whitaker (voice), Catherine Keener, Michelle Williams (voice), Max Records, James Gandolfini (voice), Lauren Ambrose (voice), Paul Dano (voice), Catherine O'Hara (voice), Tom Noonan, Michael Berry (voice)

Fantasy, Adventure, Drama, Family   within 24 hours
October 23, 2009
Applicants:
Thaisha Geiger
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Cirque du Freak

Tagline: Are you ready to leave your world behind?

Open: October 23, 2009

Universal Pictures — Starring: Salma Hayek, John C. Reilly, Jane Krakowski, Josh Hutcherson, Willem Dafoe, Ken Watanabe, Orlando Jones / Budget estimate: $80 million

‘Cirque Du Freak’ tells the frightening tale of a boy who unknowingly breaks a 200-year-old truce between two warring factions of vampires. Pulled into a fantastic life of misunderstood sideshow freaks and grotesque creatures of the night, one teen will vanish from the safety of a boring existence and fulfill his destiny in a place drawn from nightmares.

14-year-old Darren (Chris Kelly) was like most kids in his suburban neighborhood. He hung out with his best friend, got decent grades and usually stayed out of trouble. But when he and his buddy stumble upon a traveling freak show, things begin to change inside Darren. That’s the exact moment when a vampire named Larten Crepsley (John C. Reilly) turns him into something, well, bloodthirsty.

Newly undead, he joins the Cirque Du Freak, a touring sideshow filled with monstrous creatures from a snakeboy and a wolfman to a bearded lady (Salma Hayek) and a gigantic barker (Ken Watanabe). As Darren flexes his newfound powers in this dark world, he becomes a treasured pawn between the vampires and their deadlier counterparts. And while trying to survive, one boy will struggle to keep their brewing war from devouring what’s left of his humanity.

Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller PG-13
for sequences of intense supernatural violence and action, disturbing images, thematic elements and some language.
 
Applicants:
Mia J. Best
Thaisha Geiger
Sheri McMurray
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Amelia
Open: October 23, 2009

Fox Searchlight PicturesHilary Swank as Amelia Earhart, Ewan McGregor as Gene Vidal, Richard Gere as George Putnam, Virginia Madsen as Dorothy Binney Putnam, Christopher Eccleston, Marina Stone, Mia Wasikowska as Elinor Smith, Aaron Abrams

A look at the life of legendary American pilot Amelia Earhart, who disappeared while flying over the Pacific Ocean in 1937 in an attempt to make a flight around the world.

Biography, History, Drama    
ASSIGNED TO:
Patty Moliterno
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Astro Boy
aka “Astroboy”
Open: October 23, 2009

Summit Entertainment — Starring: Freddie Highmore as Astro Boy (voice), Nicolas Cage as Dr. Tenma (voice), Kristen Bell, Donald Sutherland, Nathan Lane, Bill Nighy, Eugene Levy, Madeline Carroll, Sterling Beaumon, Matt Lucas

Set in the future, Imagi Studio's Astro Boy is a classic superhero origin story about a young robot with incredible powers, created by a brilliant scientist, and his adventure-filled journey in search of his identity and destiny, taking him into a netherworld of robot gladiators before he returns to save Metro City.

Sci-Fi, Animation, Action   within 24 hours
Friday, October 30, 2009
Horrorween
Open: October 30, 2009

Starring: Jenna Jameson, William Shatner, Cindy Morgan, Dom DeLuise, Alice Cooper, Donald Trump

High School students Salvadore and Carmine Dementia, while working on a science project, inadvertently create an inexpensive computer operating system and Internet browser that doesn't crash! The Dementias strike it rich when the boys' project appears on the Evening News, and it convinces a Hong Kong-based company to flood the market with an inexpensive black-market version of Microsoft Windows called Chindows. The entire Dementia Family, thanks to young Carmine and Salvadore, have now become dot-com millionaires. With the rest of the dysfunctional Dementia family sporting only grade-school educations at best, the Dementias begin to flaunt their new-found wealth. As they begin to convert their modest Long Island home into a white statue-laden mansion, the first order of business is to construct a haunted house for Halloween to impress their working-class neighbors, who are portrayed by movie stars and comedians in cameo roles. As practical joking has been ingrained in the Dementia family persona for generations, one never knows what lighthearted prank the Dementias will pull next. So trick-or-treating at the Dementias each year makes one wonder what is a gag and what is real. With Chindows flooding the market, things begin to go awry. As the viewer tries to discover whether it is the other competing software companies, the Long Island mafia, or just scheming Uncle Ralph Dementia...someone is continually trying to kill Salvatore's dad, Salvadore Sr., the now-wealthy patriarch of the family. Was building a haunted house to impress the neighbors the right decision???

Comedy, Horror    
Applicants:
Ethan Samuel Rodgers, for submission: within 72 hours of release
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Youth in Revolt

Tagline: Every ‘revolution’ needs a leader.

Open: October 30, 2009

Dimension Films - Starring: Michael Cera, Ari Graynor, Justin Long, Steve Buscemi, Ray Liotta

‘Youth in Revolt’ is the irreverent story about the wild adventures of a teenage boy named Nick Twisp who meets the girl of his dreams while on a family vacation and has to turn his life and the lives of all those around him upside down in order to be with her. / Based on a novel by C.D. Payne

Romance, Comedy, Drama, Adaptation    
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The Jailhouse

Tagline: Every old jail has a past.

informationOfficial site: thejailhousemovie.com
Open: October 30, 2009

Starring: C. Thomas Howell, Lindsey McKeon, Darren Dalton

Small town, the American dream. A blue-collar family living the idyllic rural lifestyle. Nothing is out of place save for the lacking white picket fence—and the old JAIL that occupies the 2nd floor of their century-old home. Seth Delray knew the possibilities before he moved his wife and two kids into the old jailhouse, but the Sheriff assured him that it would take an act of God to put that place back into service. Times were tight, and it was just too good of a deal to refuse. That is, until the county jail caught fire. The Sheriff's hands were tied and he had to put displaced inmates anywhere he could find iron bars with a locking door. The Delray house was his only option. For Seth the worst wasn't the criminals locked like animals in the soiled cages above his living room. It was the mortal fear in his children's eyes, it was the piercing cold looks from his wife. It was that deep, dark creeping recognition that something had happened there, something terrible, something that would grip his soul with hundred year old hands squeezing hate from unknown depths. No longer did the birds sing upon the morning lit branches beyond the barred windows of the old jailhouse. No one could know the confinement of such a place and the horror it brings… the bleak hopelessness of one without freedom… the inescapable iron bars of guilt and regret into which revenge imprisons a man's mind.

Horror, Mystery, Thriller    
Saturday, October 31, 2009
Applicants:
Christopher Walker, for submission: by October 31
Brian Johnson, for submission: November 7
Saw VI
Open: October 31, 2009
     
Applicants:
Sheri McMurray
The Other Side
Open: October 31, 2009

Starring: Woody Harrelson, Jason Lee, Giovanni Ribisi, Eddie Izzard, Alanis Morissette

A modern-day fairy tale that gives new meaning to the old notion: ‘Things aren't always what they seem.’ It's an otherworldly comedy juxtaposing the touching and human with astonishing characters and irreverent humor which takes place in a world that's bizarre and twisted—replacing conventional metaphors with elements of the surreal.

Fantasy, Adventure, Mystery, Comedy, Drama    
November, 2009
Applicants:
Ethan Samuel Rodgers
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The Boat That Rocked
aka “Radio Rock Revolution,” “Radio Encubierta,” “Merirosvoradio”
Open: November __, 2009

Universal Studios — Starring: Bill Nighy, January Jones, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Gemma Arterton, Emma Thompson, Kenneth Branagh

Director: Richard Curtis (“Love Actually,” “Bean,” “Notting Hill”)

‘The Boat That Rocked’ is an ensemble comedy in which the romance takes place between the young people of the '60s and pop music. It's about a band of rogue DJs that captivated Britain, playing the music that defined a generation and standing up to a government that, incomprehensibly, preferred jazz. The Count, a big, brash, American god of the airwaves; Quentin, the boss of Radio Rock—a pirate radio station in the middle of the North Sea that's populated by an eclectic crew of rock and roll DJs; Gavin, the greatest DJ in Britain who has just returned from his drug tour of America to reclaim his rightful position; Dave, an ironic, intelligent and cruelly funny co-broadcaster; and a fearsome British government official out for blood against the drug takers and lawbreakers of a once-great nation.

