Hotel for Dogs is a 2009 feature film adaptation of the Lois Duncan novel of the same name about two orphans who take in stray dogs at an empty house. The film, which began shooting in November 2007, is directed by Thor Freudenthal and stars Emma Roberts, Jake T. Austin, Lisa Kudrow, Kyla Pratt, and Don Cheadle. The book was adapted by Jeff Lowell. It is set to be released 16 January 2009 and is Nickelodeon's first film to be produced by DreamWorks Pictures instead of Paramount Pictures (except Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events, a Paramount/DreamWorks co-production).
Plot In this family film, Emma Roberts leads a star-filled cast that includes Kyla Pratt, Lisa Kudrow, Kevin Dillon, and Don Cheadle. A pair of orphaned siblings (Roberts and Jake T. Austin) are forced to give up their beloved dog when they move into a foster home. But since they can't stand to live without him, they turn a closed hotel into a home for their dog--and any other strays they can find. Hotel for Dogs is based on the novel by Lois Duncan.
Directed by : Thor Freudenthal Produced by : Lauren Shuler Donner Ivan Reitman (exec.) Written by : Lois Duncan (novel) Jeff Lowell Bob Schooley Mark McCorkle Starring : Emma Roberts Jake T. Austin Lisa Kudrow Don Cheadle Troy Gentile Kyla Pratt Distributed by : DreamWorks Pictures Columbia Pictures (some countries) Universal Studios (overseas) Nickelodeon Movies Warner Bros. (some countries) January 16, 2009 Official website :Hotel for Dogs
Defiance is an upcoming World War II film directed by Edward Zwick, director of Blood Diamond and The Last Samurai, and set for limited United States release on December 31, 2008. Set in conquered Poland during World War II, the film is an adaptation of Nechama Tec's Defiance: The Bielski Partisans based on the true story of the Bielski partisans. In the book, pacifistic and unmilitant Polish Jews come together to train in the military arts and oppose the German and Russian occupation of their homeland.
Premise During World War II, four Jewish brothers (Daniel Craig, Liev Schreiber, Jamie Bell, George MacKay) escape their Nazi-occupied homeland of West Belarus in Poland and join the Soviet partisans to combat the Nazis. The brothers begin the rescue of roughly 1,200 Jews still trapped in the ghettos of Poland. The film tracks their struggle to evade invading German forces while still maintaining their mission to save Jewish lives.
Directed by : Edward Zwick Produced by : Edward Zwick Pieter Jan Brugge Written by : Clayton Frohman Edward Zwick Starring : Daniel Craig Liev Schreiber Jamie Bell Distributed by : Paramount Vantage January 9, 2009 Official website :Defiance
Notorious is an upcoming 2009 biographical film about the life of hip hop star The Notorious B.I.G. / Biggie Smalls, who is played by newcoming rapper Jamal Woolard. It will also feature Angela Bassett as his mother Voletta Wallace, Derek Luke as Biggie's manager Sean "Puffy" Combs, and Anthony Mackie as rap rival Tupac Shakur. Other roles include Naturi Naughton as Lil' Kim and Antonique Smith as wife Faith Evans.
Plot The life and death story of Notorious B.I.G. (a.k.a. Christopher Wallace), who came straight out of Brooklyn to take the world of rap music by storm.
Directed by : George Tillman, Jr. Produced by : John Dunning Andre Link Jack L. Murray Mike Paseornek John Sacchi Written by : Reggie Rock Bythewood Cheo Hodari Coker Starring : Jamal Woolard Derek Luke Anthony Mackie Angela Bassett Distributed by : Fox Searchlight Pictures January 16, 2009 Official website :Notorious
Not Easily Broken is an upcoming drama. Directed by Bill Duke. The movie is based on T.D. Jakes Not Easily Broken
Plot After life of disagreeing on no matter what correct happiness, success, along with attachment in fact are, Dave along with Clarice Johnson go through eventually set foot on a verge of collapse inside their marriage. When Clarice is damage inside a automobile accident, the apparent detail that over delicately her injuries appetite direct thought is exposed. Their probability of materializing get worse since Clarice begins to notice a physical therapist, along with Dave develops a friendship also Julie along with her youth lad Bryson. The acceptance along with peace of mind he finds inside each other stirs his probing given that a stamp along with a dedicated partner. As temptation tugs at Dave along with Clarice pulls farther away, they must ordeal whether their affirms are or are NOT EASILY BROKEN.
Directed by : Bill Duke Produced by : N/A Written by : Brian Bird Starring : Morris Chestnut Taraji P. Henson Maeve Quinlan Kevin Hart Wood Harris Jenifer Lewis Distributed by : N/A January 9, 2009 Official website :Not Easily Broken
The Unborn is a supernatural thriller film written and directed by David S. Goyer which is slated for release in 2009. The film stars Gary Oldman as a spiritual advisor to a young girl (Odette Yustman) who is tormented by the soul of her unborn twin brother whom she ate. He seeks to use her death as a gateway to reach life.
Plot Sometimes the soul of a dead person has been so tainted with evil that it is denied entrance to heaven. It must endlessly wander the borderlands between worlds, desperately searching for a new body to inhabit. And sometimes it actually succeeds.
Directed by : David S. Goyer Produced by : Michael Bay Andrew Form Brad Fuller Written by : David S. Goyer Starring : Gary Oldman Odette Yustman Cam Gigandet Meagan Good Jane Alexander Idris Elba Rhys Coiro Carla Gugino Distributed by : Rogue Pictures January 9, 2009 Official website :The Unborn
Bride Wars is an upcoming romantic comedy film directed by Gary Winick and written by Greg DePaul and June Raphael & SNL's Casey Wilson.
PREMISE Emma (Anne Hathaway) and Liv (Kate Hudson) are best friends. Planning to marry their to-be respective husbands, everything seems to be in sync--the dates are perfect, the dress is beautiful, and the maids of honor--each other, of course!--are joyful as can be. This bliss is cracked, however, when the pair of friends receive some bad news: the weddings were planned for the same day. Neither willing to give up her dream wedding, Liv and Emma declare themselves to be engaged in the most heated and dangerous kind of war known to man--Bride Wars.
Directed by : Gary Winick Produced by : Kate Hudson Matt Luber Alan Riche Peter Riche Julie Yorn Written by : Greg DePaul June Raphael Casey Wilson Karen McCullah Lutz Kirsten Smith Starring : Anne Hathaway Kate Hudson Candice Bergen Chris Pratt Bryan Greenberg Steve Howey Kristen Johnson Distributed by : 20th Century Fox New Regency Firm Films January 9, 2009 Official website :Bride Wars
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button is a 2008 film in a modern setting loosely adapted from the 1922 short story of the same name written by F. Scott Fitzgerald. The film is directed by David Fincher, and stars Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett. The film will be released December 25, 2008.
