Zack and Miri Make a Porno is an upcoming 2008 comedy film written and directed by Kevin Smith. It is the second Smith film (after Jersey Girl) not to be set within the View Askewniverse and the first not set or shot in New Jersey. It is scheduled for October 31, 2008 release.
Plot Smith has released little information about the film, except that it is a comedy about two lifelong platonic friends who have managed to trudge into adulthood with a satisfying lack of accomplishment. However, a high school reunion and dire rent problems spark the novel moneymaking idea of pulling together an amateur porn enterprise with their friends. As the film begins shooting, however, Zack and Miri realize their feelings for each other might be more than just that of friends.
Directed by : Kevin Smith Produced by : Scott Mosier Written by : Kevin Smith Starring : Seth Rogen Elizabeth Banks Craig Robinson Jason Mewes Traci Lords Jeff Anderson Katie Morgan Ricky Mabe Distributed by : The Weinstein Company Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Release date(s) October 31, 2008 Official website : Zack and Miri Make a Porno Poster :Zack and Miri Make a Porno Poster
The Haunting of Molly Hartley is a 2008 drama / thriller film written by John Travis and Rebecca Sonnenshine, and directed by Mickey Liddell.
Plot Molly (Haley Bennett) is a 17 year old girl who has physically recovered from a stab wound inflicted by her mother, but the psychological scars that remain run deep. To help her begin a new life after her trauma, her father has moved her into a new school. With her eighteenth birthday approaching, Molly is haunted by nightmares of her mother's attack upon her while dealing with the stress of being the new girl in school. Symptoms of psychosis that seem to be affecting her seem to foreshadow an onset of the mental illness that took control of her mother's life, but of several different explanations for her distress, the most unforeseen and terrifying is revealed as the truth. Ultimately, Molly discovers that her mother and others who share her mother's concerns want her killed in order to save her from a preordained life as a servant of the Devil.
Directed by : Mickey Liddell Produced by : Jennifer Hilton Jerry P. Jacobs Written by : John Travis Rebecca Sonnenshine Starring : Shannon Marie Woodward Chace Crawford Nina Siemaszko Distributed by : Freestyle Releasing Release date(s) October 31, 2008 Official website : N/A Poster :The Haunting of Molly Hartle Poster
Pride and Glory is an upcoming American drama film directed by Gavin O'Connor and starring Edward Norton and Colin Farrell. Pride and Glory was originally slated for released on March 14, 2008, but this date was scrapped by New Line Cinema, and the film is now scheduled to be released on October 24, 2008.
Plot Ray Tierney (Norton) is a New York police officer who is part of a multi-generational police family. Tierney investigates a troublesome case that involves his older brother and brother-in-law, compelling the family to choose sides between their blood and the New York Police Department.
Directed by : Gavin O'Connor Produced by : Gavin O'Connor Gregory O'Connor Paula Weinstein Written by : Gavin O'Connor Joe Carnahan Starring : Edward Norton Colin Farrell Distributed by : Warner Bros. Pictures New Line CinemaPictures Release date(s) October 24, 2008 Official website : Pride and Glory Official Website Poster :Pride and Glory Poster
Plot After a plane crash, a young therapist, Claire (Anne Hathaway), is assigned by her mentor (Andre Braugher) to counsel the flight's five survivors. When they share their recollections of the incident -- which some say include an explosion that the airline claims never happened -- Claire is intrigued by Eric (Patrick Wilson), the most secretive of the passengers. Just as Claire's professional relationship with Eric -- despite her better judgment -- blossoms into a romance, the survivors begin to disappear mysteriously, one by one. Claire suspects that Eric may hold all the answers and becomes determined to uncover the truth, no matter the consequences.
Directed by : Rodrigo Garcia Produced by : Joseph Drake Written by : Ronnie Christensen Starring : Anne Hathaway Patrick Wilson Clea DuVall Distributed by : TriStar Pictures Release date(s) October 24, 2008 Official website : N/A Poster :Passenger Poster
Saw V is the upcoming fifth installment in the Saw film series. The film is set to be released on October 24, 2008. Unlike the previous three installments, Saw V will not be directed by Darren Lynn Bousman, but instead by David Hackl, who was the production designer of Saw II, Saw III and Saw IV.
