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Extract
Starring: Jason Bateman, Mila Kunis, Kristen Wiig, J.K. Simmons, Ben Affleck
Director: Mike JudgeSynopsis: Ben Affleck will play an ambulance-chasing lawyer in the film, which centers on a flower extract factory owner (Bateman) who's dealing with workplace problems and a streak of bad luck, including his wife's affair with a gigolo. (ComingSoon.net)Release Date: September 4, 2009View a clip from Extract here.Zombieland
Starring: Woody Harrelson, Jesse Eisenberg, Emma Stone, Abigail BreslinDirector: Director: Ruben FleischerSynopsis: Columbus (Eisenberg) has made a habit of running from what scares him. Tallahassee (Harrelson) doesn't have fears. If he did, he'd kick their ever-living ass. In a world overrun by zombies, these two are perfectly evolved survivors. But now, they're about to stare down the most terrifying prospect of all: each other. (ComingSoon.net)Release Date: October 9, 2009View the trailer for Zombieland here. 2012
Starring: John Cusack, Woody Harrelson, Amanda Peet, Oliver PlattDirector: Roland Emmerich
Synopsis: Never before has a date in history been so significant to so many cultures, so many religions, scientists, and governments. "2012" is an epic adventure about a global cataclysm that brings an end to the world and tells of the heroic struggle of the survivors. (ComingSoon.net)Release Date: November 13, 2009View the trailer for 2012 here. Iron Man 2
Starring: Robert Downey Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, Don Cheadle, Jon Favreau, Mickey Rourke, Sam Rockwell, Samuel L. Jackson, Scarlett JohanssonDirector: Jon Favreau
Synopsis: In the sequel, Mickey Rourke will play Whiplash, a character that includes elements from that comic book villain and Crimson Dynamo, another Russian baddie. Sam Rockwell will play Justin Hammer, a multibillionaire businessman and a rival of industrialist Tony Stark, AKA Iron Man, being played by a returning Robert Downey Jr. (ComingSoon.net)Release Date: May 7, 2010Listen to the interviews about Iron Man 2 here.
The Box
Starring: Cameron Diaz, James Marsden, Frank LangellaDirector: Richard KellySynopsis: Norma and Arthur Lewis are a suburban couple with a young child who receive an anonymous gift bearing fatal and irrevocable consequences. A simple wooden box, it promises to deliver its owner $1 million with the press of a button. However, 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 face the true nature of their humanity. (ComingSoon.net)Release Date: October 30, 2009View a description of the footage shown from The Box here.Where The Wild Things Are
Starring: Catherine Keener, Max Records, Mark Ruffalo, Lauren AmbroseDirector: Spike JonzeSynopsis: Maurice Sendak's classic book "Where the Wild Things Are" comes to the big screen in an adventure tale for every generation. The story follows the adventure of Max (Max Records), a mischievous young boy who is sent to his room after rebelling against his mother (Catherine Keener). Max’s imagination is free to roam, and it soon transports him to a thriving forest bordering a vast sea. Delighted, he sets sail for the land of the Wild Things, where mischief reigns and Max rules. (RottenTomatoes.com)Release Date: October 16, 2009View Comic-Con Featurette of Where The Wild Things Are here.A Nightmare on Elm Street
Starring: Jackie Earle Haley, Rooney Mara, Kyle Gallner, Thomas DekkerDirector: Samuel BayerSynopsis: Platinum Dunes--the production company behind the remakes of Friday the 13th, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, and The Amityville Horror--tackles another classic horror franchise with this redo of the 1984 Wes Craven film (RottenTomatoes.com)Release Date: April 30, 2010View A Nightmare on Elm Street movie poster here.Jonah HexStarring: Josh Brolin, John Malkovich, Megan FoxDirector: Jimmy HaywardSynopsis: 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. (ComingSoon.net)Release Date: June 18, 2010View Jonah Hex movie poster here.Sherlock Holmes
Starring: Robert Downey Jr., Jude Law, Rachel McAdamsDirector: Guy RitchieSynopsis: In a dynamic new portrayal of Arthur Conan Doyle's most famous characters, "Sherlock Holmes" sends Holmes and his stalwart partner Watson on their latest challenge. Revealing fighting skills as lethal as his legendary intellect, Holmes will battle as never before to bring down a new nemesis and unravel a deadly plot that could destroy the country. (ComingSoon.net)Release Date: December 25, 2009View Sherlock Holmes teaser clip here.
