Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist is an upcoming 2008 comedy film based on the novel by David Levithan and Rachel Cohn.
Plot Nick and Norah's infinite playlist is a comedy about two people thrust together for one hilarious, sleepless night of adventure in a world of mix tapes, late-night living, and,live,loud music. Nick (Michael Cera) frequents New York's indie rock scene nursing a broken heart and a vague ability to play the bass. Norah (Kat Dennings) is questioning pretty much all of her assumptions about the world. Though they have nothing in common except for their taste in music, their chance encounter leads to an all-night quest to find a legendary band's secret show and ends up becoming the first date in a romance that could change both their lives
Directed by : Peter Sollett Produced by : Adam Brightman Nathan Kahane Written by : David Levithan Rachel Cohn Lorene Scafaria Starring : Michael Cera Kat Dennings Distributed by : Sony Pictures Entertainment Release date(s) October 3, 2008 Budget N/A Official website : Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist Official Website Poster :Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist Poster
The Express is an upcoming film directed by Gary Fleder scheduled for release in October 10, 2008. It is based on the life of Syracuse University football player Ernie Davis, the first African-American to win the Heisman Trophy.
Plot Based on the incredible true story, The Express follows the inspirational life of college football hero Ernie Davis (Rob Brown), the first African-American to win the Heisman Trophy. Following his draft by the NFL, tragedy struck the inspirational life of college football hero Ernie Davis (Rob Brown), the first African-American to win the Heisman Trophy. Following his draft by the NFL, tragedy struck the star athlete and he was never able to take the professional field. But his tale would forever change the face of professional sports.
Raised in poverty in the Southern Tier of New York State, Davis overcame seemingly insurmountable obstacles to become an unstoppable running back for the Syracuse Orangemen. Under the guidance of coach Ben Schwartzwalder (Dennis Quaid)-a hard-nosed surrogate father with an obsession for winning a national Davis overcame seemingly insurmountable obstacles to become an unstoppable running back for the Syracuse Orangemen. Davis would develop from an impressive high-school athlete into a legend.
While everyone agreed Ernie Davis was a miracle player, few thought this quiet young man would become an icon for the burgeoning civil rights movement dividing America in the early 1960s. Refusing to play by the unspoken racist rules of the day, Davis broke through one barrier after another to alter the way fans looked at men of his color.
Though struck a terrible blow in the prime of his life, his spirit soared when most would crumble. Forcing his bull-headed coach to re-examine a life lived in color-based privilege, Davis would join the ranks of black pioneers who inspired a movement that smashed barriers on and off the playing field.
Directed by : Gary Fleder Produced by : John Davis Written by : Charles Leavitt Robert C. Gallagher Starring : Rob Brown Charles S. Dutton Dennis Quaid Distributed by : Universal Pictures Release date(s) October 10, 2008 Budget N/A Official website : The Express 2008 Official Website Poster :The Express Poster
Beverly Hills Chihuahua is an upcoming 2008 live-action comedy film by Walt Disney Pictures directed by Raja Gosnell.
The film chronicles the adventures of a pampered Beverly Hills chihuahua named Chloe (voiced by Drew Barrymore) who, while on vacation in Mexico, gets lost and must rely on her friends to help her get back home before she is caught by a mean Mexican dogcatcher who wants to use her to start a fur factory.
Destino, a 2003 short film made by Walt Disney Animation Studios based off a project began by Walt Disney and Salvadore Dali in the 1940s, will be attached to the beginning of all prints of Beverly Hills Chihuahua.
The film has triggered criticism amongst people who allege it contains a derogatory depiction of Indigenous Mexican culture.
Directed by : Raja Gosnell Produced by : John Jacobs David Hoberman Todd Lieberman Written by : Analisa LaBianco Jeffrey Bushell Starring : Drew Barrymore George Lopez Andy Garcia Jamie Lee Curtis Distributed by : Walt Disney Pictures Release date(s) October 3, 2008 Budget N/A Official website : Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2008 Official Website Poster :Beverly Hills Chihuahua Poster
The Lucky Ones (originally titled The Return) is a 2008 drama film directed by Neil Burger and starring Rachel McAdams, Tim Robbins and Michael Peña. Neil Burger and Dirk Wittenborn are the screenwriters.