Original Screenplay / Time Frame: 1960-1970

Comedy, Historical Fiction R
for language, and some sexual content including brief nudity.
 
Applicants:
Raphael Vera
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Arthur and the Vengeance of Maltazard
aka “Arthur et la vengeance de Maltazard”
Sequel to: “Arthur and the Invisibles” (2006)
Open: ___________ (Christmas, 2009)

Director: Luc Besson

Animation, Sequel    
November 6, 2009
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Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire

Tagline: Life is hard. Life is short. Life is painful. Life is rich. Life is… Precious.

informationOfficial site: weareallprecious.com
Open: November 6, 2009

Lionsgate — Starring: Gabourey 'Gabby' Sidibe (as Clareece 'Precious' Jones), Mo'Nique, Paula Patton, Mariah Carey, Lenny Kravitz / Director: Lee Daniels

In Harlem, an overweight, illiterate teen who is pregnant with her second child is invited to enroll in an alternative school in hopes that her life can head in a new direction.

Claireece Precious Jones endures unimaginable hardships in her young life. Abused by her mother, raped by her father, she grows up poor, angry, illiterate, fat, unloved and generally unnoticed. So what better way to learn about her than through her own, halting dialect.

Biography, Drama R
for child abuse including sexual assault, and pervasive language.
 
Universal Pictures
Broken Embraces
Open: November 6, 2009 (limited)

Universal Pictures — Starring: Penélope Cruz / Director: Pedro Almodóvar (“Volver,” “Talk to Her,” “All About My Mother”)

Thriller    
ASSIGNED TO:
Sheri McMurray
Alternate:
Misty Wagner
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A Christmas Carol
Open: November 6, 2009

Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures — Starring: Jim Carrey, Colin Firth

An animated retelling of Charles Dickens classic novel about a Victorian-era miser taken on a journey of self-redemption, courtesy of several mysterious Christmas apparitions.

Animation, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Adaptation   within 24 hrs
ASSIGNED TO:
Thaisha Geiger
Alternate:
Misty Wagner
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The Box

Tagline: You are the experiment.

Open: November 6, 2009

Warner Bros. Pictures — Starring: Cameron Diaz, James Marsden, Frank Langella, Michele Durrett, Gillian Jacobs, Patrick Canty, Andria Blackman

Directed by: Richard Kelly (“Donnie Darko,” “Domino,” “Southland Tales”)

Based on the short story by Richard Matheson, ‘The Box’ stars Cameron Diaz as Norma Lewis and James Marsden as Arthur Lewis, a suburban couple with a young child who receive a simple wooden box as a gift, which bears fatal and irrevocable consequences. A mysterious stranger, played by Frank Langella, delivers the message that the box promises to bestow upon its owner $1 million with the press of a button. But, pressing this button will simultaneously cause the death of another human being somewhere in the world… someone they don't know. With just 24 hours to have the box in their possession, Norma and Arthur find themselves in the crosshairs of a startling moral dilemma and must face the true nature of their humanity.

Sci-Fi, Thriller, Horror    
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The Wolf Man
aka “The Wolfman”
informationOfficial site: thewolfmanmovie.com
Open: November 6, 2009

Universal Pictures — Budget: $85-million (est.) / Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Emily Blunt, Benicio Del Toro, Hugo Weaving

Upon his return to his ancestral homeland, an American man (Del Toro) is bitten, and subsequently cursed by, a werewolf. / Like the 1941 original that starred Lon Chaney Jr., the new film will be set in Victorian England. Del Toro will play a man who returns from America to his ancestral homeland, gets bitten by a werewolf and begins a hairy moonlight existence. FX maestro Rick Baker is on lycanthrope duties bringing ‘The Wolfman’ to life.

Inspired by the classic Universal film that launched a legacy of horror, ‘The Wolfman’ brings the myth of a cursed man back to its iconic origins. Oscar® winner Benicio Del Toro stars as Lawrence Talbot, a haunted nobleman lured back to his family estate after his brother vanishes. Reunited with his estranged father (Oscar® winner Anthony Hopkins), Talbot sets out to find his brother… and discovers a horrifying destiny for himself.

Lawrence Talbot’s childhood ended the night his mother died. After he left the sleepy Victorian hamlet of Blackmoor, he spent decades recovering and trying to forget. But when his brother’s fiancée, Gwen Conliffe (Emily Blunt), tracks him down to help find her missing love, Talbot returns home to join the search. He learns that something with brute strength and insatiable bloodlust has been killing the villagers, and that a suspicious Scotland Yard inspector named Aberline (Hugo Weaving) has come to investigate.

As he pieces together the gory puzzle, he hears of an ancient curse that turns the afflicted into werewolves when the moon is full. Now, if he has any chance at ending the slaughter and protecting the woman he has grown to love, Talbot must destroy the vicious creature in the woods surrounding Blackmoor. But as he hunts for the nightmarish beast, a simple man with a tortured past will uncover a primal side to himself… that he never imagined existed.

Director: Joe Johnston

Horror, Thriller    
Friday, November 13, 2009
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The Fantastic Mr. Fox
Open: November 13, 2009

Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation — Starring the voices of Owen Wilson, George Clooney, Meryl Streep, Willem Dafoe, Bill Murray, Jason Schwartzman, Anjelica Huston

Based on a Roald Dahl novel. / Angry farmers, tired of sharing their chickens with a sly fox, look to get rid of their opponent and his family.

Animation, Adventure, Comedy    
ASSIGNED TO:
Sheri McMurray
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2012

Tagline: Who will be left behind?

Open: November 13, 2009

Columbia Pictures — Director: Roland Emmerich / Starring: John Cusack, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Danny Glover, Thandie Newton, Oliver Platt, Amanda Peet

The story blends the idea of the Mayan calendar, which predicts the world ending in 2012, with natural disasters such as volcanic eruptions, typhoons and glaciers plaguing the planet and a large cast of characters dealing with the mayhem.

Sci-Fi, Action, Thriller, Adventure, Drama Not rated yet, as of July 3 within 24 hrs
Friday, November 20, 2009
Miramax
Everybody's Fine
Open: November 20, 2009

Miramax Films — Starring: Robert De Niro, Kate Beckinsale, Drew Barrymore

A widower who realized his only connection to his family was through his wife sets off on an impromptu trip ride to reunite with each of his grown children.

Adventure, Comedy, Drama PG-13
for thematic elements and brief strong language.
 
Applicants:
Misty Wagner
Thaisha Geiger
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The Twilight Saga: New Moon
Sequel to: “Twilight” (2008)
Open: November 20, 2009

Summit Entertainment — Starring: Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart, Taylor Lautner, Nikki Reed, Ashley Greene, Dakota Fanning

The second film in Summit Entertainment's ‘Twilight’ film franchise, based on author Stephenie Meyer's blockbuster book series. In ‘The Twilight Saga's New Moon,’ Bella Swan (Kristen Stewart) is devastated by the abrupt departure of her vampire love, Edward Cullen (Robert Pattinson) but her spirit is rekindled by her growing friendship with the irresistible Jacob Black. Suddenly she finds herself drawn into the world of the werewolves, ancestral enemies of the vampires, and finds her loyalties tested.

Fantasy, Romance, Thriller, Horror    
Applicants:
Brian Johnson, for submission: November 27
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The Three Stooges
Open: November 20, 2009

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) — Starring: ___?___ (Larry), Jim Carrey (Curly) and Benicio Del Toro (Moe) / Produced by the Farrelly brothers / Director: Bobby Farrelly

Set in ‘World War II era’ Los Angeles, three young women with ‘Rosie the Riveter’ type jobs, deal with—at the defense plant where they work—an overbearing boss, cheating boyfriends, and Nazi saboteurs.

Comedy    
Warner Brothers
Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore
Open: November 20, 2009

Warner Bros. Pictures - Starring: Chris O'Donnell, Jack McBrayer, Paul Rodriguez / Director: Brad Peyton

‘Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore’ continues the story of the battle between cats and dogs for control of Earth.