Plot Almost every one brought in to try and solve the jigsaw mystery has died or been injured. With John's dead body in the hospital, Officer Rigg badly injured still in the warehouse, Agent Perez recovering in the hospital and Agent Straum nowhere to be found there leaves one. Upon hearing the news that Jigsaw's games will continue from his death Detective Hoffman has disappeared and a whole new game is just about to start
Directed by : David Hackl Produced by : Mark Burg Oren Koules Written by : Patrick Melton Marcus Dunstan Starring : Tobin Bell Julie Benz Costas Mandylor Scott Patterson Betsy Russell Distributed by : Lionsgate Release date(s) October 24, 2008 Official website : N/A Poster :Saw V Poster
High School Musical 3: Senior Year will be the third installment in Disney's popular High School Musical franchise. It is scheduled for a theatrical release in the United States on October 24. Kenny Ortega returns as director and choreographer, as do all six primary actors.
Plot Now high school seniors, Troy Bolton (Zac Efron) and Gabriella Montez (Vanessa Hudgens) are facing the prospect of being separated from each other as they go off in different directions when graduating from East High. Joined by the rest of their Wildcat friends, including Sharpay Evans (Ashley Tisdale), Ryan Evans (Lucas Grabeel), Chad Danforth (Corbin Bleu), and Taylor McKessie (Monique Coleman) they stage an elaborate spring musical reflecting their experiences, hopes and fears about the future.
Directed by : Kenny Ortega Produced by : Bill Borden Barry Rosenbush Don Schain (co-producer) Written by : Peter Barsocchini Starring : Zac Efron Vanessa Hudgens Ashley Tisdale Lucas Grabeel Corbin Bleu Monique Coleman Distributed by : Walt Disney Pictures Release date(s) October 24, 2008 Official website : High School Musical 3: Senior Year Official Website Poster :High School Musical 3: Senior Year Poster
The Secret Life of Bees is an upcoming 2008 film, adapted from the novel by Sue Monk Kidd. The film is directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood. Dakota Fanning portrays the main character and narrator Lily Owens, and Jennifer Hudson portrays Lily's caregiver and only friend, Rosaleen Daise. The Boatwright sisters—August, May and June—will be played by Queen Latifah, Sophie Okonedo and Alicia Keys respectively.
Hilarie Burton will play Deborah Owens and Paul Bettany will also play T Ray, Lily's abusive father. Production began on January 7, 2008, in Lumberton, North Carolina. and ended a few months later. The film will be screened at the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival in September. It is scheduled for October 17, 2008 theatrical release. A world premiere clip was released on June 17, 2008 on the Borders website.
Plot Lily Owens is a young girl who lives on a peach farm that her abusive father owns. Rosaleen black woman hired by Lily's father to be a stand in mother for Lily (Her real mother died in a horrendous accident that happened when she was a toddler). but when Rosaleen insults some of the biggest racists in their town, Lily is forced to take Rosaleen and run away to a town Lily believer her mother once lived. They go to live with three estranged sisters on a honey farm, and Lily soon learns what it is like to have a real family.
Directed by : Gina Prince-Bythewood Produced by : James Lassiter Written by : Gina Prince-Bythewood Sue Monk Kidd Starring : Dakota Fanning Queen Latifah Paul Bettany Jennifer Hudson Alicia Keys Sophie Okonedo Distributed by : Fox Searchlight Pictures Release date(s) October 17, 2008 Official website : The Secret Life of Bees Website Poster :The Secret Life of Bees Poster
Max Payne is an upcoming action film based on the 2001 video game of the same name. The film is directed by John Moore and stars Mark Wahlberg in the titular role. The film is scheduled to be released on October 17, 2008.
Plot Max Payne (Mark Wahlberg) is a cop whose family and partner are brutally murdered. He embarks on a maverick path, venturing into the underworld to find those responsible for the murders. Payne finds that he faces both very powerful enemies and betrayal. Based on the most recent trailer, it would appear that the movie resembles the game's story.