Plot The story revolves around three soldiers -- Collee (Rachel McAdams), T.K. (Michael Pena) and Cheever (Tim Robbins) -- who return from the Iraq War after suffering injuries and learn that life has moved on without them. They end up on an unexpected road trip across the U.S., with Collee on a mission to bring her boyfriend's guitar back to his family because he saved her life, T.K. seeking confidence to face his wife after a shrapnel injury that threatens his sexual function and middle-aged Cheever planning to hit the casinos in a desperate effort to pay for his son's college tuition.
Directed by : Neil Burger Produced by : Brian Koppelman David Levien Written by : Neil Burger Dirk Wittenborn Starring : Rachel McAdams Tim Robbins Michael Peña Distributed by : Lionsgate Release date(s) September 26, 2008 Budget N/A Official website : N/A Poster :The Lucky Ones 2008 Poster
Nights in Rodanthe is a 2008 film from Warner Bros., based on the novel of the same name by Nicholas Sparks. Plot Summary The movie starts out with Adrienne (Diane Lane) getting her kids Amanda (Mae Whitman) and Danny (Danny Willis) ready to spend the weekend in Orlando with their father Jack (Christopher Meloni). Just before they leave Jack tells Adrienne that he wants to move back home. This takes her by surprise since he left his family for another woman but now wants Adrienne to take him back. Adrienne tells him that she needs time to think about it and that he should give her some space. He invites her to come with him and the kids to Orlando so they can spend some time together but she says that she can't because she told her friend that she would take care of her bed and breakfast for the weekend. They agree to talk when they get back from the trip and Adrienne promises her young son that they will talk every night. He doesn't want to go with his dad but Adrienne tells him that it will be fun. The last thing she tells Jack is to make sure to have the son take his asthma medicine every night before bed.
Adrienne gets to the bed and breakfast and her friend Jeanne (Viola Davis) is telling her how the place runs. She says how the hot water takes a minute to "bubble up" and things like that. Then she tells her not to worry if the hurricane that's nearby comes her way. Apparently there have been many hurricanes that this bed and breakfast have been through. The house is literally on the beach and looks very old. Then Adrian's friend tells her that there is just one customer for the weekend and not to worry.
Then it goes to Paul (Richard Gere) moving out of his large house. He gives up his keys to the new owners and drives off pretty fast in a nice car. He keeps having flashbacks of being in his last surgery with his son. Something bad happened but it's not clear if it's his fault or what really happened. Paul gets to the bed and breakfast and walks in. There is no one around so he rings the bell a few times and then wanders through the house. He goes to the back porch and finds Adrienne looking out at the ocean. She had been crying pretty hard and tries to cover it up by saying the wind is blowing hard. She brings Paul to the front desk and asks him to sign in. She asks him to put his home address and he says he would rather not. She says that's fine and shows him to his room. He is in the "blue" room and everything in the room is blue. She tells him that dinner is at eight or seven thirty or whatever he wants because he's the only customer there that weekend. He says that seven thirty is fine. Adrienne asks if he needs anything else and he says no. Adrienne goes and begins to make dinner.
Eventually Paul comes down to the dining room where there are about five empty tables. He sits at the one that is for two people by the window and is by himself. Adrian comes in and gives him some bread and pours him some wine. She is nervous and asks him if he would have rather had white wine but he says the red is fine. Adrienne goes back into the kitchen and starts playing some music and just then Paul walks in with his wine glass. He comments on the song playing and puts his wine glass down. Paul goes back into the dining room and grabs his plate and brings it into the kitchen. Adrienne asks him if there's anything wrong with his table and he says no but he didn't want to eat alone. So Adrienne and Paul sit together in the kitchen and have dinner. They begin to talk and share stories about their failed marriages and their children that hate them. After dinner they sit outside on the porch and talk some more. Afterwards, Paul says that he should go to bed and he leaves.