Comedy    
ASSIGNED TO:
David Criswell
Alternate:
Sheri McMurray
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Planet 51

Tagline: Something strange is coming to their planet… Us!

Open: November 20, 2009

New Line Cinema, a division of Warner Brothers Entertainment — Starring: Voices of Gary Oldman, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, Jessica Biel, Justin Long, Seann William Scott, John Cleese

“Planet 51” is a funny, reverse alien invasion story centered on the little green people with antennas who inhabit Planet 51, and who live in fear of being invaded by beings from another planet.

When Astronaut Captain Charles ‘Chuck’ Baker lands his spaceship, thinking that no-one lives there, the inhabitants’ paranoia is unleashed and the real adventure begins. Lem, a young resident on Planet 51, who is fascinated by space the world outside, will help Chuck try to escape from the authorities, recover his spaceship and return home.

Sci-Fi, Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family   day after release
WEDNESDAY, November 25, 2009
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Ninja Assassin
Open: November 25

Warner Bros. Pictures — Starring: Rick Yune, Naomie Harris, Ben Miles, Collin Chou, Rain (Korean actor-singer) / Director: James McTeigue

“Ninja Assassin” follows Raizo (Rain), one of the deadliest assassins in the world. Taken from the streets as a child, he was transformed into a trained killer by the Ozunu Clan, a secret society whose very existence is considered a myth. But haunted by the merciless execution of his friend by the Clan, Raizo breaks free from them… and vanishes. Now he waits, preparing to exact his revenge.

In Berlin, Europol agent Mika Coretti (Naomie Harris) has stumbled upon a money trail linking several political murders to an underground network of untraceable assassins from the Far East. Defying the orders of her superior, Ryan Maslow (Ben Miles), Mika digs into top secret agency files to learn the truth behind the murders. Her investigation makes her a target, and the Ozunu Clan sends a team of killers, led by the lethal Takeshi (Rick Yune), to silence her forever. Raizo saves Mika from her attackers, but he knows that the Clan will not rest until they are both eliminated. Now, entangled in a deadly game of cat and mouse through the streets of Europe, Raizo and Mika must trust one another if they hope to survive… and finally bring down the elusive Ozunu Clan.

Action, Adventure    
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Old Dogs
Open: November 25, 2009

Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures — Starring: John Travolta, Robin Williams / Two friends and business partners find their lives turned upside down when strange circumstances lead to them being placed in the care of 7-year-old twins.

Comedy    
Thursday, November 26, 2009
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Father vs. Son

Tagline: The battle begins

informationOfficial site: fathervssonmovie.com
Open: November 26, 2009

Starring: Josh Dean, Heather Stephens, Eric Stonestreet, Paul Wolff

A comedy centered around a newly divorced guy (Wolff) who moves in with his son (Dean) and joins him on the singles scene.

Comedy    
Friday, November 27, 2009
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Brooklyn's Finest
Open: November 27, 2009

Senator Distribution — Starring: Don Cheadle, Ethan Hawke, Wesley Snipes, Richard Gere, Ellen Barkin, Jesse Williams / Director: Antoine Fuqua (“Training Day,” “Shooter,” “King Arthur”)

Three unconnected Brooklyn cops wind up at the same deadly location after enduring vastly different career paths.

Something of a genre homecoming, Antoine Fuqua's latest film once again finds him delving into the gritty, brutal realm of cops and crooks-as he did in Training Day. Tango is an undercover officer on a narcotics detail that forces him to choose between duty and friendship. Having been to hell and back, he wants out, but the powers that be won't let him quit. Family-man Sal is a detective tempted by greed and corruption. He can barely make ends meet, and now his wife has an illness that threatens the life of their unborn twins. Eddie is nearing retirement age and has long since lost his dedication to his job as a cop. He wakes up every morning trying to come up with a reason to go on living...and he can't think of one.

Fate brings the three men to the same Brooklyn housing project as each takes the law into his own hands. Crosscutting between multiple subplots, Brooklyn's Finest unfolds violently and passionately as coiled, constantly roving cinematography contributes a measure of unease to the underworld action. Richard Gere, Don Cheadle, and Ethan Hawke bring all of the intensity and complexity required to breathe stunning life into their characters' fractured souls. Fuqua flourishes in this terrain. Showing complete command of the cinematic language of the genre, he creates a visceral and emotional punch that displays a master at work.

Action, Crime, Drama    
December 1, 2009
Applicants:
Thaisha Geiger
Warner Brothers
The Human Factor
aka “Long Walk to Freedom”
Open: December __, 2009

Warner Bros. Pictures — Director: Clint Eastwood / Starring: Matt Damon, Morgan Freeman (Nelson Mandela)

A look at life for Nelson Mandela after the fall of apartheid in South Africa during his first term as president when campaigned to host the 1995 Rugby World Cup event as an opportunity to unite his countrymen. The film is set after the fall of apartheid, when South Africa was host to the 1995 Rugby World Cup. Mandela was in his first term as South African president, and he used the event as a way to end decades of mistrust and hatred between whites and blacks.

Biography, Drama    
Land of Canaan

Tagline: Just Because NoONE Will Hurt You, Dosen't Mean NoTHING Will…

Open: December __, 2009

Starring: Robert Englund, Julianne Michelle, Tara Reid

A psychological thriller/horror flick based on a true story of murder and hauntings in the Nevada town of Goldfield.

Thriller, Mystery, Horror    
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Lies and Illusions
aka “Lies & Illusions”

Tagline: A writer, torn between two lovers is hunted by spies in search of stolen diamonds.

Open: December 1, 2009

Starring: Christian Slater, Cuba Gooding Jr., Christa Campbell

Director: Tibor Takács—“Redline” (1997)

A book editor from New York becomes obsessed with the author of a violent novel. She soon learns secrets about his past.

Action, Thriller, Comedy    
December 11, 2009
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The Princess and the Frog
Open: December 11, 2009 following early NYC/LA screenings November 25, 2009

Walt Disney Pictures — Featuring the voices of: Keith David, John Goodman, Terrence Howard, Oprah Winfrey

A fairy tale centered on a young girl named Princess Tiana who lives in New Orleans' French Quarter during the Jazz Age.

A musical set in the greatest city of them all, New Orleans, “The Princess and the Frog” marks Disney’s return to the timeless art form of traditional animation. The film teams Ron Clements and John Musker, creators of “The Little Mermaid” and “Aladdin,” with Oscar®-winning composer Randy Newman tell a love story… with frogs, voodoo, and a singing alligator.

Animation, Family, Musical, Romance    
Applicants:
Jonathan Rodriguez
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The Lovely Bones
Open: December 11, 2009

Paramount Pictures — Director: Peter Jackson

Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Rachel Weisz, Saoirse Ronan, Susan Sarandon

On December 6, 1973 in Norristown, Pennsylvania, a suburb of Philadelphia, Susie Salmon takes a shortcut home from school. She is accosted by a neighbor, George Harvey, a man in his mid-30s who lives alone and builds doll houses for a living. He persuades her to enter an underground den he has recently built nearby. Once she enters, he rapes and stabs her, cutting her body into parts, and then collapses the den. An elbow, the only part of Susie ever to be found, falls out of his bag as he returns home, disposing of the remaining parts of the body by putting them in a safe and paying someone to drop it in a sinkhole. Meanwhile, Susie's spirit flees toward her personal heaven. The Salmon family is at first reluctant to accept that Susie has been killed, but then accedes when Susie's hat and elbow are found. The police who talk to Mr. Harvey find him odd, but see no reason to suspect him. Jack, Susie's father, becomes suspicious and later comes to harass the police about Harvey.