PREMISE Adapted from the 1920s story by F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button is set in New Orleans from the end of World War I in 1918, into the 21st century. It follows the life of Benjamin (Brad Pitt), who is born with the appearance and physical limitations of a man in his eighties. Abandoned in a nursing home by his father, Benjamin begins aging backward. While in the home, he meets Daisy, a young aspiring ballerina. As the film progresses, the two fall in love, while struggling to deal with the issue of one growing younger while the other grows older.
Directed by : David Fincher Produced by : Kathleen Kennedy Frank Marshall Ceán Chaffin Written by : Eric Roth Starring : Brad Pitt Cate Blanchett Distributed by : Paramount Pictures (USA) Warner Bros. (Overseas) December 25, 2008 Official website :The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Marley & Me is a 2008 American comedy film directed by David Frankel. The screenplay by Scott Frank and Don Roos is based on the memoir of the same title by John Grogan.
PLOT John Grogan (Owen Wilson), a columnist for the Philadelphia Inquirer, moves to Miami with his wife Jenny (Jennifer Aniston) for a newspaper job. The couple adopts Marley, a yellow Labrador retriever, in order to give them a taste of parenthood, but the dog proves to be a hyperactive handful. He wreaks havoc on the household, gets expelled from obedience school, and becomes even more rambunctious when the children begin to arrive. Ultimately he is considered an indispensable part of the family.
Directed by : David Frankel Produced by : Gil Netter Kevin Halloran Karen Rosenfelt Written by : Scott Frank Don Roos Based on the book by John Grogan Starring : Owen Wilson Jennifer Aniston Distributed by : 20th Century Fox Regency Enterprises December 25, 2008 Official website :Marley & Me
Valkyrie is a 2008 historical thriller film directed by Bryan Singer and starring Tom Cruise. The film is based on the July 20, 1944 plot of German army officers to assassinate Adolf Hitler and marks the re-teaming of Singer and producer/screenwriter Christopher McQuarrie. Cruise will portray the leader of the plot, Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg.
Cruise's casting caused controversy among German politicians and members of Stauffenberg's family due to the actor's practice of Scientology, though German newspapers and filmmakers gave support to the film to spread global awareness of von Stauffenberg's attempted plot. The filmmakers of Valkyrie initially had difficulty setting up filming locations in Germany, but they were later given leeway to film in locations pertaining to the film's story, such as Berlin's historic Bendlerblock.
Premise During World War II, German Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg (Cruise) is severely wounded in Africa and returns home to Nazi Germany. Stauffenberg helps conceive Operation Valkyrie, a plan approved by Adolf Hitler which, in order to manage turmoil within Germany, would implement a shadow government in the event of the Nazi Führer's death.
The Colonel eventually joins the German Resistance and becomes part of the July 20 plot, a conspiracy to assassinate Hitler and execute Valkyrie in order to take control of the country and make peace with the Allies. Stauffenberg finds himself taking on not only the responsibility of leading the coup, but also the task to assassinate Hitler himself.
Directed by : Bryan Singer Produced by : Christopher McQuarrie Bryan Singer Gilbert Adler Chris Lee Written by : Christopher McQuarrie Nathan Alexander Starring : Tom Cruise Christian Berkel Kenneth Branagh Kevin McNally Carice van Houten Bill Nighy David Schofield Terence Stamp Distributed by : Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer United Artists December 25, 2008 Official website :Valkyrie
Bedtime Stories is a 2008 family fantasy comedy film. The film will be directed by Adam Shankman and will star Adam Sandler (his first appearance in a Disney film). Sandler's production company Happy Madison and Andrew Gunn's company Gunn Films will produce the film, and Walt Disney Pictures will distribute the film.
PLOT Sandler plays Skeeter Bronson, a hotel handyman whose life is changed forever when the bedtime stories he tells his niece and nephew start to mysteriously come true. He attempts to take advantage of the phenomenon, incorporating his own aspirations into one outlandish tale after another, but it's the kids' unexpected contributions that turn Skeeter's life upside down.
Directed by : Adam Shankman Produced by : Adam Sandler Andrew Gunn Jack Giarraputo Written by : Matt Lopez Tim Herlihy Starring : Adam Sandler Keri Russell Guy Pearce Teresa Palmer Courteney Cox Lucy Lawless Russell Brand Richard Griffiths Aisha Tyler Jonathan Pryce Distributed by : Walt Disney Pictures December 25, 2008 Official website :Bedtime Stories
Yes Man is an upcoming 2008 American comedy film directed by Peyton Reed and starring Jim Carrey. The film is based on the true story and 2005 biography 'Yes Man' by British humorist Danny Wallace. Production began in Los Angeles, CA in October 2007.
PLOT Jim Carey plays a guy named, Carl Allen who always says “No” to everything which consequently is taking his life nowhere. Then one day he decides to sign up for a self help program which teaches one simple principle,”Say yes to everything”. Initially he finds that this new technique takes his life in new, exciting directions like getting him promoted at work and finding romance. Eventually,though he starts to realize the pitfalls that arise with saying “Yes” to everything.
Directed by : Peyton Reed Produced by : Jim Carrey David Heyman Richard D. Zanuck Written by : Screenplay: Nicholas Stoller Jarrad Paul Andrew Mogel Book: Danny Wallace Starring : Jim Carrey Terrence Stamp Zooey Deschanel Bradley Cooper Rhys Darby Danny Masterson Distributed by : Warner Bros. December 19, 2008 Official website :Yes Man
The Tale of Despereaux is an upcoming computer-animated film directed by Sam Fell and Rob Stevenhagen. The film is based on the 2003 fantasy book of the same name by Kate DiCamillo. The film is narrated by Sigourney Weaver and stars Matthew Broderick and Emma Watson. The film is slated for a December 19, 2008 release by Universal Studios.
PLOT Banished from his home for being more man than mouse, Despereaux (Broderick) is befriended by Princess Pea (Watson) who teaches him the value of reading books (instead of eating them) as well as a fellow outcast, Roscuro the Rat (Hoffman), who is interested in hearing the stories Despereaux has learned. When Roscuro is shunned by the princess, however, he plots her kidnapping, putting Desperaux's human-sized bravery to the test.
Directed by : Sam Fell Robert Stevenhagen Produced by : Gary Ross Allison Thomas Written by : Kate DiCamillo (novel) Will McRobb Gary Ross Chris Viscardi Starring : Matthew Broderick Emma Watson Dustin Hoffman Robbie Coltrane Christopher Lloyd Kevin Kline Tracey Ullman Distributed by : Universal Pictures December 19, 2008 Official website :The Tale of Despereaux
Seven Pounds is an upcoming drama film directed by Gabriele Muccino. Will Smith stars as a man who will change the lives of seven strangers. The film is scheduled to be released on December 19, 2008.