The next morning, Paul goes running early in the morning and begins to have flashbacks of that last surgery and of the patient's face and then of the heart rate dropping and eventually them dying. Paul is shown running by a house in the middle of a neighborhood. He makes note of the house number and leaves. When he came back to the house Adrian asks if Paul would like her to make him some breakfast and Paul says maybe later because he has to go into town to talk to someone. Then Paul drives back to the house and a young man comes out from a truck. The young man is angry once he finds out that Paul is the doctor that killed his mother and tells him to leave. Paul argues that his father wrote him a letter and wanted to talk. The young man doesn't care and he tells him to leave. Finally Paul leaves and on his way out the young man kicks in the side of his nice car. Paul gets really angry and drives off fast. Once Paul gets back to the hotel, he sees Adrienne pulling out wood to lock up the windows for the storm that's coming in. He offers to help her and is clearly mad and wanting to blow off some steam. He grabs a handful of heavy wood and drops some on his foot. Adrienne tells Paul that she needs to go into town to get some supplies and will be back. Once she goes to the store she asks the cashier if she knows anything about the family that Paul was there to see. The woman tells Adrienne that the wife had saved up a lot of money to have plastic surgery and then died during the operation. Now the husband is trying to sue Paul and that's why Paul came to talk to him.
When Adrienne goes back home she asks Paul about what happened. He gets defensive and asks if she wants to know the truth. He tells her that he was operating on a cyst in this lady's cheek and that it was a normal operation but that she had an allergic reaction to the drugs and that's why she died. He said he came to talk to the husband about that and tell him that there really isn't anyone to blame. He says that if Adrienne is uncomfortable with him staying there that he will leave. Adrienne offers to cook some salmon for dinner and Paul smiles. This time they have a candle lit dinner by the window and Adrian and Paul eat together and talk for a long time.
Later, Adrienne brings Paul upstairs to a room with all sorts of paintings. She tells him that her friend's grandmother told her that they were her spirit guides. They are paintings of all kinds of people like the god of lightning and things like that. There's even one of Adrian when she was a lot younger. Paul finds this wooden box and Adrian tells him that she made it a long time ago out of driftwood. She said that the more twisted the driftwood, the better the piece would be because it was that much more beautiful when you created something from something so twisted. She tells Paul that it's to keep things safe inside. Paul asks her what she would keep in her box and she says her children, her friend, her memories of her father that recently passed away. Paul then asks her who keeps her safe? She doesn't really have a straight answer for him. She says things about when you get married you become a different person and when that ends you don't have the same things you used to.
Just then her phone rings and it's Amanda. Amanda is mad because she said that Adrienne promised Jack that she would let him come back and live with them again. Adrienne says that she never said that and then asks to speak to Jack. They fight on the phone for a while and it gets really heated. Adrienne gets off the call and comes downstairs and puts on an old record and begins to dance. Then she looks at Paul and says that she needs a drink. So Adrienne and Paul start drinking shots of Jack Daniels and begin to get drunk. Adrienne starts going through her friend's cabinets where she keeps her food for emergencies and they begin to throw it away. Adrienne says that they'll never use it and they start playing a kind of basketball with the food and the trash bin. They end up drinking most of the bottle of whiskey and then all the sudden Adrian says that she needs to go to bed.
The next morning Adrienne asks Paul if he's leaving because he had been trying to arrange an earlier flight to get out of there. The hurricane is going to hit them so Adrienne is boarding up the house to get ready. Paul says he couldn't get an earlier flight so he will stay there the night.
Just then, the husband of the patient that died and the son drive up in the truck and get out to talk to Paul. Paul tells him that there was nothing he could have done and that what happened to his wife was a one in fifty thousand odds thing and no one was to blame. The man then asks him if he knew what color eyes his wife had. Paul doesn't say anything and acts cold to the husband. He gets back in the car and him and his son drive away. Adrienne starts boarding up the windows and the wind is getting worse and worse. Paul starts helping her board it up and they begin to argue. Adrienne says that Paul had no compassion for that man. He didn't show any sign that he understood that he lost the best thing in his life. She says that all that man wanted was to know that Paul was sorry for what had happened. Then Paul starts talking about Adrienne's marriage and asking her why she's considering taking her husband back when she is clearly unhappy. They begin to fight and they both go into the house. The wind gets really bad and they are both running around checking the windows. One of the windows breaks and the power goes out. Adriene goes to find the generator but it doesn't work. Just as Adrienne is coming into the dining room Paul sees that the china hutch is going to fall on her and he pulls her out of the way just in time. Paul and Adrian are sitting close and then they finally kiss.