Susie's sister Lindsey comes to share these suspicions. Jack, consumed with guilt over not having been able to protect his daughter, remains on extended leave from work and increasingly isolates himself at home. Buckley, the youngest child in the family at five, tries to make sense of all this as he starts school. One day late in the summer a detective named Len Fenerman comes to tell the Salmons that the police have exhausted all leads and are dropping the investigation. That night in his study, Jack looks out the window and sees a flashlight in the cornfield. Believing it to be Harvey returning to destroy evidence, he runs out to confront him with a baseball bat. It turns out to be Susie's best friend, Clarissa, and her boyfriend Brian looking for a place to make out. Brian and Jack struggle and Jack is struck with the bat. As a result he has to have knee replacement surgery. In the wake of this, his wife Abigail begins having an affair with Fenerman, who is a widower. The following summer Abigail leaves her husband, going to her father's old cabin in New Hampshire and then moving to California, taking a job at a winery. As a result her mother, Grandma Lynn, moves into the Salmons' home to help her son-in-law care for Buckley and Lindsey. Still suspicious, Lindsey sneaks into Harvey's house and finds a drawing of the pit and is forced to leave when Harvey returns prematurely. Sensing threat, Harvey leaves Norristown as soon as possible and becomes a drifter. A year later the police bulldoze the cornfield and turn up a soda bottle from the night of the murder with Harvey's and Susie's fingerprints, finally making him an official suspect. However, he remains at large. That fall, a hunter in Connecticut discovers the body of another one of Harvey's victims, and one of Susie's charms nearby. In 1981, a detective in Connecticut links the charm to Susie's murder and calls Fenerman.

As they uncover further evidence, the police realize that Harvey is a serial killer. Lindsey and her boyfriend Samuel Heckler become engaged, find an old house in the woods that Ruth's father owns and decide to fix it up and live there. Sometime after the celebration, while arguing with his son, Jack suffers from a heart attack. The emergency prompts Abigail to return from California, but the reunion is tempered by Buckley's lingering bitterness at her for having abandoned him and his father. Meanwhile, Harvey returns to Norristown, which has become more developed. Having explored his old neighborhood and seen that the school is being expanded into the cornfield where he killed Susie, he drives by the sinkhole where Susie's body is, and where Ruth Connors and Ray Singh are standing. Ruth, an old classmate of Susie's who had felt Susie's spirit go past her after her murder, senses the women Harvey has killed and is overcome, as is Susie watching from heaven, and they exchange positions. Susie, her spirit now in Ruth's body, kisses Ray, who had a crush on Susie in school, and they go to the back room in Hal's bike shop to make love. Afterwards, Susie returns to heaven. She moves onto the larger heaven, still watching earthbound events from time to time. She sees her sister's newborn baby girl, who is named Abigail Suzanne. One day she spies Harvey getting off a Greyhound bus at a diner in New Hampshire in early spring. Behind the diner he sees a young woman and attempts to speak to her, but she rebuffs him. Susie notices some large icicles hanging from the roof, and after the woman leaves one falls and hits Mr. Harvey on the head, knocking him into a nearby ravine and ultimately killing him.

Thriller, Drama, Horror    
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Nine
Open: December 11, 2009

The Weinstein Company — This is a new version of Federico Fellini's “8½” (1963)

Directed by Rob Marshall / Based on the book by Arthur L. Kopit / Starring: Nicole Kidman, Kate Hudson, Daniel Day-Lewis, Penélope Cruz, Judi Dench, Marion Cotillard, Stacy Ferguson, Sophia Loren

‘Nine,’ based on the Tony Award Winning Broadway musical and inspired by Fellini's classic film ‘8½,’ stars Academy Award winner Daniel Day-Lewis (‘There Will be Blood’) as world famous film director Guido Contini as he prepares his latest picture and balances the numerous women in his life. Contini's wife ‘Luisa Contini’ is played by Cotillard, his sultry mistress ‘Carla’ by Cruz, Kidman stars as his film star muse ‘Claudia Graham,’ Judi Dench plays the role of ‘Lily’ - his confidant and costume designer, Sophia Loren is his mother or ‘Mamma’ and Hudson plays ‘Stephanie’ the young American fashion journalist.

Featuring music and lyrics by Maury Yeston, the musical is based on an Italian play that was inspired by Federico Fellini's ‘8½.’

Musical, Drama    
December 17, 2009
ASSIGNED TO:
Raphael Vera
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Morning Light
Open: December 17, 2008 (limited)

Walt Disney Pictures — Fifteen young sailors… six months of intense training… one chance at the brass ring. This documentary tells the story of a group of intrepid and determined young men and women, on the cusp of adulthood, as they embark on life's first great adventure. Racing a high-performance 52-foot sloop in the TRANSPAC, the most revered of open-ocean sailing competitions, the crew of ‘Morning Light’ matches wits and skills in a dramatic 2300 mile showdown against top professionals. From their earliest training sessions in Hawaii conducted by world-class teachers through their test of endurance on the high seas, they form an unbreakable bond in the process of becoming a singular team that is greater than the sum of its parts.

Sports, Documentary PG
for some language.
December 20
December 18, 2009
Applicants:
Michael Karounos
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Avatar

Tagline: An all new world awaits

Open: December 18, 2009

Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation — James Cameron—Director, Writer, Producer / Starring: Sigourney Weaver, Sam Worthington, Michelle Rodriguez, Zoe Saldana, Giovanni Ribisi / Also to be releaesd in IMAX 3D

A band of humans are pitted in a battle against a distant planet's indigenous population. In the future, Jake, a paraplegic war veteran, is brought to another planet, Pandora, which is inhabited by the Na'vi, a humanoid race with their own language and culture. Those from Earth find themselves at odds with each other and the local culture.

Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller    
Applicants:
Michael Karounos
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Agora
aka “Mists of Time”

Tagline: Alexandria, Egypt. 391 A.D. The world changed forever.

Open: December 18, 2009

Starring: Rachel Weisz, Max Minghella, Oscar Isaac, Michael Lonsdale, Homayoun Ershadi

Set in Roman Egypt in the fourth century A.D. Weisz plays astrologer-philosopher Hypatia of Alexandria (and atheist), who fights to save the collected wisdom of the ancient world. Her slave Davus (Minghella) is torn between his love for his mistress and the possibility of gaining his freedom by joining the rising tide of Christianity.

Director: Alejandro Amenábar (“The Others,” “The Sea Inside”)

Adventure, Drama, History, Romance    
CHRISTMAS DAY, December 25, 2009
ASSIGNED TO:
Thaisha Geiger
Alternate:
Raphael Vera
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Sherlock Holmes

Tagline: Nothing escapes him

Open: December 25, 2009

Warner Bros. Pictures — Director: Guy Ritchie / Starring: Robert Downey Jr. (Sherlock Holmes), Rachel McAdams, Jude Law (Dr. John Watson), Mark Strong, Kelly Reilly, Eddie Marsan / Robert Downey Jr. read many Sherlock Holmes stories and watched “The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes” (1984) by Granada Television (starring Jeremy Brett) in order to learn more about the character.

Detective Sherlock Holmes (Robert Downey Jr.) and his stalwart partner Watson (Jude Law) engage in a battle of wits and brawn with a nemesis whose plot is a threat to all of England.

Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller   December 25-26
Applicants:
Brian Johnson, for submission: January 2
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Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakuel
aka “Alvin and the Chipmunks II”
Open: December 25, 2009

Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

Animation, Comedy, Family, Sequel    
To be announced, 2009
ASSIGNED TO:
Mia J. Best
Alternate:
Misty Wagner
Yari Film Group Releasing
DVD
The Accidental Husband

Tagline: Falling in love… even the expert is confused.