PLOT Ben (Will Smith) is an IRS agent who is depressed and guilt-ridden about mistakes from his past. He sets out to make amends by helping seven strangers. When he meets Emily (Rosario Dawson), a beautiful woman with a heart condition, he falls in love with her, thereby complicating his plans. Woody Harrelson also appears as a blind pianist who befriends Ben.
Directed by : Gabriele Muccino Produced by : Todd Black Jason Blumenthal James Lassiter Will Smith Steve Tisch Written by : Grant Nieporte Starring : Will Smith Rosario Dawson Woody Harrelson Michael Ealy Barry Pepper Distributed by : Columbia Pictures December 19, 2008 Official website :Seven Pounds
Delgo is a computer-animated fantasy film slated for a December 2008 debut by Freestyle Releasing. The project, from Atlanta, Georgia's Fathom Studios, began in 1998 and lasted up to ten years.
PLOT The land of Jhamora is torn apart by the mutual prejudice of two peoples -- the winged Nohrin, masters of the skies, and the terrestrial Lockni, who harness the mystical powers of the land. When Delgo (Freddie Prinze, Jr.), a reckless Lockni teenager, forms an outlawed friendship with the spunky Nohrin Princess Kyla (Jennifer Love Hewitt), hostilities between the two peoples escalate, setting the stage for an exiled Empress (Anne Bancroft) to exact her revenge and reclaim her rule. With the help of a devious traitor to the throne (Malcolm McDowell) and two bumbling servants (Eric Idle), Empress Sedessa kidnaps Princess Kyla and frames Delgo for the crime, igniting a war between the nations.
Desperate to clear his name and rescue his love, Delgo and his faint-hearted best friend, Filo (Chris Kattan), must put aside their differences to join forces with Bogardus (Val Kilmer), a hard-boiled Nohrin General with a penchant for gambling. Together, they escape from jail and fly wild beasts to the mysterious land of Perran, where they encounter bizarre creatures and discover more than just a kidnapped Princess.
While Sedessa prepares for her invasion of Jhamora, the Nohrin King (Louis Gossett, Jr.) and the leader of the Lockni Stonesage Council (Michael Clarke Duncan) lead their armies into battle and our heroes' return to Jhamora is a race against time.
Combining a magical world, heart-pounding action, and forbidden romance, Delgo is the story of an unlikely hero who must prove his innocence, rescue a princess, reveal a traitor, end a war, and unite the peoples of Jhamora.
Directed by : Marc F. Adler Jason Maurer Produced by : Marc F. Adler Written by : Marc F. Adler Scott Biear Patrick J. Cowan Carl Dream Jennifer A. Jones Starring : Freddie Prinze, Jr. Jennifer Love Hewitt Anne Bancroft Chris Kattan Val Kilmer Malcolm McDowell Louis Gossett, Jr. Michael Clarke Duncan Eric Idle Kelly Ripa Burt Reynolds Distributed by : Freestyle Releasing December 12, 2008 Official website :Delgo
The Day the Earth Stood Still is a 2008 science fiction film, a remake of the 1951 film of the same name. Directed by Scott Derrickson and starring Keanu Reeves as Klaatu, the film updates Cold War themes like nuclear warfare to more contemporary ones, such as "humans vs. nature" and humanity's generally violent nature towards itself. It will be released in conventional theaters and IMAX screens on December 12, 2008.
Directed by : Scott Derrickson Produced by : Paul Harris Boardman Gregory Goodman Erwin Stoff Written by : David Scarpa Ryne Douglas Pearson Starring : Keanu Reeves Jennifer Connelly Distributed by : 20th Century Fox December 12, 2008 Official website :The Day the Earth Stood Still Poster :The Day the Earth Stood Still Poster
Nothing Like the Holidays is an upcoming family dramedy film directed by Alfredo De Villa, written by Rick Najera, Ted Perkins, and Alison Swan, and featuring an ensemble cast. It is set the be released on December 12, 2008.
PLOT Three Puerto Rican siblings return to their parents' home for Christmas in Humboldt Park on Chicago's northwest side.
Directed by : Alfredo De Villa Produced by : Rick Najera Ted Perkins Alison Swan Written by : Nick Santora Lexi Alexander (uncredited) Matt Holloway Arthur Marcum Starring : John Leguizamo Debra Messing Freddy Rodriguez Alfred Molina Jay Hernandez Luis Guzman Melonie Diaz Vanessa Ferlito Distributed by : Overture Films Anchor Bay Entertainment (DVD) Universal Studios Home Entertainment (Canadian DVD) Alliance Films (Canadian Theatrical) December 12, 2008 Official website :Nothing Like The Holidays Poster :Nothing Like The Holidays Poster
Punisher: War Zone is an upcoming 2008 action/comic book film based on the fictional Marvel Comics vigilante and antihero the Punisher. The film is a reboot and not a sequel to 2004's The Punisher, British actor Ray Stevenson replaces Thomas Jane as Frank Castle / The Punisher. It will be released in North America by Lionsgate Entertainment and will be released in other parts of the world by Columbia Pictures.
PLOT Waging his one-man war on the world of organized crime, ruthless vigilante anti-hero Frank Castle (Ray Stevenson) sets his sights on overeager mob boss Billy Russoti. After Russoti is left horribly disfigured by Castle, he sets out for vengeance under his new alias: Jigsaw. With the "Punisher Task Force" hot on his trail and the FBI unable to take Jigsaw in, Frank must stand up to the formidable army that Jigsaw has recruited before more of his evil deeds go unpunished.
Directed by : Lexi Alexander Produced by : Avi Arad Gale Anne Hurd Written by : Nick Santora Lexi Alexander (uncredited) Matt Holloway Arthur Marcum Starring : Ray Stevenson Dominic West Julie Benz Wayne Knight Dash Mihok Colin Salmon Doug Hutchison T. J. Storm Mark Camacho Keram Malicki-Sánchez Distributed by : Lionsgate Entertainment December 5, 2008 Official website : Punisher: War Zone Poster :Punisher: War Zone Poster
Australia is an upcoming period epic film directed by Baz Luhrmann and starring Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman. The screenplay was written by Luhrmann and screenwriter Stuart Beattie, with Ronald Harwood also later credited. The story takes place during the bombing of Darwin in Australia during World War II. Production took place in Sydney, Darwin, Kununurra, and Bowen.