The next morning, following the storm, Paul wakes up alone and goes to find Adrienne. He finds her sitting on the beach crying. He asks her what's wrong and she asks him if he heard the phone ring that morning. He says no and she tells him that her husband Jack took their son to the hospital that morning because of an asthma attack. She starts crying and saying that this was the first time something like this had happened and she wasn't there. She feels guilty that she chose to go take care of the bed and breakfast instead of take care of her kids. Paul begins to tell her about his son and how he's a doctor too but how he's living in South America taking care of people who really need medicine. He says that he's going to be flying down there to try and get him to come back.
Paul and Adrienne end up going back to the husband's house and the husband shows Paul her picture. He tells him that she had dark brown eyes that were soft. He says how nice she was and how loving. He tells Paul how he knew her since they were kids and she always had that thing under her cheek and she always hated it. He said that he never noticed it but that she never asked for anything in their whole life so he said she could have it removed since that's what she really wanted. Paul gets very emotional and tells the husband that he's really sorry for what happens. The husband has a look of relief or closure on his face after.
Adrienne tells Paul that she was glad to be there to hear all that and they go for a long walk on the beach. Paul tells Adrienne that maybe she'll see the wild ponies that run on the beach but she tells him that they don't live that far up on the island. Later that night they get dressed up and go out to a party that's celebrating the end of the hurricane. There's all sorts of sea food and singing and dancing. Paul and Adrienne go to the end of the dock and dance alone by the ocean. They kiss and then it flashes to the blue room. They end up sleeping together and in the morning they are talking about Paul's trip to South America. Paul says that he doesn't know how long he'll be gone and Adrienne says that it's ok because his son is the most important thing in his life. He tells her that he will write her all the time. She looks at him like she doesn't believe it will happen. Paul packs up his things and drives away. He stops at the end of the driveway and runs back for one last kiss and then finally leaves.
Adrienne's family comes back from Orlando and the children are waiting in the living room. Jack comes out of a room and walks past them. They are asking him what's wrong but he doesn't say anything. Jack walks out the door and slams it behind them. Adrienne comes out and starts explaining the situation to the children. Amanda gets mad and storms out of the room and slams the door to her bedroom, but Danny just hugs his mom and cries.
A little while later Adrienne finally gets a letter from Paul. He says that he wants to get to know her better while he's down in South America and that he can't wait to come back to her at the end of his trip. They begin writing to each other all the time and Adrienne starts carving a new wooden box. She looks so happy and people start to notice. Finally Paul plans a trip to come see Adrienne and she is on the phone with her friend from the bed and breakfast telling her that she's making the same dinner that they had on the first night that he was there. She's so happy and excited to see him.
Waiting for Paul for a few moments, she eventually calls the airline to see if he was on the plane but they refuse to give her any information. The next morning the doorbell rings and she answers it to see Paul's son, Mark (James Franco). He's holding a box for her. He comes in and begins to tell her a story about his dad. He says that when he got there he was a changed man. He thought his dad was going to try and take over the hospital down there but all he did was work. They were finally beginning to get along again. Then there was a flood and they had been trying to remove medical supplies from their building before they would be washed away. Paul ran into the building to get supplies and just then the building was over run by a mudslide. Everything was washed away and Paul died. Mark said that Paul was a better man because of Adrienne. He leaves and she starts looking through the box he gave her. There were letters in there from her and to her. She looks at them and holds them to her chest and begins to cry hard.
The next morning they show the kids get home from their weekend with their dad. Danny runs in the house wanting to tell his mom something but they can't find her. Eventually they come to the kitchen and see he sitting at the dining room table in her pajamas with her feet up on the table. She doesn't say anything or even look at them. Amanda tells Danny to go upstairs and he leaves. From then on the daughter starts taking care of her mom. Adrienne is very depressed and sleeps a lot after that. Then one day she seems to be a little better and Amanda comes and asks her what's wrong. She begins by telling her that she loves her father Jack because he's their father but that there is a different kind of love. She tells her that she deserves to have that kind of love in her life someday and not to settle for less. Then she starts to tell her about Paul and shows her some pictures of him in South America and the letters that he wrote to her and some that she wrote to him. They both cry and they look at the new box her mom had made for Paul. She was going to give it to him when he came to visit.