DVD: ________, 2009

Yari Film Group Releasing — Starring: Uma Thurman, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Colin Firth, Sam Shepard, Lindsay Sloane, Justina Machado, Keir Dullea, Isabella Rossellini, Kristina Klebe, Ajay Naidu, Sarita Choudhury, Lindsey Kraft, Michael Mosley, Jeffrey Tedmori, Ilana Levine, Rob Pedini, Sherman Alpert, Michael McDerman, James Thomas Bligh, Hudson Cooper, Audrey Elizabeth Fafard, Adesola A. Osakalumi, Jay Charan, Joseph DeBona, Himad Beg, Zeke Hawkins, Gary Cowling, Raj Vasudeva, Kelly Ebsary, Andrew Waldinger, Ben Hauck, Pooja Narang, Sibtain Rahim, Sandhya Jain, Matthew Kehoe, Kevin Dhaniram

One day he is a happy, go-lucky guy looking forward to a life with his soon-to-be-bride. The next thing you know, his fiancée Sophia (Justina Machado) is seeking couples counseling on the radio from Dr. Lloyd. The no-nonsense, ever practical Dr. Lloyd questions Sophia’s concept of romantic love and advises her to break their engagement, which she swiftly does. But when Patrick and his computer-savvy neighbor decide to give Dr. Lloyd a taste of her own medicine and “accidentally” join them in holy matrimony – something that doesn’t go over too well with her fiancée (played by Colin Firth)—it isn’t long before they learn that sometimes even an expert in love needs a second opinion…

Directed by: Griffin Dunne / Producers: Jason Blum, Anthony Katagas, Anthony Katagas, Uma Thurman, Jennifer Todd, Suzanne Todd, Bob Yari

Romance, Comedy PG-13
for some sexual content and brief strong language
Mar 28
ASSIGNED TO:
Jonathan Rodriguez
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informationOfficial site: thebrothersbloom.com
DVD: ____________
Theatrical opening: May 29, 2009 (wider limited)
May 15, 2009 (select—4 theaters)
Adventure, Romance, Crime PG-13 within 24 hrs
DVD: ____________ Theatrical release: May 22, 2009 (limited)
Romance, Comedy PG-13  
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The Maiden Heist
aka “The Lonely Maiden”
Open: _________

Yari Film Group Releasing — Starring: Morgan Freeman, Christopher Walken, William H. Macy

‘The Maiden Heist’ gives us the most endearing characters ever to commit grand larceny: three museum security guards who live lives of quiet captivation, each enraptured by a particular work of art.

Roger (Christopher Walken), Charles (Morgan Freeman) and George (William H. Macy) are each so lost in fascination with the particular objet d'art of his affection that although they have been coworkers for decades, they only just meet for the first time when crisis strikes: there's a new curator in town, and his plan is to change the museum's collection entirely, threatening to rob each man of his greatest secret passion in life.

However, having found their kindred spirits, the men forge a plan to hold onto the works of art they hold most dear. Though hardly criminal masterminds, their inflamed hearts drive them to plan and execute the most daring art heist ever conceived from the inside - with bumblingly hilarious results!

Director: Peter Hewitt (“Garfield,” “Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey,” “The Borrowers”)

Crime, Comedy PG-13
for some strong language, nudity and brief fantasy violence.
 
DVD release: _________, 2009
Theatrical release: May 15, 2009 (160 theaters)
Romance, Comedy R  
ASSIGNED TO:
Ethan Samuel Rodgers
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informationOfficial site: goodthefilm.com
DVD release: ________, 2009
Theatrical release was December 31, 2008
Foreign, Drama, Adaptation, Politics    
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Nano Dogs the Movie
informationOfficial site: nanodogs.com
Open: _____________

Producer: ClearVision Studios - Starring: Robert Loggia (“Independence Day,” “Scarface,” “Big”), etc. / Producer's synopsis: “Nanobots—/nan'oh-bots/ n. Robots of microscopic proportions. The future of computer science with astronomical potential. As of yet, only used experimentally. -Until Now! Nano-scientist Richard Spano has them, and his competitors will do anything to get them, but when his twelve-year old son, Matt, toys with a nano-solution, the family dogs ingest them and become the ‘talk’ of the town. The nanos give them super abilities allowing them to speak and ultimately increasing their brainpower to telepathic levels. Matt tries to keep them a secret from everyone; until his next-door friends, Peg and Brandon, inadvertently find out and a couple of bumbling techno-spies steal one of the dogs, it's up to Matt and Peg to find his dog, Ozzy, before he becomes another casualty of the science lab. In the first film of its kind, set in the science-fiction world of nanotechnology, ‘Nano Dogs the Movie’ is a comedy caper-esque adventure that will be a journey of fun for the entire family!”

Sci-Fi, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy    
Applicants:
Michael Karounos
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The Young Victoria

Tagline: She was the queen of an empire, but her heart belonged to one man.

informationOfficial site: theyoungvictoria.co.uk
Open: _______, 2009 / March 6, 2009 (United Kingdom)

Producer: Martin Scorsese / Starring: Rupert Friend, Miranda Richardson, Jim Broadbent, Emily Blunt, Paul Bettany, Thomas Kretschmann, Jesper Christensen, Mark Strong, Julian Glover, Jo Hartley, Rachael Stirling, Harriet Walter, Michael Maloney, Genevieve O'Reilly, Jeanette Hain, Robert Cambrinus, Morven Christie, Michaela Brooks, Tony Jeeves, Johnnie Lyne-Pirkis, Sophie Roberts

‘The Young Victoria’ focuses on the first, often turbulent, years of the monarch's rule. She became queen at 18, and her legendary romance and marriage to Prince Albert. Devastated by her husband's death in 1861, she wore black for the rest of her life and remained largely secluded. Broadbent will play King William, Victoria's uncle, while Richardson has been cast as the Duchess of Kent, Victoria's mother. They join Emily Blunt as Victoria and Rupert Friend as her husband, Prince Albert. / Directed by: Jean-Marc Vallée

History, Drama    
ASSIGNED TO:
Misty Wagner
DVD
informationOfficial site: possessionmovie.com
DVD: __________, 2009
Theatrical release: January 23, 2009
Supernatural Thriller, Drama, Romance, Remake PG-13 within 24 hrs.
January 8, 2010
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Daybreakers
Open: January 8, 2010

Lionsgate — Starring: Ethan Hawke, Willem Dafoe, Isabel Lucas, Sam Neill

In the year 2019, a plague has transformed most every human into vampires. Faced with a dwindling blood supply, the fractured dominant race plots their survival; meanwhile, a researcher works with a covert band of vamps on a way to save humankind.

Action, Thriller, Horror, Drama    
January 9, 2010
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Young Americans
aka “Kids in America”
Open: January 9, 2010

Universal Pictures — Starring: Anna Faris, Dan Fogler, Topher Grace

Follows an aimless college grad who pursues his dream girl at a wild Labor Day weekend party. He, his twin sister and their best friend struggle with their burgeoning adulthood over the course of the night.

Comedy, Drama R
for language, sexual content and drug use.
 
January 15, 2010
Applicants:
Raphael Vera
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Hoodwinked 2: Hood vs. Evil
Open: January 15, 2010

The Weinstein Company — Starring voices of: Hayden Panettiere (Red), Bill Hader (Hansel), Patrick Warburton (The Wolf), Joan Cusack (Witch), Amy Poehler (Gretel), Brad Garrett (Giant), Glenn Close (Granny), Martin Short (The Woodsman) / Sequel to: “Hoodwinked!” (2005)

“Hood vs. Evil” will find a teen such as Red Riding Hood who will be training in a distant land with a mysterious, covert group called the Sister Hoods. When Red and the Wolf get called upon by Nick Flippers the head of the Happily Ever After Agency over to investigate the disappearance of Hansel and Gretel.

Animation    
Applicants:
Sheri McMurray
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The Book of Eli
Open: January 15, 2010

Warner Bros. Pictures — Starring: Denzel Washington, Gary Oldman, Mila Kunis, Michael Gambon, Jennifer Beals / Director: Albert Hughes

The drama revolves around a lone hero who fights his way across the wasteland of post-apocalyptic America. He's the protector of a sacred book that may hold the key to saving humanity.

Western, Action, Adventure, Drama    
January 22, 2010
Applicants:
Raphael Vera
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Tooth Fairy
Open: January 22, 2010

Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation — Starring: Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson (Derek Thompson/Tooth Fairy), Ashley Judd, Julie Andrews, Brandon T. Jackson, Billy Crystal / Director: Michael Lembeck

A bad deed on the part of a tough minor-league hockey player (Johnson) results in an unusual sentence: He must serve one week as a real-life tooth fairy.

The film centers on Derek Thompson (The Rock), a minor-league hockey player whose nickname is the Tooth Fairy because of his ability to knock out opposing players' teeth. Judd plays his girlfriend.

When he discourages a youngster's hope, Derek is ordered to one week's hard labor as a real tooth fairy, complete with wings, magic wand and frilly tutu. Along the way, he rediscovers his forgotten dreams.

Comedy, Fantasy, Family PG
for mild language, some rude humor and sports action.
 