During World War II, Lady Sarah Ashley (Nicole Kidman) is an English aristocrat who is left in control of a cattle station in Australia. She is assisted by an Australian drover (Hugh Jackman), in whom she becomes romantically interested. He helps to drive the cattle across the property as they are under the threat of nearby Darwin being bombed.
Directed by : Baz Luhrmann Produced by : Baz Luhrmann Catherine Knapman G. Mac Brown Written by : Baz Luhrmann Ronald Harwood Stuart Beattie Richard Flanagan Starring : Nicole Kidman Hugh Jackman David Wenham Bryan Brown Distributed by : 20th Century Fox November 26, 2008 Official website : Australia Poster :Australia Poster
Four Christmases is an upcoming romantic comedy Christmas-themed film from Warner Bros. Pictures and New Line Cinema being released in November 26, 2008 starring Reese Witherspoon, Vince Vaughn, Sissy Spacek, Mary Steenburgen, Kristin Chenoweth, Jon Voight and Robert Duvall.
Plot The story of a young couple, each of whose parents divorce and then marry other people. This leaves the newlyweds with four parental households to visit over the course of Christmas Day.
Directed by : Seth Gordon Produced by : Gary Barber Roger Birnbaum Jonathan Glickman Vince Vaughn Reese Witherspoon Written by : Matt Allen Caleb Wilson Scott Moore Jon Lucas Starring : Reese Witherspoon Vince Vaughn Distributed by : Warner Bros. Pictures New Line Cinema November 26, 2008 Official website : Four Christmases Poster :Four Christmases Poster
RocknRolla is a 2008 British crime film written and directed by Guy Ritchie, and starring Gerard Butler, Thandie Newton, and Tom Wilkinson. It was filmed in London and released on 5 September 2008 in the United Kingdom, hitting #1 in the UK box office in its first week of release.
Plot The film begins with Johnny Quid (Toby Kebbell) swaying back and forth while in a crack den. Archie (Mark Strong) narrates about what a RocknRolla is, which is a person who wants everything (money, drugs, sex, fame, glamour, e.t.c…). Johnny takes out the pistol lighter from the back of his pants to light up a big bong. During the opening credits, Archie introduces himself as the second-in-command to Lenny Cole (Tom Wilkinson), a criminal who owns most of London. Property value is on the rise, and so it is wise to invest in it. One Two (Gerard Butler) and Mumbles (Idris Elba) want in, and meet with lawyers and planners to do so. In order to buy a building, they need money. Since they are both criminals and no bank will give them a loan, they decide to borrow the money from Lenny, with the idea being that they’ll pay him back once the planning goes ahead and the building’s value goes up. However, once they get the money, the planning on the deal falls through. Lenny, pissed, takes their shares of the building and tells them that they still owe him two million dollars. Since Lenny controls most of the city, the planning is approved for him. Archie is not too enthusiastic about Lenny ripping off One Two and Mumbles. Lenny goes to meet Uri (Karel Roden), a Russian billionaire that wants Lenny’s property contacts so that he can get planning permission where the law won’t let him. Victor (Dragan Micanovic), Uri’s right-hand man, allows Lenny to meet Uri after he’s done with a meeting. Lenny tells Uri that it will cost him seven million dollars for him to share his contacts. Uri agrees to the price, and he shows Lenny his lucky painting. Lenny is impressed with it and Uri, wanting to make a good impression, allows Lenny to borrow the painting until the deal is done. After the deal, Archie is hasty about trusting the Russians, since times are changing and there’s no more respect for the old school. It turns out that Archie is right. Uri really doesn’t respect Lenny, and just gave him the painting to make him feel important. To get the seven million dollars, Uri contacts his personal accountant Stella (Thandie Newton). Stella is married to gay lawyer Bertie (David Bark-Jones) out of convenience, and likes to stay professional. Stella, however, is bored of the safe-life and keeps in contact with various criminals. We then meet Handsome Bob (Tom Hardy), Cookie (Matt King), and Fred the Head (Geoff Bell) playing cards with Mumbles at their local hang-out. One Two gets a call from Stella, who wants them for a robbery. Normally One Two would decline on her offer for heavy work, but since he and Mumbles owe Lenny two million, they decide to take the job. One Two meets Stella at an art gallery, where she tells him that two unarmed accountants will be taking out seven million dollars from a bank she knows. She wants One Two to rob them and give them a black eye for good measure.
Elsewhere, at a country club, Archie reads in a newspaper that rocker Johnny Quid has fallen off a yacht and is dead. Lenny, Johnny’s step-father, could care less about him and tells Archie never to talk about him again. At the country club, Lenny meets with a councilor (Jimi Mistry) and bribes him with an expensive lighter and a woman to have sex with. Later on, while sitting in his office and talking to Archie over the phone, he realizes that Uri’s lucky painting has been stolen. He tells Archie to come over immediately and to bring the troops with him. Lenny is nervous, since he doesn’t want to rock the boat with Uri. He tells his men to find the painting and bring him the dead body of whoever stole it. Elsewhere, One Two and Mumbles wait outside a bank wearing police uniforms. The two accountants carry the money to their car, and are promptly robbed (though it takes a while, since One Two has trouble with the car). One Two gives Stella her 20% of the money, and she is disappointed that he didn’t hurt the accountants. None the less, she flirts with him and walks off. While at a construction site, Victor informs Uri that their money has been stolen. Uri tells Victor to call Stella and arrange for another seven million, while also telling him to guarantee no more mistakes. Victor recruits some Chechens to guard the next money transfer. Somewhere along here, Archie visits Tank (Nonso Anozie), who knows the most about the streets than any other person. Archie recruits him to help find the painting. Also, One Two calls Archie and tells him that they have the money owed to Lenny.
At The Wild Bunch’s bar, everyone is playing cards when junkies Paul (Bronson Webb) and Malcolm (David Leon) walk in. No one likes the junkies, but they make themselves at home and try to sell some fur coats, even though it’s the middle of the summer. They are kicked out, and Archie arrives. The money is kicked around to Archie, who is pleased that the debt is paid. During this time, it’s revealed that tonight is Bob’s last night before he is sent to prison for five years. In fact, everyone at the bar has been sent to prison for various amounts of time because of an informer in their midst. Uri meets Stella on his yacht and tries to hit on her. Stella is adamant that their relationship stays professional, which impresses him. He then tells her that he needs another seven million dollars. She agrees to set it up while Victor is visibly suspicious of her. Later on, One Two drives Bob to his going-away party and tells Bob on what a big bash it’s going to be. He even arranged for the most expensive escort girls to pleasure him. Bob, however, seems unenthusiastic about it. One Two asks him what’s wrong, and he says that he wouldn’t understand. Eventually, he tells One Two that all he wants is him. One Two thinks he’s joking, but when he sees that he’s dead serious he slams on the brakes and gets out of the car. One Two is shocked that Bob is gay, and Bob is embarrassed over his reaction. One Two gets back in the car and apologizes for freaking out. Since they’re best friends and Bob is going away for five years, One Two asks Bob what exactly he wants to do with him.