Adrienne then goes to the beach where they had walked before and the breeze is strong and the waves are pretty high. Just then a herd of the wild horses come through and are running right by Adrienne. She can't believe that they are there! She just cries and loves the moment.
Directed by : George C. Wolfe Produced by : Denise Di Novi Written by : Nicholas Sparks (novel) Ann Peacock Starring : Diane Lane Richard Gere James Franco Scott Glenn Christopher Meloni Mae Whitman Distributed by : Warner Bros. Release date(s) September 26, 2008 Budget N/A Official website : N/A Poster :Eagle Eye 2008 Poster
Eagle Eye is a 2008 action/thriller film directed by D.J. Caruso and starring Shia LaBeouf and Michelle Monaghan. The two portray a slacker and a single mother, respectively, both of whom are framed as terrorists and are coerced into carrying out the terrorist cell's plot. Plot The film begins with the armed forces getting a lead on a suspected terrorist. As the man is a recluse, getting a positive ID proves difficult, and the system recommends that the mission be aborted. The fact that he is apparently attending a funeral makes those present all the more nervous. The Secretary of Defense (Michael Chiklis) agrees with the abort recommendation, but the President orders the mission be carried out anyway. This turns into a political backlash when all those killed turn out to be civilians, and retaliatory bombings are carried out in response.
Following the funeral of his successful twin brother, Ethan, Jerry Shaw (Shia LaBeouf) returns home to find his apartment filled with a large amount of weapons, explosives, and forged documents. He receives a phone call from an unknown woman, who explains that the FBI are about to apprehend him in thirty seconds and that he must escape. Not believing her, he is caught by the FBI, led by Agent Thomas Morgan (Billy Bob Thornton) and Air Force Office of Special Investigations Special Agent Zoe Perez (Rosario Dawson). The unknown woman arranges Jerry's escape and has him join up with single mother Rachel Holloman (Michelle Monaghan). Holloman is being coerced into helping by the woman, who threatens to kill her son, Sam, a trumpet player on his way to Washington, D.C. from Chicago for a band recital.
The woman helps the pair to avoid the police and FBI units, demonstrating the ability to remotely control virtually any networked device, such as traffic lights, cell phones, and even automated cranes. While Jerry and Rachel follow her instructions, the woman has a crystal explosive made into a necklace and its sound-based trigger placed inside Sam's trumpet. Jerry and Rachel are led to Washington, D.C. through various means. Along the way, they are introduced to the woman, who is actually a top secret super-computer called ARIA tasked with gathering intelligence from all over the world. ARIA, the overtaken computer, can control virtually anything electronic to that end. In light of the mistake made by the President at the beginning of the film, ARIA has decided that the executive branch is a threat to the public good and must be eliminated. She has decided to leave the Secretary of Defense, who agreed with her recommendation to abort, as the successor to the presidency. She does not reveal this to Jerry or Rachel, merely explaining that she is trying to help the people of the United States.
At the Pentagon, where ARIA is housed, Agent Perez discovers that Ethan worked as a technician for the computer and locked it down to prevent ARIA from carrying out her plan. Perez warns the Secretary of Defense and they discuss the situation in a sealed room to prevent ARIA from hearing their conversation. Jerry and Rachel arrive at the Pentagon and are led to the super computer, where ARIA forces Jerry to impersonate Ethan and use an override code allowing her to go ahead with the plan. Following this, Rachel had been instructed by ARIA to eliminate Jerry so that he would not be able to lock the computer down as Ethan had, but she cannot bring herself to kill him. Jerry and Rachel split up and Jerry is caught by Agent Morgan, who, having been warned by Agent Perez, believes him and takes him to the United States Capitol. On their way, however, ARIA sends a Predator B UCAV after them. Agent Morgan sacrifices himself to destroy the craft and save Jerry.