Applicants:
Michael Karounos
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Legion
Open: January 22, 2010

Screen Gems, Sony Pictures Entertainment — Starring: Dennis Quaid, Paul Bettany (Michael), Kate Walsh, Doug Jones, Lucas Black, Tyrese Gibson

When God loses faith in humanity and sends his legion of angels to take care of business on Earth, humankind's hope lies in a group of misfits holed up in a desert diner—where the archangel Michael happens to be as well.

After a terrifying biblical apocalypse descends upon the world, a group of strangers stranded in a remote truck stop diner in the Southwest unwittingly become humanity's last line of defense when they discover the diner's young waitress is pregnant with the messiah.

Director: Scott Charles Stewart

Action, Suspense, Thriller, Horror    
January 29, 2010
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When in Rome
Open: January 29, 2010

Walt Disney Pictures — Starring: Kristen Bell, Danny DeVito, Alexis Dziena, Josh Duhamel, Kate Micucci, Will Arnett, Anjelica Huston, Jon Heder / Director: Mark Steven Johnson

In New York City, a young art curator finds herself aggressively pursued by a band of wannabe lovers after she steals coins from a Roman fountain.

Romance, Comedy, Drama, Remake PG-13
for some suggestive content.
 
Warner Brothers
Edge of Darkness
Open: January 29, 2010

Warner Bros. Pictures — Starring: Mel Gibson, Danny Huston, Ray Winstone / Director: Martin Campbell

‘Edge of Darkness’ centers on a veteran cop (Gibson) whose only grown-up child (Novakovic) is murdered on the steps of his home. The cop unearths his daughter's secret life and discovers a world of corporate cover-ups and government collusion. Huston takes on the role of a shady businessman while Roberts will play the role of the daughter's distraught boyfriend.

As homicide detective Thomas Craven investigates the death of his activist daughter, he uncovers not only her secret life, but a corporate cover-up and government collusion that attracts an agent tasked with cleaning up the evidence.

Based on the hugely popular and multi-award-winning British TV miniseries ‘Edge of Darkness’ written by Troy Kennedy-Martin and directed by Martin Campbell. In the original, Craven was played by Bob Peck and Darius Jedburgh was played by Joe Don Baker. The movie marks the first time Mel Gibson, has played the lead role in a film since “Signs.”

Thriller, Crime, Drama    
February 5, 2010
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Dear John
Open: February 5, 2010

Screen Gems, Sony Pictures Entertainment — Starring: Channing Tatum, Amanda Seyfried

A romantic drama about a soldier who falls for a conservative college student while he's home on leave.

Based on a novel

Romance, War, Drama, Adaptation    
February 12, 2010
Distributor: Summit Entertainment
Remember Me
Open: February 12, 2010

Summit Entertainment — Starring: Robert Pattinson, Emilie de Ravin, Pierce Brosnan, Chris Cooper / Director: Allen Coulter—“Hollywoodland,” “The Sopranos” (TV series)

A drama centered on two lovers whose newfound relationship is threatened as they try to cope with their respective family tragedies.

Romance, Drama    
Applicants:
Thaisha Geiger
Fox
Percy Jackson
Open: February 12, 2010

Fox 2000 Pictures — Starring: Sean Bean, Uma Thurman, Pierce Brosnan, Kevin McKidd, Catherine Keener, Rosario Dawson, Steve Coogan

A young boy discovers he's the descendant of a Greek god and sets out on an adventure to settle an on-going battle between the gods. Based on the book by Rick Riordan.

Based on a book

Fantasy, Comedy, Adaptation    
February 19, 2010
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Mardi Gras
Open: February 19, 2010

Screen Gems, Sony Pictures Entertainment — A group of college buddies sow their wild oats in New Orleans.

Starring: Danneel Harris, Carmen Electra, Arielle Kebbel

Comedy    
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From Paris with Love
Open: February 19, 2010

Lionsgate — Starring: John Travolta, Jonathan Rhys Meyers

In Paris, a young employee in the office of the US Ambassador hooks up with an American spy looking to stop a terrorist attack in the city.

Action, Drama    
March 5, 2010
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The Cabin in the Woods
Open: March 5, 2010

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) — Director: Drew Goddard / Producer: Joss Whedon / Starring: Richard Jenkins, Chris Hemsworth, Fran Kranz, Bradley Whitford, Anna Hutchison, Brian White

A twisted and unusual take on the familiar “cabin in the woods” formula. The film revolves around five college-type characters who head to a cabin in the woods and are given clear and clever instructions by “white collar” characters. Once the “victims” arrive at the cabin, it becomes clear that the plan is to lure the kids there to have them break the given instructions so that they might then be “punished.”

Horror, Thriller    
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Alice in Wonderland
Open: March 5, 2010

Walt Disney Pictures / Buena Vista — Director: Tim Burton / Starring: Johnny Depp (The Mad Hatter), Anne Hathaway (The White Queen), Michael Sheen (The White Rabbit), Helena Bonham Carter (The Red Queen), Alan Rickman (The Caterpillar), Stephen Fry (The Cheshire Cat)

A live-action and CGI version of the classic Alice's Adventures in Wonderland story. The adventures of a young girl, Alice, who falls into a magical world full of strange characters and darkness behind every corner.

Adventure, Family, Fantasy    
March 12, 2010
Columbia Pictures
Grown Ups
Open: March 12, 2010

Columbia Pictures — Starring: Adam Sandler, Maya Rudolph, Maria Bello, Salma Hayek, Kevin James, Rob Schneider, David Spade, Chris Rock / Director: Dennis Dugan

Thirty years after their high school graduation, five good friends reunite for a Fourth of July holiday weekend.

Comedy    
March 19, 2010
Dimension
Piranha 3D
Open: March 19, 2010

Dimension Films — Starring: Elisabeth Shue, Adam Scott, Richard Dreyfuss, Ving Rhames / Director: Alexandre Aja

In Lake Havasu, Arizona, a tremor causes the lake's floor to open, setting free scores of prehistoric piranhas.

Horror, Thriller    
March 26, 2010
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How to Train Your Dragon
Open: March 26, 2010, 2010

DreamWorks — This is the second “film that the studio will produce in Ultimate 3-D. It is a comic adventure set in the mythical world of Vikings based on the first book by Cressida Cowell.

Starring the voices of: Jay Baruchel (‘Tropic Thunder,’ ‘Knocked Up’) as Hiccup Horrendous Haddock the Third; Gerard Butler (‘300’) as Hiccup's father and chief of the tribe, Stoick the Vast; America Ferrera (Emmy winner for ‘Ugly Betty’) as Astrid, who partners with Hiccup for the initiation; Jonah Hill (‘Superbad’) as Snotlout, a bully who thinks he should be the next chief; and Christopher Mintz-Plasse (‘Superbad’) as Fishlegs, a Viking big in size but small in brains.

‘How to Train Your Dragon’ is directed by two-time Emmy winner Peter Hastings (‘Animaniacs’) and produced by Bonnie Arnold (‘Over the Hedge,’ ‘Toy Story’). ‘How to Train Your Dragon’ centers around Hiccup Horrendous Haddock the Third, a scrawny teenaged Viking who lives on the island of Berk in the North Sea who must capture and subdue a wild dragon from Dragon Island.

Animation, Comedy    
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Law Abiding Citizen

Tagline: The longer he's in jail… the more people die.

Open: March 26, 2010

Overture Films — Starring: Gerard Butler, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Jamie Foxx

An everyday guy decides to take justice into his own hands after a plea bargain sets his family's killers free. His target: The district attorney who orchestrated the deal.

“Law Abiding Citizen” focuses on a man (Butler) who, 10 years after his wife and daughter are brutally murdered, returns to exact justice from the assistant district attorney (Foxx) who prosecuted the case against their killers. His vengeance threatens not only the man who allowed mercy to supersede justice, but also the system and the city that made it so.