Tank tells Archie about two men who might know where the painting is. Lenny has the men kidnapped and tied to chairs. He tells them that he’s going to submerge them in water and feed them to crayfish unless they tell him who has the painting. He submerges one of the men, enjoys some tea, and then lifts the man out of the water. Lenny’s henchmen hose the crayfish off and he says that Johnny Quid stole the painting. Lenny can’t believe it, and so he has the man lowered into the water again and eaten. Archie realizes that Johnny has faked his death, and he used his house keys to steal the painting. Lenny orders him to find Johnny’s managers, Roman and Mickey, because if anyone knows where he is it’s them. At their club, Roman (Chris Bridges) gets lip from a rocker who requests dry ice for his show and Mickey (Jeremy Piven) reads in a newspaper that Johnny is dead. Their secretary, June (Gemma Arterton), says that this is the third time this year that Johnny has been reported dead. Meanwhile, Johnny spins some guns around and sings to a song playing on his stereo in his crack den with his friend Pete (Michael Ryan). A flashback sequence shows Johnny as a boy blasting the same song in his room and singing along when Lenny (with a full head of hair) walks in and turns it off. Lenny tells Johnny that he’s worthless and since his mother killed herself, he’s now stuck with him. Lenny plans on sending Johnny to a prestigious school and tells him to keep the music down. Johnny blasts the music as soon as he leaves the room, and so Lenny comes back to beat him with his belt. Back at the crack den, Pete turns off the music and says that they can sell the painting for drugs. Johnny, however, has become mesmerized by it and refuses to sell it. They go to a bar to have some drinks, and Johnny steals a drink from another bar patron. The man gets pissed and confronts Johnny, who pulls out a pencil and dares him to try to attack him. The man backs down and leaves. Back at the club, Lenny and Archie pay Roman and Mickey a visit. Lenny says that if they don’t find Johnny, he’ll shut down all their clubs since he owns their licenses.
The next day, One Two shows up at the bar, disgusted with what he did last night with Bob. The others tell him that they all saw Bob off that morning, and One Two was the only one who wasn’t there. Bob sneaks up behind One Two and surprises him. It turns out that some paperwork got lost, and so Bob is not going to prison after all. Everyone is happy except for One Two, who’s still fazed by last night’s activities. He gets a phone call from Stella, who tells him that Bertie is throwing a party tonight. She invites him and all his friends to come, while also mentioning that she has another job for them. Lenny meets with Uri on his yacht, and Uri tells him that ever since he gave him his lucky painting, his world has been falling apart. He requests to have it back, and Lenny is forced to tell him that it’s been stolen. Uri of course is furious about it. Later on One Two, Mumbles, Cookie, and Fred the Head arrive at Bertie’s party. A man wearing a tuxedo jacket with no pants opens the door and welcomes them inside. Mumbles, Cookie, and Fred the Head make their way to the dance floor. One Two sees that Bob is at the party and confronts him. Bob says that he didn’t have any plans, and so he decided to come as well. One Two makes him promise not to tell anyone about what they did the previous night. One Two grabs a drink and asks Stella to dance. He shows off some dance moves and Stella is unimpressed. While they humorously dance, Stella tells One Two about the job she has for him. It’ll be the same as before – seven million dollars, but this time it’ll be protected by armed guards. Bertie introduces himself to Mumbles, who could care less about him. However, Bertie mentions that he knows who the informer is and can prove it with some documents. The price is for Mumbles to introduce him to Bob. Mumbles goes over to Bob and tells him to flirt with Bertie in exchange for the information. Bob does, and gets a date with Bertie.
At night, Johnny and Pete go to Roman and Mickey’s club. They wait in line to get in, but the bouncer denies them entrance. Mickey talks to Archie on the phone and tells him that he can’t shut down their club, since they have a band playing that night and it’s filled to the brim with people. Archie tells him to find Johnny, but Mickey says that he has no idea where he is, oblivious to the fact that he’s outside. Johnny and Pete try to get in again, but the bouncer pushes them away and punches Pete in the face. Furious, Johnny approaches the bouncer with his pencil and stabs him in the throat. He then repeatedly stabs him all over his body and kicks the crap out of him. Johnny then bashes his head with a trash can lid and walks off with Pete. Roman and Mickey see too late that their bouncer has been viciously beaten outside, and then the power for the club is shut down. During this time, June tells Roman and Mickey that if they want to find Johnny, they have to speak with Cookie.
One Two and Mumbles plan the second robbery. Mumbles says that they need Bob to be their driver, but One Two is against it. Having had enough of One Two’s weirdness towards Bob, he asks him what’s wrong. One Two tells him that Bob is gay, but Mumbles already knew that. In fact, everyone knew that except for One Two. Mumbles realizes that One Two and Bob did something the night before he was supposed to go to prison. It turns out that all One Two did was take Bob to a gay bar and slow dance in front of a big neon heart. One Two still remains uncomfortable around Bob, and refuses to use him for the robbery. Mumbles reveals that when One Two was sent to prison, it broke his mother’s heart. Bob visited her every day to check in on her and took care of her until she died while One Two was away. The Wild Bunch is not complete without Bob. Roman and Mickey visit Cookie and Fred the Head. Cookie, as it turns out, used to be a junkie and used to be best pals with Johnny. Cookie got clean, but still respects Johnny. He tells them that Johnny is class, since he keeps on faking his death so that his managers will make more money (a rocker is worth more dead than alive). Cookie promises to give them a call if he finds him.
While driving, the two Chechens have cases filled with Uri’s money handcuffed to their hands and are wearing bullet-proof vests. They discuss all the various kinds of injuries they have had and show off their scars to each other. As they do so, a garbage truck suddenly rams into them, causing their car to flip over and land on its side. While Uri meets with Archie and Lenny, Victor interrupts them and tells Uri that they got robbed again. One Two limps into a restaurant and hands Stella her money. Since she doesn’t seem to care what happened to him, he proceeds to tell her. After Bob drove the garbage truck into the Chechens’ car, Mumbles smashed the window of their car with an axe. Mumbles and One Two cut the chains off of the cases to retrieve them. Before they could get away, the skinny Chechen grabbed One Two and pulled him into the car. Mumbles accidentally sprayed them both with mace. After getting free, One Two tripped over a tire and the Wild Bunch all got into the getaway car. The skinny Chechen jumped into the driver’s side window, causing them to crash into a sporting goods store. The big Chechen followed with a machine gun and proceeded to pump the store full of bullets. Mumbles beat him with a baseball bat. Before they could leave, the big Chechen threw a baseball at One Two’s face and then tried to strangle him. Bob had to beat him with a golf club to get him off of One Two. The skinny Chechen pulled out some extremely big knives and was about to attack when One Two sprayed his chest full of bullets.