Meanwhile, Agent Perez returns to the super computer and is successful in destroying it, but not before ARIA uploads roughly a quarter of her memory to another location. Rachel is given the explosive necklace and sent to watch the President's speech. Sam's class, whose recital has been moved from the Kennedy Center to the Capitol for the President's State of the Union Address, begins to play. The trigger that will set off the explosive necklace is set to activate when Sam plays a high F on his trumpet corresponding to the word "free" in the last verse of the anthem. Jerry fires Morgan's pistol into the air, stopping the performance and emptying the room, but provoking a Secret Service agent to shoot him in the shoulder.
In the aftermath of the chaos ARIA caused, the Secretary of Defense urges that another super computer should not be built. Ethan posthumously receives the Medal of Honor while Jerry, injured but alive and well, receives the Congressional Gold Medal. The film ends with Jerry attending Sam's birthday party. Rachel thanks him for attending and kisses him on the cheek. She then tells Jerry that she is glad that he is there. After a second of silence, Jerry tells her, "Me too," and the film ends.
Directed by : D.J. Caruso Produced by : Steven Spielberg Alex Kurtzman Roberto Orci Pat Crowley Ed McDonnell Written by : Dan McDermott Eli Attie John Glenn Travis Wright Hillary Seitz Starring : Shia LaBeouf Michelle Monaghan Rosario Dawson Billy Bob Thornton Cameron Boyce Distributed by : DreamWorks Pictures Release date(s) September 26, 2008 Budget $73 million Official website : N/A Poster :Eagle Eye 2008 Poster
Miracle at St. Anna is an upcoming 2008 war film directed by Spike Lee and written by James McBride, based on McBride's novel of the same name. The film is set to be released September 26, 2008. The film is set during World War II, in fall of 1944 in Tuscany and in contemporary New York City and Rome. Plot Miracle at St. Anna follows four black soldiers of the all-black 92nd Infantry Division who get trapped near a small Tuscan village on the Gothic Line during the Italian Campaign of World War II after one of them risks his life to save an Italian boy.
The story is inspired by the August 1944 Sant'Anna di Stazzema massacre perpetrated by the Waffen-SS. There is also a reference to a sculpted head from Ponte Santa Trinita in Florence that acts as a macguffin.
Igor is a 2008 computer animated comedy film, a humorous take on the fictional character Igor. The cast includes John Cusack, Sean Hayes, Steve Buscemi, John Cleese, Eddie Izzard, Paul Vogt, and Molly Shannon. The plot revolves around Igor (voiced by Cusack) and his dreams of winning first place at the annual Evil Science Fair. The movie opens September 19, 2008.
Directed by : Tony Leondis Produced by : John D. Eraklis Max Howard John McKenna Darius A. Kamali Matthew Parker Jamee Deruso Jean Luc De Fanti Written by : Chris McKenna Starring : John Cusack Steve Buscemi John Cleese Eddie Izzard Molly Shannon Paul Vogt Distributed by : MGM (USA) The Weinstein Company (UK & USA) Alliance Films (Canada & France) Universal Studios Release date(s) September 19, 2008 Budget N/A Official website : N/A Poster :Igor 2008 Poster
My Best Friend's Girl is a 2008 comedy film by Howard Deutch and stars Jason Biggs, Kate Hudson, Dane Cook, Alec Baldwin, and Lizzy Caplan. Plot Tank (Dane Cook) is put to the ultimate friendship test when his best friend Dustin (Jason Biggs) hires him to take his ex-girlfriend Alexis (Kate Hudson) on a lousy date just to show her how great her former boyfriend is.
Directed by : Howard Deutch Produced by : Adam Herz Dane Cook Written by : Jordan Cahan Starring : Jason Biggs Kate Hudson Dane Cook Alec Baldwin Lizzy Caplan Distributed by : Lionsgate Release date(s) September 19, 2008 Budget $65 million Official website : N/A Poster :My Best Friend's Girl 2008 Poster
Lakeview Terrace is an upcoming film set to be released in September 19, 2008.
Plot In Lakeview Terrace, a young couple Chris Mattson (Patrick Wilson) and Lisa Mattson (Kerry Washington) have just moved into their California dream home when they become the target of their next-door neighbor, who disapproves of their interracial relationship. A stern, single father, this tightly wound LAPD officer Abel Turner (Samuel L. Jackson) has appointed himself the watchdog of the neighborhood. His nightly foot patrols and overly watchful eyes bring comfort to some, but he becomes increasingly harassing to the newlyweds. These persistent intrusions into their lives ultimately turn tragic when the couple decides to fight back.