Thriller, Drama    
Applicants:
Ethan Samuel Rodgers for submission: within 72 hours of release
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Clash of the Titans
Open: March 26, 2010

Warner Bros. Pictures — Starring: Liam Neeson, Ralph Fiennes, Gemma Arterton, Sam Worthington, Alexa Davalos, Mads Mikkelsen / Director: Louis Leterrier—“The Incredible Hulk,” “Unleashed,” “Transporter 2”

In ‘Clash of the Titans,’ the ultimate struggle for power pits men against kings and kings against gods. But the war between the gods themselves could destroy the world. Born of a god but raised as a man, Perseus (Sam Worthington) is helpless to save his family from Hades (Ralph Fiennes), vengeful god of the underworld. With nothing left to lose, Perseus volunteers to lead a dangerous mission to defeat Hades before he can seize power from Zeus (Liam Neeson) and unleash hell on earth. Leading a daring band of warriors, Perseus sets off on a perilous journey deep into forbidden worlds. Battling unholy demons and fearsome beasts, he will only survive if he can accept his power as a god, defy his fate and create his own destiny.

Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Drama    
April 2, 2010
Crowley
Open: April 2, 2010

Starring: Harrison Ford (Dr. Robert Stonehill), Brendan Fraser (John Crowley), Keri Russell (Aileen Crowley), etc. / Director: Tom Vaughan

Based on the true story of John and Aileen Crowley, whose two children had a rare genetic disorder. Rather than give up hope that nothing could help his children, John Crowley found a researcher (Ford) with a potential cure.

Drama    
Distributor: Summit Entertainment
Furry Vengeance
Open: April 2, 2010 or July 1, 2010

Summit Entertainment — Starring: Brendan Fraser, etc. / Director: Roger Kumble

In the Oregon wilderness, a real estate developer's new housing subdivision faces a unique group of protesters, local woodland creatures who don't want their homes disturbed.

Action, Family, Comedy    
April 9, 2010
Date Night
Open: April 9, 2010

Starring: Steve Carell, Tina Fey, Mark Wahlberg, James Franco, Leighton Meester, Mila Kunis, Common, Taraji P. Henson, Ray Liotta, Mark Ruffalo, etc. / Director: Shawn Levy

Story follows a couple who find their routine date night becomes much more than just dinner and a movie.

Romance, Comedy    
April 16, 2010
New Line Cinema
A Nightmare on Elm Street
Open: April 16, 2010

New Line Cinema — Starring: Jackie Earle Haley (Freddy Krueger), Katie Cassidy, Thomas Dekker, Kellan Lutz, Clancy Brown, etc. / Producer: Michael Bay

A re-imagining of the horror icon Freddy Krueger, a serial-killer who wields a glove with four blades embedded in the fingers and kills people in their dreams, resulting in their real death in reality.

Fantasy, Thriller, Horror    
April 23, 2010
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The Expendables
Open: April 23, 2010

Lionsgate — Starring: Sylvester Stallone, Forest Whitaker, Jason Statham, Jet Li, Mickey Rourke, Dolph Lundgren, Randy Couture, Brittany Murphy, David Zayas

A team of mercenaries head to South America on a mission to overthrow a dictator.

Action    
May 7, 2010
Applicants:
Raphael Vera
Daniel Thompson
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Iron Man 2
Open: May 7, 2010

Paramount Pictures — Marvel Entertainment / Starring: Robert Downey Jr., Mickey Rourke, Scarlett Johansson, Samuel L. Jackson, Gwyneth Paltrow, Sam Rockwell, Don Cheadle

Sci-fi, Action, Superhero    
May 14, 2010
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Robin Hood
aka “Nottingham”
Open: May 14, 2010

Universal Pictures — Director: Ridley Scott / Starring: Russell Crowe (Robin Hood), Cate Blanchett (Maid Marian), William Hurt (William Marshall), Vanessa Redgrave (Eleanor of Aquitaine), Sienna Miller / Producer: Brian Grazer

The story of an archer in the army of Richard Coeur de Lion who fights against the Norman invaders and becomes the legendary hero known as Robin Hood. A love triangle forms between the legendary do-gooder Robin Hood, his Maid Marion and the archer's arch nemesis, the Sheriff of Nottingham.

Action, Drama    
May 28, 2010
Applicants:
Brian Johnson
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American Asian

Tagline: Hidden Identities, Lost Loved Ones, Racism & Redemption

Open: May 19, 2010

Attempting to reverse the disheartening memories of his late father, Eric, an AmerAsian graduate, assumes a younger athlete's identity to take back his one last year of college baseball. Along with Danny, another graduate hiding his true identity, Eric battles his way onto the team, eying the attention of the professional scouts. But along his journey, he develops an unexpectedly close connection with head Coach Pierce, a man who still suffers from the devastating loss of his son. Once an innocent friendship blossoms with Amy, the team's assistant athletic trainer, Eric's honesty, integrity, and loyalty grow severely compromised; so he distances himself from her, in an effort to deny his mounting guilt. As the big Easter Tournament approaches, Eric bonds with his closest rival, Tommy, and establishes himself as a team leader through relentless work ethic, but in the process, is alienated by Danny and Amy, whose lives take reckless turns. Struggling through physical, emotional, and spiritual adversity, Eric winds up on the same field opposite a pair of racist enemies from his dark past. Now he is forced to watch Coach Pierce suffer another tragic loss—or play in a game that threatens to bring his career, and his freedom, to an abrupt end.

Drama, Sports    
May 28, 2010
Applicants:
Melisa Pollock Thaisha Geiger
Prince of Persia: Sands of Time
Open: May 28, 2010

Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures — Jerry Bruckheimer Films / Starring: Jake Gyllenhaal, Gemma Arterton, Ben Kingsley, Toby Kebbell, Alfred Molina

Dastan (Gyllenhaal), a prince in sixth-century Persia who must join forces with Tamina (Arterton), a feisty and exotic princess, to prevent a villainous nobleman from possessing the Sands of Time, a gift from the gods that can reverse time and allow its possessor to rule the world.

Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Romance, Adaptation    
Friday, June 11, 2010
Applicants:
Angela Bowman
Raphael Vera
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The A-Team
Open: June 11, 2010

Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation — Starring: Bradley Cooper (Lt. Templeton 'Faceman' Peck), Bruce Willis (Col. Hannibal Smith), Common (Sgt. Bosco 'B.A.' Baracus), Woody Harrelson (Capt. H.M. 'Howling Mad' Murdock) / Director: Joe Carnahan

A group of Iraq War veterans looks to clear their name with the U.S. military, who suspect the four men of committing a crime for which they were framed.

Action, Adventure, Comedy    
Columbia Pictures
Kung Fu Kid
Open: June 11, 2010

Columbia Pictures — Starring: Jackie Chan, Jaden Smith, Taraji P. Henson

A young boy is mentored by a martial arts master to become an expert in the art of karate.

Remake of “The Karate Kid” (1984) / Shooting in China

Produced by Jerry Weintraub (who launched the original franchise) and Overbrook Entertainment's James Lassiter, Will Smith and Ken Stovitz.

Action, Drama, Family, Sports    
July 2, 2010
Applicants:
Angela Bowman
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The Last Airbender
Open: July 2, 2010

Paramount Pictures — Director: M. Night Shyamalan / Starring: Noah Ringer, Nicola Peltz, Jackson Rathbone, Dev Patel, Cliff Curtis (Firelord Ozai), Shaun Toub, Jessica Andres, Aasif Mandvi, Keong Sim

The story follows the adventures of Aang, a ten year old successor to a long line of Avatars, who must put his childhood ways aside and stop the Fire Nation from enslaving the Water, Earth and Air nations.

Air, Water, Earth, Fire. Four nations tied by destiny when the Fire Nation launches a brutal war against the others. A century has passed with no hope in sight to change the path of this destruction. Caught between combat and courage, Aang (Noah Ringer) discovers he is the lone Avatar with the power to manipulate all four elements. Aang teams with Katara (Nicola Peltz), a Waterbender, and her brother, Sokka (Jackson Rathbone), to restore balance to their war-torn world.

Sci-Fi, Action, Adventure, Family    
July 4, 2010
Applicants:
Daniel Thompson
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Toy Story 3
aka “Toy Story in 3D”
Open: June 18, 2010

Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures — Starring the voices of: Tom Hanks (Woody), John Ratzenberger (Hamm the Piggy Bank), Michael Keaton, Tim Allen (Buzz Lightyear), Joan Cusack (Jessie the Yodeling Cowgirl), Wallace Shawn (Rex the Green Dinosaur), Don Rickles (Mr. Potato Head), Ned Beatty / Producer: Pixar Animation Studios

Woody, Buzz, and the rest of their toy-box friends are dumped in a day-care center after their owner, Andy, departs for college.