The Wild Bunch got out of the store and stole a car nearby. As they drove off, the skinny Chechen jumped on the car and tried to stab them through the roof. This caused Bob to crash into a parked car, which launched the skinny Chechen away. One Two tells Mumbles and Bob to abandon ship, and they all run off into different directions. Mumbles, carrying a case, runs off and winds up stealing a moped. Bob (carrying the other case) runs right into a couple of cops, who chase him all over. He manages to get away from them and Mumbles picks him up, escaping together. The big Chechen chases One Two onto some train tracks, and both men grow tired. Eventually, the big Chechen has to stop and catch his breath. One Two uses this time to slap him in the face, which causes him to fall over. However, he then sees that the skinny Chechen has been following him the entire time. The skinny Chechen puts his knives away and continues to chase One Two on the train tracks. One Two soon grows exhausted from all the running, and so he grabs a piece of wood nearby. When the skinny Chechen runs into a dark tunnel, One Two surprises him and bashes his head with the wood. As One Two gets out of the tunnel, he sees that the skinny Chechen is surprisingly still alive and still on his feet. Bloodied, he signals to One Two that he will be watching him. One Two signals back a blowjob gesture and finally escapes. Stella still doesn’t seem to care about how the robbery went awry, and so One Two leaves the restaurant with Bob. As One Two, Mumbles, and Bob drive off, we see that the two practically indestructible Chechens are stalking them.
Uri and Victor clear a golf course to play a game with Lenny. As the trio makes their way to the ninth hole, Uri tells Lenny that he believes he is the one who has been stealing his money. Lenny insults and threatens him, which causes Victor to break his leg with a golf club. Uri tells him that he’ll be able to crawl back to his car by sunrise, and tells him to find his painting. Meanwhile, Pete tries to take the painting away from Johnny because he’s found out that loads of people on the street are looking for it. Johnny has him put it back, and then he takes Pete to a bar. While playing the piano, he talks about the ups and downs of cigarettes. They eventually get kicked out for horsing around. Bob calls Bertie and sets up a date to get drinks together soon. Bertie in return leaves an envelope with his secretary and tells Bob that he can pick it up whenever he wants (the envelope has the informer’s identity). Mumbles and Bob plan to go immediately to pick it up, and One Two tells them to drop him off at home to rest. Back at the crack den, Johnny is annoyed that Pete has invited Malcolm and Paul over. Johnny pulls Pete aside and tells him to get rid of them, since he’s supposed to be dead and dead men don’t like company. When they come back, they find that the junkies are gone and they have stolen the painting. The junkies take the painting back to the Wild Bunch’s bar, and Cookie is immediately drawn to it. He throws them a bundle of cash, and the junkies go off to get drugs. Meanwhile, Tank calls Archie and tells him that not only has he found the painting, he has found who has been ripping off Lenny.
One Two goes home and sees that the painting has wound up in his bedroom. A note from Cookie says that it will bring One Two some luck with the ladies. Immediately, Stella shows up at his house. One Two lets her in, and they have extremely quick sex. As Stella gets dressed, Mumbles calls One Two and tells him that the informer’s name is Sidney Shaw. One Two says that it’s a pseudonym, and tells him to come over so that he can have a look. Before Stella leaves, One Two gives her the painting, which pleases her. Archie visits Lenny at the hospital, and tells him that he’s found out that One Two has the painting and the Wild Bunch has been ripping him off. Lenny orders him to bring them all to him. One Two listens to his headphones in his bedroom. The two Chechens break into his house, remove his headphones, and hold him at bay with a blade. The skinny Chechen makes a blowjob gesture, letting him know that he’s going to get revenge. Meanwhile, Roman and Mickey find Johnny’s crack den and get him to cooperate with them. Archie and his guys show up at One Two’s house to find that the front door is open. They creep inside and hear music blasting from the bedroom. They quietly open the door and find that the two Chechens are dancing around drunk in their underwear. One Two is tied to the bed and is about to get violated in all sorts of ways. Lenny turns off the music and the two Chechens are shot to death. Mumbles and Bob arrive at One Two’s house, and so Archie captures them. Mickey also calls Archie and tells him that they’ve found Johnny.
Uri goes to Stella’s house and Victor voices his suspicion of her. Uri ignores him and tells him to remain outside. It turns out that Uri is in love with Stella, and he proposes to her. She says that she’ll think about it, which makes him happy. Uri gets a call from Victor, and walks to the other room to take it. That’s when he sees that Stella has his painting. Just like that, all the love is gone. He asks her how long she’s had it, and she says that she’s had it for years. Uri tells Victor that he was right, and asks him to come inside. Victor gets his gloves, and it’s implied that Stella is murdered. Elsewhere Archie, the Wild Bunch (who have all been hooded), Mickey, Roman, and Johnny arrive at a building to see Lenny. While in the elevator, we see another flashback to young Johnny at school. Archie picks him up and has become an uncle figure to him. Johnny snatches Archie’s pistol from his pants and shows his friends. Archie is forced to bribe the kids into not telling anyone what they saw while Johnny smiles in the car. Everyone gets out of the elevator, and Johnny insults wheelchair-bound Lenny. Johnny keeps on mouthing off, and so Lenny shoots him in the stomach with a pistol. Archie calms Lenny down and takes the gun away. Johnny tells him that if he wanted him to shut up, he should’ve aimed higher. Lenny then orders his men to take Johnny away and kill him. Johnny, Mickey, Roman, and two henchmen enter the elevator and go down.
Lenny threatens to kill the Wild Bunch if they don’t give him the painting. Suddenly, Bob shouts out for Archie and tells him to look in his jacket pocket. Archie reads the envelope from Bertie, and is shocked. The informer that has been ratting out everyone is Lenny (aka Sidney Shaw). He has been sending everyone to prison whenever he gets annoyed or threatened by them. Archie has the Wild Bunch released. Meanwhile, in the elevator, Johnny tells Mickey and Roman that they shouldn’t have taken him there. Lenny’s henchmen are going to lead them to a stolen car, murder all of them (since Mickey and Roman are witnesses), put their corpses in the trunk, and blow up the car. Roman suddenly fights with a henchman over control of his gun. The gun goes off and kills the other henchman. Roman and Mickey then point the gun at the henchman’s head and blow his brains out. Johnny has them pass him a gun and when the elevator doors open, he kills the two henchmen waiting for them downstairs. Mickey and Roman carry Johnny, but are forced to drop him by a last henchman who shows up and orders them to put their hands in the air. The Wild Bunch (having taken the stairs) knocks out the last henchman, saving them. Meanwhile, upstairs, Archie ties Lenny to a chair and reads off how many people he’s sent to prison, including Archie himself for four years. Archie then lowers Lenny into the water and feeds him to the crayfish.