Directed by : Neil LaBute Produced by : Jeffrey Graup James Lassiter David Loughery Will Smith Written by : David Loughery Howard Korder Starring : Samuel L. Jackson Kerry Washington Patrick Wilson Distributed by : Screen Gems Release date(s) September 19, 2008 Budget N/A Official website : N/A Poster :Lakeview Terrace 2008 Poster
Righteous Kill is an upcoming action and crime film that will star Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, Donnie Wahlberg, and Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson. The film will be released on September 12, 2008.
Plot A pair of veteran New York City police detectives are on the trail of a vigilante serial killer.
After 30 years as partners in the pressure cooker environment of the NYPD, highly decorated Detectives David Fisk and Thomas Cowan should be ready for retirement, but aren’t.
Before they can hang up their badges, they are called in to investigate the murder of a notorious pimp, which appears to have ties to a case they solved years before. Like the original murder, the victim is a suspected criminal whose body is found accompanied by a four line poem justifying the killing. When additional crimes take place, it becomes clear the detectives are looking for a serial killer, one who targets criminals that have fallen through the cracks of the judicial system. His mission is to do what the cops can’t do on their own — take the culprits off the streets for good. The similarities between the recent killings and their earlier case raise a nagging question: Did they put the wrong man behind bars?
Directed by : Jon Avnet Produced by : Avi Lerner Boaz Davidson Daniel M. Rosenberg Lati Grobman Randall Emmett Written by : Russell Gewirtz Starring : Robert De Niro Al Pacino Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson Distributed by : Overture Films (USA) Lions Gate Entertainment (UK) Release date(s) September 12, 2008 Budget $60,000,000 Official website : Not Available Poster :Righteous Kill Poster
The Family That Preys is an upcoming 2008 comedy-drama film written and directed by Tyler Perry, who also co-produced and co-stars. The film starring Alfre Woodard, Kathy Bates, Sanaa Lathan. The film focuses on "two families from different sides of the tracks that become intimately involved in love and business".
Plot Wealthy socialite Charlotte Cartwright (Kathy Bates) and her dear friend Alice Pratt (Alfre Woodard), a working class woman of high ideals, have enjoyed a lasting friendship throughout many years. Suddenly, their lives become mired in turmoil as their adult children’s extramarital affairs, unethical business practices and a dark paternity secret threaten to derail family fortunes and unravel the lives of all involved.
Alice’s self-centered newlywed daughter Andrea (Sanaa Lathan) is betraying her trusting husband Chris (Rockmond Dunbar) by engaging in a huge affair (as opposed to a small one) with her boss and mother’s best friend’s son William (Cole Hauser).
While cheating on his wife Jillian (Kadee Strickland) with a string of ongoing dalliances with his mistress Andrea, William’s true focus is to replace the COO of his mother’s lucrative construction corporation.
Meanwhile, Alice’s other daughter Pam (Taraji P. Henson), a kind but no nonsense woman married to a hard working construction worker, Ben (Tyler Perry), tries to steer the family in a more positive direction. The film will be released September 12, 2008.
"Follow Your Heart. But Watch Your Back"
Directed by : Tyler Perry Produced by : Tyler Perry Roger M. Bobb Michael Paseornek Karen Gorodetzky Written by : Tyler Perry Starring : Tyler Perry Sanaa Lathan Alfre Woodard Rockmond Dunbar Kathy Bates Robin Givens Cole Hauser Taraji P. Henson KaDee Strickland Distributed by : Lionsgate Release date(s) September 12, 2008 Budget Not Available Official website : Not Available Poster :The Family That Preys Poster
Burn After Reading is an upcoming black comedy film, set for a September 12, 2008 release, starring John Malkovich, George Clooney, Tilda Swinton, Frances McDormand and Brad Pitt, and made by Joel and Ethan Coen. The film is due to premiere on August 27, 2008 when it will open the 2008 Venice Film Festival.