Originally released by Walt Disney Pictures in 1995, “Toy Story” was the first feature film from Pixar Animation Studios and director John Lasseter. The film went on to receive Oscar® nominations for Best Original Score, Best Original Song, and Best Original Screenplay, and earned Lasseter a Special Achievement Award (Oscar®) “for the development and inspired application of techniques that have made possible the first feature-length computer-animated film.” The 3-D version of this landmark film is being personally overseen by Lasseter with his acclaimed team of technical wizards handling all the necessary steps in the conversion process. / In Digital 3D.

Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Kids, Family    
July 4, 2010
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Phenom
Open: July 4, 2010

Screen Gems, Sony Pictures Entertainment — Starring: Chris Brown / Director: David Anspaugh

With the NBA playoffs right around the corner, the press learns that the league's new hotshot player (Brown)—a young man who went pro after high school—is the illegitimate son of an aging NBA star.

Sports, Drama    
July 16, 2010
Applicants:
Michael Karounos
Thaisha Geiger
Warner Brothers
Inception
Open: July 16, 2010

Warner Bros. Pictures — Director: Christopher Nolan (“Batman Begins,” “The Dark Knight,” “The Prestige”) / Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Ellen Page, Michael Caine, Ken Watanabe, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Cillian Murphy, Marion Cotillard, Tom Hardy

“a contemporary sci-fi actioner set within the architecture of the mind”

Sci-Fi, Action, Thriller    
Applicants:
Angela Bowman
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The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Open: July 16, 2010

Walt Disney Pictures — Starring: Nicolas Cage, Alfred Molina, Jay Baruchel, Teresa Palmer / Director: Jon Turteltaub / Producer: Jerry Bruckheimer

A powerful sorcerer seeks out an apprentice in New York.

An apprentice (Baruchel) who is left to tend to a magic workshop when his sorcerer master (Cage) leaves it in his hands. The apprentice gets a broomstick to do his chores for him, but things get out of control when the broom develops a mind of its own.

Fantasy, Adventure, Drama, Family    
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Morning Glory
Open: July 16, 2010

Paramount Pictures — Starring: Harrison Ford, Rachel McAdams, Jeff Goldblum, Patrick Wilson, Diane Keaton / Director: Roger Michell / Writer: Aline Brosh McKenna (“Laws of Attraction,” “The Devil Wears Prada,” “27 Dresses”)

An old-school anchorman who quit his longtime evening newscast because of its new, gossipy ways is recruited by a hotshot producer whose looking to revive a failing morning show.

The comedy is about a pair of antagonistic anchors (Harrison Ford and Keaton) on a struggling morning show and the up-and-coming news producer (Rachel McAdams) who tries to get them under control and boost ratings. Wilson will play McAdams' romantic partner.

Comedy    
July 23, 2010
Applicants:
Thaisha Geiger
Columbia Pictures
Salt
Open: July 23, 2010

Columbia Pictures, Sony Pictures — Starring: Angelina Jolie (Evelyn Salt), Liev Schreiber, Chiwetel Ejiofor / Directed by: Phillip Noyce

Evelyn Salt (Angelina Jolie) is a CIA officer who swore an oath to duty, honor, and country. When she is accused by a defector of being a Russian sleeper spy, Salt goes on the run to clear her name and ultimately prove she is a patriot. Using all her skills and years of experience as a covert operative, she must elude capture and protect her husband or the world's most powerful forces will erase any trace of her existence.

Thriller    
August 6, 2010
Applicants:
Michael Karounos
Warner Brothers
Jonah Hex
Open: August 6, 2010

Warner Bros. Pictures — Starring: Josh Brolin (Jonah Hex), Megan Fox, John Malkovich (Turnbull), Will Arnett, etc. / Producer: DC Comics / Director: Jimmy Hayward (“Horton Hears a Who!”, “Robots”)

The adventures of a Wild West bounty hunter in the Wild West whose horrifically scarred face and personality hide his honorable nature.

Hex, known for having the right side of his face disfigured and wearing a Confederate army uniform, was a rough-and-tumble gunslinger and part-time bounty hunter whose adventures always ended in blood.

‘Jonah Hex’ first appeared in the early 1970s in the issues of ‘All-Star Western’ before graduating to his own series in 1977 that ran for about 10 years. A new series was launched in 2005. The character also had a run in the 1990s that combined the Western genre with supernatural elements.

Western, Action, Thriller, Drama    
August 13, 2010
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Priest
Open: August 13, 2010

Screen Gems, Sony Pictures Entertainment — Starring: Paul Bettany

A priest disobeys church law to track down the vampires who kidnapped his niece.

Western, Adventure, Horror    
September 20, 2010
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Days of Wrath
Open: September 20, 2010

Starring: Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Laurence Fishburne, Ricardo Chavira, Amber Valletta

The lives of rival gang members, a teacher, a TV news crew and other intertwine in the city of Los Angeles.

Drama    
September 24, 2010
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Red Dawn
Open: September 24, 2010

MGM — Starring: Chris Hemsworth, Josh Peck, Adrianne Palicki / Director: Dan Bradley / Screenwriter: Tony Gilroy, Carl Ellsworth, Jeremy Passmore, Vincent Newman

The original ‘Red Dawn’ was the Cold War brainchild of writer-director John Milius, who devised a World War III invasion of America by the Soviets and Cubans. The film followed the scrappy insurgency of a group of Midwestern teenagers who take on their high school mascot name—‘Wolverines!’—as a rallying cry of resistance.

War, Action, Drama    
October 10, 2010
Lionsgate
Alpha and Omega
Open: October 10, 2010

Lions Gate Films — Starring: Justin Long, Hayden Panettiere, Christina Ricci, Dennis Hopper, etc.

Kate and Humphrey are two wolves who are nothing alike. Kate’s an alpha wolf – to her, discipline, duty and responsibility are everything. On the other hand, Humphrey is an omega wolf—fun, friends and frivolity are what are important to him. In the world of wolves, alphas and omegas don’t mix, mingle or mate – such is pack law.

As the alpha wolf daughter of the western pack leader, Kate is arranged to marry Garth, the alpha wolf son of the eastern pack leader, not for love but to prevent a deadly war between the two packs. But the marriage is put on hold when, unbeknownst to anyone, Kate and Humphrey are taken by park rangers from their home in Jasper Park, Canada and relocated to Sawtooth Park, Idaho.

Desperate to get back in time to marry Garth and prevent war, and battling each other’s different points of view, the long distance and a few bears and porcupines along the way, Kate and Humphrey must work together to make the long journey home to their beloved Jasper Park. But Kate and Humphrey soon discover a new obstacle: somewhere along the way, Kate and Humphrey have fallen in love.

Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family    
November 19, 2010
Applicants:
Daniel Thompson
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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Open: November 19, 2010

Warner Bros. Pictures — Starring: Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Helena Bonham Carter, Tom Felton, Timothy Spall, Rhys Ifans, Andy Linden, Domhnall Gleeson / Director: David Yates

“Deathly Hallows” features the adventures of the series' protagonist Harry Potter as he attempts to bring an end to his nemesis, Lord Voldemort.

Adventure, Fantasy, Mystery    
December 10, 2010
Applicants:
David Criswell
Angela Bowman
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The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
Open: December 10, 2010

Fox-Walden — Director: Michael Apted / Starring: Ben Barnes, Skandar Keynes, Georgie Henley, Will Poulter

Lucy and Edmund Pevensie return to Narnia with their cousin Eustace where they meet up with Prince Caspian for a trip across the sea aboard the royal ship The Dawn Treader. Along the way they encounter dragons, dwarves, merfolk, and a band of lost warriors before reaching the edge of the world.

Projected $140 million budget. Though the two companies are still working out budget and script issues, the hope is to shoot the film at the end of summer for a holiday 2010 release through the Fox Walden label.

Adventure, Family, Fantasy    
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