This past weekend, thousands crammed into the San Diego Convention Center for the 2009 Comic-Con International, the annual "geek fest" celebrating all things comic book and "related popular art forms." Recently movies have dominated the festivities, so I thought I would give you guys a quick rundown of the movies from Day 1 that were presented this week at the convention:A Christmas Carol (3D)
Starring: Jim Carrey, Gary Oldman, Colin Firth, Bob Hoskins, Robin Wright Penn
Director: Robert Zemeckis
Synopsis: Ebenezer Scrooge (Jim Carrey) begins the Christmas holiday with his usual miserly contempt, barking at his faithful clerk (Gary Oldman) and his cheery nephew (Colin Firth). But when the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Yet to Come take him on an eye-opening journey revealing truths Old Scrooge is reluctant to face, he must open his heart to undo years of ill will before it's too late. (ComingSoon.net)
Release Date: November 6, 2009View A Christmas Carol promo clip here.
Alice in Wonderland
Starring: Johnny Depp, Mia Wasikowska, Anne Hathaway, Helena Bonham Carter
Director: Tim Burton
Synopsis: 19-year-old Alice (Wasikowska) returns to the whimsical world she first encountered as a young girl, reuniting with her childhood friends: the White Rabbit, Tweedledee and Tweedledum, the Dormouse, the Caterpillar, the Cheshire Cat, and of course, the Mad Hatter. Alice embarks on a fantastical journey to find her true destiny and end the Red Queen's reign of terror (ComingSoon.net)
Release Date: March 5, 2010View the Alice in Wonderland teaser here.
Tron: Legacy
Starring: Garrett Hedlund, Jeff Bridges, Bruce Boxleitner, Olivia Wilde, Beau GarrettDirector: Joseph KosinskiSynopsis: Sam Flynn (Garrett Hedlund), the tech-savvy 27-year-old son of Kevin Flynn (Jeff Bridges), looks into his father's disappearance and finds himself pulled into the same world of fierce programs and gladiatorial games where his father has been living for 25 years. Along with Kevin's loyal confidant (Olivia Wilde), father and son embark on a life-and-death journey across a visually-stunning cyber universe that has become far more advanced and exceedingly dangerous. (ComingSoon.net)Release Date: TBA 2010View the "Tron Legacy Grid VFX Concept Test" here.
Avatar
Starring: Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Sigourney Weaver, Michelle RodriguezDirector: James CameronSynopsis: The story of an ex-Marine who finds himself thrust into hostilities on an alien planet filled with exotic life forms. As an Avatar, a human mind in an alien body, he finds himself torn between two worlds, in a desperate fight for his own survival and that of the indigenous people. (ComingSoon.net)Release Date: December 18, 2009View the official press release about "Avatar Day" here.The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
Starring: Heath Ledger, Christopher Plummer, Verne Troyer, Johnny Depp, Colin Farrell, Jude LawDirector: Terry GilliamSynopsis: The story of Dr. Parnassus and his extraordinary 'Imaginarium', a traveling show where members of the audience get an irresistible opportunity to choose between light and joy or darkness and gloom. Blessed with the extraordinary gift of guiding the imaginations of others, Dr Parnassus is cursed with a dark secret. Long ago he made a bet with the devil, Mr Nick, in which he won immortality. Many centuries later, on meeting his one true love, Dr Parnassus made another deal with the devil, trading his immortality for youth, on condition that when his first-born reached its 16th birthday he or she would become the property of Mr Nick. (ComingSoon.net)Release Date: TBAView three clips from Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus here.
Kick-Ass
Starring: Nicolas Cage, Aaron Johnson, Lyndsy Fonseca, Mark Strong, Christopher Mintz-PlasseDirector: Matthew VaughnSynopsis: The story centers on a high school dweeb named Dave Lizewski who decides to become a superhero even though he has no athletic ability or coordination. Things change when he eventually runs into real bad guys with real weapons. (ComingSoon.net)Release Date: TBAView description of the first footage here.District 9
Starring: Sharlto Copley, David JamesDirector: Neill BlomkampSynopsis: 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 (IMDB.com)Release Date: August 14, 2009View District 9 trailer here.