Directed by : John Moore Produced by : Scott Faye Julie Yorn Written by : Beau Thorne Starring : Mark Wahlberg Mila Kunis Beau Bridges Ludacris Distributed by : 20th Century Fox Release date(s) October 17, 2008 Official website : Max Payne Official Website Poster :Max Payne Poster
Body of Lies is an upcoming 2008 American film adaptation of the novel of the same name by David Ignatius about a CIA operative who goes to Jordan to track a high-ranking terrorist. The film is directed by Ridley Scott, written by William Monahan, and stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Russell Crowe and Iranian actress Golshifte Farahani. Production took place in Washington D.C., Europe, Morocco and the Middle East. Body of Lies is scheduled to be released in the United States on October 10, 2008.
Plot Roger Ferris (Leonardo Dicaprio) is the best man U.S. Intelligence has on the ground, in place where human life is worth no moro than the information it can get you. In operations that take him around the globe from Middle East to Washington, Ferri's next breath often depends on the voice at the other end of a secure phone line - CIA veteran Ed Hoffman (Russel Crowe). Waging war from laptop in the suburbs, Hoffman is on the trail of an emerging terrorist leader who has orchestrated a campaign of bombings while eluding the most sophisticated intelligence network in the world. To lure the terrorist out into the open, Ferris will have to penetrate his murky world, but the closer he gets to the target, the more he discovers that trust is both a dangerous commodity and the only one that will get him out alive.
Directed by : Ridley Scott Produced by : Ridley Scott Donald De Line Written by : William Monahan Starring : Leonardo DiCaprio Russell Crowe Golshifteh Farahani Carice van Houten Distributed by : Sony Pictures/Screen Gems Release date(s) October 10, 2008 Official website : Body of Lies Official Website Poster :Body of Lies Poster
Quarantine is a 2008 American horror film directed by John Erick Dowdle and starring Jennifer Carpenter. The film is a remake of the Spanish horror film [●REC].
Plot The film opens with reporter Angela Vidal (Jennifer Carpenter) and her cameraman Scott Percival (Steve Harris) doing a report on the night shift of a Los Angeles fire station. Angela and Scott are introduced to firefighters Fletcher (Johnathon Schaech) and Jake (Jay Hernandez), whom they will be following for the evening.
A medical emergency at an apartment complex is reported and the night shift is sent in. Yuri (Rade Serbedzija), the building superintendent, explains that a woman has been screaming, but is now silent. They are joined by two police officers, James (Andrew Fiscella) and Danny (Columbus Short), in the lobby. They are led to the apartment of Mrs. Espinoza (Jeannie Epper), the source of the screaming. They break down the door when she does not answer, and a dog runs out. Within the apartment, Espinoza is struggling to breathe, covered in blood, and foaming at the mouth. She bites James before being subdued by Fletcher. The others take James downstairs to get medical assistance, but find the building sealed shut by the authorities. Moments later, Fletcher falls from the floor above, also bitten. Lawrence (Greg Germann), a veterinarian, tends to the wounded men.
Danny and Jake go upstairs to subdue Espinoza, where they find the cleaning lady dead in her apartment. Danny shoots Espinoza when she charges them. They all return to the lobby, meeting Sadie (Dania Ramirez) on the way. By this time, all exterior windows and doors are being sealed, and cell phones are being jammed. Anyone who attempts to leave is forced back at gunpoint. Jake believes they are being quarantined due to a nuclear, biological, or chemical emergency. Danny and Jake round up the tenants and bring them to the lobby, including Elsie (Stacy Chbosky), who is displaying the same symptoms as Espinoza.
While Fletcher, James, and Elsie are treated by Lawrence, Angela begins interviewing tenants. One little girl, Briana (Joey King), is sick. Briana claims that she has a dog named Max who was sick and taken to an animal hospital. Lawrence states that the symptoms of those infected are similar to rabies, only much more fast-acting.
Angela and Scott notice Bernard and Sadie sneaking away, looking for a TV to try to discover what is happening outside. Espinoza's rabid dog appears and attacks one of the tenants. They reach Bernard's apartment and turn on the news, where the chief of police claims that everyone has been evacuated from the building, just before the power is shut off. The group is then attacked by Elsie, whom Scott kills.