Some time later, Archie picks up Johnny at a drug rehabilitation clinic. Johnny comes out, drug free except for cigarettes. While they hug, Johnny again snatches his pistol from his pants and plays around with it. Archie has a welcome-home present for him. Archie has one of his guys bring out the painting. Johnny wonders how he got it, and Archie says that it cost a rich Russian (Uri) an arm and a leg (literally). Johnny has decided to give up his music career, and he tells Archie that he wants to be just like him – a real RocknRolla. The film ends with Johnny lighting up a cigarette. At the start of the end credits, text states that Johnny, Archie, and the Wild Bunch will be back in The Real RocknRolla (the sequel).
And during the end credits, we see the full scene of One Two dancing with Bob at the gay club.
Directed by : Guy Ritchie Produced by : Steve Clark-Hall Susan Downey Guy Ritchie Joel Silver Written by : Guy Ritchie Starring : Gerard Butler Tom Wilkinson Thandie Newton Idris Elba Chris Bridges Jeremy Piven Gemma Arterton Distributed by : Warner Bros. October 31, 2008 Official website : RocknRolla Poster :RocknRolla Poster
Transporter 3 is a 2008 action film, and is the third installment in the Transporter series (and the first not distributed by 20th Century Fox in the US). Both Jason Statham and Francois Berleand will reprise their roles, as Frank Martin and Tarconi, respectively. Robert Knepper will be added to the cast list. This will be the first film in the series to be directed by Olivier Megaton. This film will continue the story of Frank Martin, a professional "transporter" who has relocated to Paris to continue his low-key business of delivering packages without questions.
Plot Frank Martin (Jason Statham) has been pressured into transporting Valentina (Natalya Rudakova), the kidnapped daughter of Leonid Vasilev (Jeroen Krabbe), the head of the Environmental Protection Agency for the Ukraine, from Marseilles through Stuttgart and Budapest until he ends up in Odessa on the Black Sea. Along the way, with the help of Inspector Tarconi (Francois Berland), Frank has to contend with the people who strong armed him to take the job, agents sent by Vasilev to intercept him, and the general non-cooperation of his passenger. Despite Valentina's cynical disposition and his resistance to get involved, Frank and Valentina fall for each other, while escaping from one life-threatening situation after another. Jason Statham again drives an armored Audi S8.
Directed by : Olivier Megaton Produced by : Luc Besson Steve Chasman Written by : Luc Besson Robert Mark Kamen Starring : Jason Statham Francois Berleand Robert Knepper Distributed by : Lionsgate 20th Century Fox (UK) November 26, 2008 Official website : Transporter 3 Poster :Transporter 3 Poster
Twilight is an upcoming 2008 film adaptation of Stephenie Meyer's 2005 novel of the same name. Directed by Catherine Hardwicke, the film stars Kristen Stewart as a teenage girl who falls in love with a vampire, played by Robert Pattinson. The film was primarily shot in Oregon during the winter and spring of 2008. Twilight will be released domestically on November 21, 2008. The soundtrack will be released on November 4, 2008.
Plot Seventeen-year-old Isabella "Bella" Swan moves to the small town of Forks, Washington to live with her father, Charlie. There, she finds herself drawn to a mysterious classmate, Edward Cullen, who is revealed to be a 108-year-old vampire who is physically 17. Although Edward discourages the romance at first, they soon fall deeply in love. When the arrival of three nomadic vampires, James, Laurent and Victoria, puts Bella's life in danger, Edward and his family, Alice, Carlisle, Esme, Jasper, Emmett and Rosalie, put their lives at stake to save her.
Directed by : Catherine Hardwicke Produced by : Mark Morgan Greg Mooradian Wyck Godfrey Written by : Stephenie Meyer (novel) Melissa Rosenberg (screenplay) Starring : Kristen Stewart Robert Pattinson Distributed by : Summit Entertainment November 21, 2008 Official website : Twilight Poster :Twilight Poster
Bolt is a 2008 CGI animated film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios, and will be Disney's 47th animated feature. It stars the voices of John Travolta, Miley Cyrus, Malcolm McDowell, Claire Holt, Diedrich Bader, Nick Swardson, Greg Germann, Susie Essman and Mark Walton.
Plot The story is about Bolt (John Travolta), a dog who has lived all his life on the set of a TV show in which he portrays a superhero dog. As a result thinks that his superpowers are real. Later, he gets accidentally separated from the studio. He then meets a female cat named Mr. Mittens (Susie Essman) and a hamster with an exercise ball named Rhino (Mark Walton), and eventually he discovers that all of his powers are fake.
Directed by : Chris Williams Byron Howard Produced by : Clark Spencer John Lasseter Written by : Chris Sanders (story) Chris Williams (Screenplay) Dan Fogelman (Screenplay) Starring : John Travolta Miley Cyrus Malcolm McDowell Claire Holt Diedrich Bader Nick Swardson Greg Germann Susie Essman Mark Walton Distributed by : Walt Disney Pictures November 21, 2008 Official website : Bolt Poster :Bolt Poster
Quantum of Solace (2008) is the 22nd James Bond film by EON Productions, due for release in the United Kingdom on 31 October 2008 and in North America on 14 November. The sequel to the 2006 film Casino Royale, it is directed by Marc Forster, and features Daniel Craig's second performance as James Bond. In the film, Bond battles Dominic Greene (Mathieu Amalric), a member of the Quantum organisation posing as an environmentalist, who intends to stage a coup d'état in Bolivia to take control of its water supply. Bond seeks revenge for the death of Vesper Lynd, and is assisted by Camille (Olga Kurylenko), who also wants to kill Greene.