Downstairs, Fletcher tries to attack everyone in the lobby, but Danny injects him with a sedative and then rounds everyone up in the textile shop. Danny states that Centers for Disease Control and Prevention agents are coming in to give blood tests. The residents are also told that anyone who is not infected will be released. Lawrence observes that the only way to test for rabies is through a brain sample, not a blood test, but Danny insists on following procedure. After a roll call, Yuri reveals that the penthouse apartment of the building is being rented by a man from Boston who is absent.
The CDC agents arrive and examine the infected victims, taking a brain sample from Fletcher. Fletcher breaks his restraints and attacks one of the agents. Danny, Jake, and the other agent escape, leaving Lawrence locked in the room with the infected. The textile shop is locked and the surviving CDC agent is forced to explain the situation: Briana's dog was brought to a vet with an unknown illness and infected all the animals there. The dog was traced back to the apartment building. Briana's fever is called into question, and she bites her mother before running upstairs.
Danny is bitten by Briana, and many of the survivors downstairs are bitten as well. The survivors lock themselves in an upstairs room. The surviving CDC agent has been bitten and runs away to keep from infecting the others. He is locked in an adjacent room while the others try to figure out what to do. Sadie is also bitten but Bernard pleads with the others not to kill her. Bernard cuts through a window seal to call for help, but is killed by a sniper. Yuri reveals that they can escape through a basement passage into the sewers; however, the keys are in his apartment. He is then killed by the infected agent. His wife is then killed by Sadie, who succumbed to the infection.
Angela, Scott, and Jake make their way to Yuri's apartment to get his keys. Jake is bitten along the way, and the infected chase Angela and Scott into the penthouse apartment. Within, they discover that the man from Boston, who was renting the penthouse, was a member of a doomsday cult that was cultivating an "Armageddon virus". A noise from the attic prompts Scott to investigate, and he finds an infected boy. The boy destroys the light on Scott's camera, so he turns on the night vision. Angela and Scott see an emaciated man emerge from another room. He walks past them initially but attacks Scott when Angela inadvertently makes a noise. Angela watches through the night vision of the camera as the infected man eats Scott. Angela is then attacked and drops the camera. The final shot is of Angela crawling back to the camera only to be dragged into the darkness, screaming.
Directed by : John Erick Dowdle Produced by : Roy Lee Doug Davison Drew Dowdl Carlos Fernández Julio Fernández Glenn Gainor Written by : John Erick Dowdle Drew Dowdle Jaume Balagueró Starring : Jennifer Carpenter Steve Harris Jay Hernandez Johnathon Schaech Distributed by : Sony Pictures/Screen Gems Release date(s) October 10, 2008 Budget N/A Official website : Quarantine Official Website Poster :Quarantine Poster
City of Ember is an upcoming film by Walden Media based on the 2003 novel The City of Ember by Jeanne Duprau. The novel was adapted by Caroline Thompson, and the film will be directed by Gil Kenan. City of Ember will be released on October 10, 2008. Plot The story follows two children, Lina Mayfleet and Doon Harrow; they live in the City of Ember, where the sky is always as dark as the darkest night. As Ember's power source begins to fail and the lamps start to flicker, they search for clues that will unlock ancient mysteries about the city and save the people of Ember before it's too late.
Directed by : Gil Kenan Produced by : Tom Hanks Gary Goetzman Written by : Caroline Thompson Jeanne Duprau (novel) Starring : Bill Murray Tim Robbins Saoirse Ronan Toby Jones Harry Treadaway Miles Thompson Rachel Morton Eoin McAndrew Distributed by : 20th Century Fox Release date(s) October 10, 2008 Budget N/A Official website : N/A Poster :City of Ember Poster
An American Carol is an upcoming 2008 comedy film that spoofs A Christmas Carol from a conservative view of liberal American culture, particularly Hollywood. The film moves the setting of the story from Christmas to Independence Day. It is written by Myrna Sokoloff and David Zucker who also directed it. The movie stars Kevin Farley (brother of Chris Farley), Kelsey Grammer, Jon Voight, Dennis Hopper, Jillian Murray and Leslie Nielsen. The film is in post-production and is set to be released in early October 2008.
Plot Charismatic left-wing activist and filmmaker Michael Malone (Kevin Farley) is campaigning to end the celebration of the Fourth of July. Malone truculently argues to the American people that America's past and present are offensive, and therefore should not be celebrated. Malone is then visited by three ghosts, George Washington, George S. Patton, and John F. Kennedy, who try to make him rethink himself and America.
Directed by : David Zucker Produced by : David Zucker Stephen McEveety John Shepherd Written by : David Zucker Myrna Sokoloff Starring : Kevin Farley Kelsey Grammer Jon Voight Dennis Hopper Leslie Nielsen Jillian Murray Distributed by : Mpower Pictures Release date(s) October 3, 2008 Budget N/A Official website : An American Carol Official Website Poster :An American Carol Poster
Flash of Genius is an upcoming film directed by Marc Abraham and starring Greg Kinnear, Dermot Mulroney, and Lauren Graham. The screenplay was written by Philip Railsback with revisions by director Abraham and Scott Frank, and based on a New Yorker story of same title by John Seabrook. The film has been completed and is set to be released on October 3, 2008.
Plot Based on the true story of college professor and part-time inventor Robert Kearns'(Greg Kinner) long battle with the U.S. automobile industry, Flash of Genius tells the tale of one man whose fight to receive recognition for his ingenuity would come at a heavy price. But this determined engineer refused to be silenced, and he took on the corporate titans in a battle that no body thought he could win.
The Kearns were a typical 1960s Detroit family, trying to live their version of the American Dream. Local university professor Bob married teacher Phyllis (Lauren Graham) and, by their mid-thirties, had six kids who brought them a hectic but satisfying Midwestern existence. When Bob invest a device thet would eventually be used by every car in the world, the Kearns think they have struck gold. But their aspirations are dashed after the auto giants who embraced Bob's creation unceremoniously shunned the man who invented it.
ignored, threatened and then buried in years of litigation, Bob is haunted by what was done to his family and their future. He becomes a man obsessed with justice and the conviction that his life's work or for that matter, anyone's work be acknowledged by those who stood to benefit. And wile paying the toll for refusing to compromise his dignity, this everyday David will try the unthinkable to bring Goliath to his kness.
Directed by : Marc Abraham Produced by : Roger Birnbaum Gary Barber Michael Lieber Written by : Philip Railsback Scott Frank Starring : Greg Kinnear Lauren Graham Dermot Mulroney Distributed by : Universal Pictures Release date(s) October 3, 2008 Budget N/A Official website : Flash of Genius Official Website Poster :Flash of Genius Poster
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People is an upcoming comedy film based upon British writer Toby Young's 2001 memoir, also called How to Lose Friends and Alienate People. The film will follow a similar storyline, about his five year struggle to make it in the United States after employment at Vanity Fair magazine — though the names of the magazine and people Young came into contact with during the time were changed for the film adaptation. The film version is a highly fictionalized account, and differs greatly from the work it was built upon.
It will be directed by Robert B. Weide and star Simon Pegg as Sidney Young, Kirsten Dunst as Alison Olsen, Jeff Bridges as Clayton Harding, Danny Huston as Lawrence Maddox, Gillian Anderson as Eleanor Johnson, and Megan Fox as Sophie Maes. How to Lose Friends And Alienate People is currently in post-production with a release date in both the United States and United Kingdom on October 3, 2008.
Plot How To Lose Friends & Alienate People tracks the outrageous escapade of Sydney Young (Simon Pegg), a smalltime, bumbling, British celebrity journalist who is hired by an upscale magazine in New York City. After disrupting one black-tie event by allowing a wild pig to run rampant, Sydney catches the attention of Clayton Harding (Jeff Bridges), editor of Sharps magazine, and accepts a job with the magazine in New York City. Clayton warns Sydney that he'd better charm everyone he can, if he wants to succeed. Instead, Sydney instantly insults and annoys fellow writer Alison Olsen (Kirsten Dunst). He dares to target the star clients of power publicist Eleanor Johnson (Gillian Anderson). He upsets his direct boss Lawrence Maddox (Danny Huston), and tries to make amends by hiring a stripper to dance for Lawrence during a staff meeting. Sydney, of course, doesn't stop there, finding creative ways to annoy nearly everyone. His saving grace: a rising, sexy starlet Sophie Maes (Megan Fox) who develops an odd affection for him, and in time, Alison's friendship might be the only thing saving Sydney from torpedoing his career.