Plot The film continues one hour after the events of Casino Royale with Bond driving from Lake Garda to Siena, Italy — with the captured Mr. White in the boot of his car — when he is attacked by chasing henchmen. After evading his pursuers, Bond and M interrogate White regarding his organisation, Quantum. M's trusted bodyguard Craig Mitchell is revealed as a traitor, allowing White to escape; Bond chases Mitchell across Siena, through the crowd assembled for the Palio di Siena, and kills him. After forensic investigations involving tracked banknotes, Bond heads to Haiti to find Mitchell's contact, Edmund Slate, and kills him. He then poses as him, learning Slate was sent to kill Camille Montes at the behest of her partner, Dominic Greene, the ruthless chairman of Greene Planet and a member of Quantum. Bond pursues her by motorbike and watches her meet with Greene, learning the businessman is helping General Medrano to stage a coup d'état in Bolivia in exchange for a seemingly barren piece of desert land. Greene has Camille escorted away on Medrano's boat to "sweeten" their deal. Bond commandeers his own boat to rescue her (though she is unwilling) and leaves her in local care. Bond follows Greene, through the mobile of Greene's henchman Elvis, to his private jet, which flies him to Austria. He is accompanied by CIA agents Gregg Beam and Felix Leiter; the United States will support the coup in return for promises to Bolivian oil. Members of Quantum, including Greene and White gather at a performance of Puccini's opera Tosca, near Bregenz, in the Austrian shore of Lake Constance, to finalize plans for their Tierra Project, with each member communicating through special earpieces concealed in gift bags. Among the plotters is Guy Haines, an advisor of the British Prime Minister. Bond obtains an earpiece and disrupts the meeting. He then sends MI6 mobile photos of various Quantum members as they flee the arena. As Greene abruptly departs from the opera, he is intercepted by Bond and a gunfight ensues in a restaurant. Bond confronts a bodyguard of Haines on a rooftop, and defeats him in the ensuing struggle. Without the slightest remorse Bond allows him to fall off the roof and onto Greene's vehicle. Greene recognises that the bodyguard is not a Quantum member and has him killed.
Believing Bond has killed a British agent in Special Branch, M has 007's passports and credit cards revoked and demands he return to London. Bond is still able to travel to Italy by boat, where he reunites with his old ally René Mathis, who now lives in a hilltop villa awarded to him by MI6 as compensation after being mistaken for a Quantum mole. Both immediately relocate their efforts to La Paz, Bolivia. They are greeted by Strawberry Fields, an MI6 field operative from the British Consulate. Although she explains Bond must return to the UK on the next available flight, he disobeys and seduces her in their hotel suite. That night, they attend a fund raiser being held by Greene, where Camille reappears. They leave together and are pursued by the Bolivian police. Upon stopping, they immediately ask Bond to open the boot, where a beaten Mathis was planted by the police. As Bond picks Mathis up from the boot, the policemen open fire and fatally injure Mathis. Bond disarms and kills the policemen and comforts the dying Mathis, who asks Bond to forgive Vesper Lynd, and forgive himself for what happened to her.
Bond and Camille drive to the location of Greene's intended land acquisition, surveying the area in a rented Douglas DC-3 propeller plane. They are intercepted and shot down by a fighter plane and helicopter. Before crashing, both Bond and Camille jump from the crippled plane and then parachute into a sink hole. There, Bond and Camille have a little heart to heart conversation with Bond stating "seems we're both using Greene to get to someone." There, the duo discover Greene's Tierra Project does not involve oil, but the blockading of supplies of fresh water, hidden in underground rivers. Bond also learns that Camille's family was raped and murdered by Medrano and that she is seeking revenge. After these revelations, they return to La Paz, where Bond meets M and discovers Quantum murdered Fields by symbolically drowning her in oil. M orders Bond to disarm and end his activities in Bolivia, but he escapes by overpowering MI6 operatives accompanying him in a lift. After this escape, Bond encounters and speaks to M, stating he is not finished with his operation.
Bond meets his CIA ally Felix Leiter at a local bar, who informs Bond of where Greene is set to complete his deal with Medrano. Bond flees when CIA Special Activities Division forces arrive to eliminate him as a threat to their deal with Greene for a share of alleged oil supplies in Bolivia. Bond and Camille go to an eco-hotel powered by hydrogen fuel cells, located in the Bolivian desert, where Greene is finalising the coup. As the various parties depart, Bond attacks and kills the departing Colonel of Police for betraying Mathis, and sets off a chain of explosions when a hydrogen fuel tank is destroyed. Camille kills Medrano, and Bond captures Greene. After interrogating him, he leaves Greene stranded in the middle of the desert with only a can of motor oil. Bond and Camille drive to a train station, where they finally kiss before she departs.
Bond goes to Kazan, Russia, where he confronts Vesper Lynd's former lover, Yusef Kabira. Yusef is a member of Quantum who specialises in seducing high-ranking women who have valuable connections, to get them to give up government assets as ransom for himself in fake kidnappings where he is supposedly held hostage. He is attempting to do the same with Canadian agent Corinne Venneau. But Bond tells Corinne about Vesper, and he has her alert the Canadian Security Intelligence Service. Later, Bond leaves Yusef's apartment and is confronted by M who is surprised that Bond did not kill Yusef, but rather left him alive for questioning. M reveals that Leiter has been promoted at the CIA to replace Beam, and Greene was found in the desert, shot dead, and with motor oil in his stomach. M fully reinstates Bond as an MI6 agent, and he leaves, aware that Mr. White and the rest of Quantum are still on the loose. Finally being able to forgive Vesper, Bond drops the necklace, which had been given to her by Yusef, in the snow.
Directed by : Marc Forster Produced by : Michael G. Wilson Barbara Broccoli Written by : Ian Fleming (Characters) Michael G. Wilson (Plot) Starring : Daniel Craig (James Bond) Mathieu Amalric Olga Kurylenko Gemma Arterton Judi Dench Jeffrey Wright Giancarlo Giannini Distributed by : Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Columbia Pictures Release date(s) 31 October 2008 Official website : N/A Poster :Quantum of Solace Poster
Soul Men is an upcoming American musical-dramedy film directed by Malcolm D. Lee. It stars Samuel L. Jackson, Bernie Mac, Sean Hayes, Jennifer Coolidge and Isaac Hayes, who appears as himself. It is currently in post-production and set to be released on November 7, 2008. Both Isaac Hayes and Bernie Mac died in unrelated circumstances during the weekend beginning August 9, 2008.
Plot Two former backup soul singers, Louis (Samuel L. Jackson) and Floyd (Bernie Mac) who have not spoken to each other in 20 years reluctantly agree to travel across the country together to a reunion concert to honor their recently deceased lead singer. Cleo (Sharon Leal), a beautiful young woman, who is believed to be Floyd's daughter, accompanies them as the new lead singer.
Directed by : Malcolm D. Lee Produced by : David T. Friendly Charles Castaldi Steve Greener Written by : Robert Ramsey Matthew Stone Starring : Samuel L. Jackson Bernie Mac Jennifer Coolidge Sean Hayes Isaac Hayes Sharon Leal Distributed by : Dimension Films Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Release date(s) November 7, 2008 Official website : Soul Men Poster :Soul Men Poster