Plot Ozzie Cox (John Malkovich) is a CIA veteran afraid of being fired. He puts his memoirs on disk and accidentally leaves it at a gym. Chad Feldheimer (Brad Pitt), who works at the gym, finds the disc and intends to blackmail Cox with his boss Linda Litzke (Frances McDormand). Harry Pfarrer (George Clooney) who is assigned to recover the disc is also sleeping with Katie Cox (Tilda Swinton), Ozzie's wife.
Directed by : Joel Coen Ethan Coen Produced by : Joel Coen Ethan Coen Written by : Joel Coen Ethan Coen Starring : John Malkovich George Clooney Frances McDormand Brad Pitt Tilda Swinton Richard Jenkins David Rasche Distributed by : Focus Features Working Title Films Release date(s) September 12, 2008 Budget $20 million Official website : Not Available Poster :Burn After Reading Poster
The Women is 2008 American comedy film written and directed by Diane English. It is an updated adaptation of the 1939 George Cukor film of the same name, which was based on the 1936 play by Clare Boothe Luce. In the original film, most of the characters were Manhattan socialites whose primary interest was idle gossip. In the 2008 version, several are working in the fields of fashion design and publishing, and the character of Alex Fisher is openly lesbian. The film, which was produced by Victoria Pearman and Mick Jagger of Jagged Films, Bill Johnson of Inferno Productions, and English, is being released by Picturehouse, a joint venture of HBO and New Line Cinema.
Plot The central character is clothing designer Mary Haines, who lives in a beautiful country home with her wealthy financier husband and their 11-year-old daughter. Her best friend Sylvia Fowler is the editor of a prominent fashion magazine, a woman who dictates the latest in taste and style for New York City fashionistas. When Mary's husband becomes involved with Crystal Allen, a perfume salesgirl in Saks Fifth Avenue, her friendship with Sylvia is put to the test. Everyone in their close-knit circle of friends, including mother Edie Cohen and author Alex Fisher, begins to question their loyalty to each other and their romantic involvements.
Directed by : Diane English Produced by : Diane English Mick Jagger Written by : Diane English Starring : Meg Ryan Eva Mendes Annette Bening Debra Messing Jada Pinkett Smith Distributed by : Picturehouse Release date(s) September 12, 2008 Budget $18 million Official website : Not Available Poster :The Women Poster
Bangkok Dangerous is a 2008 crime film written and directed by the Pang Brothers and starring Nicolas Cage. It is a remake of the Pangs' 1999 debut film, Bangkok Dangerous, a Thai film for which Cage's production company, Saturn Films, purchased the remake rights. Known by its working title, Big Hit in Bangkok, and also as Time to Kill, it began filming in Bangkok in August 2006, with locations that include Soi Cowboy.) Plot The life of an anonymous assassin takes an unexpected turn when he travels to Thailand to complete a series of contract killings. Joe (NicolasCage), a remorsel hitman, is in Bangkok to execute four enemies of a ruthless crime boss named surat.He hires kong (Shahkrit Yamnarm), a street punk and pick pocket, to run errands for him with the intention of covering his tracks by killing him at the end of the assignment. Strangely, joe, the ultimate lone wolf, instead finds himself mentoring the young man while simultaneously being drawn into a tentative romance with a local shop girl. As he falls further under the sway of bangkok's intoxicating beauty, joe begins to question his isolated existence and let down his guard Sjust as Surat decides it's time to clean house
Directed by : The Pang Brothers Produced by : Norman Golightly Graham King William Sherak Jason Shuman Written by : The Pang Brothers Jason Richman Starring : Nicolas Cage Charlie Yeung Chakrit Yamnam Distributed by : Initial Entertainment Release date(s) September 5, 2008 Budget $45 million Official website : Bangkok Dangerous Official Website Poster :Bangkok Dangerous Poster
College is a 2008 film comedy starring Drake Bell, Andrew Caldwell, and Kevin Covais and directed by first-time director Deb Hagan. It is scheduled to be to be released on August 29, 2008 (moved up from April 4, 2008) Plot After Kevin (Drake Bell), a high school senior, gets dumped by his girlfriend for being too boring, he doesn’t want to go to the freshman orientation weekend at Fairmont University, where they had planned to go together. But his best friends Carter (Andrew Caldwell) and Morris (Kevin Covais) convince him that the weekend away will help get his mind off her. Once there, one of the rowdiest fraternities on campus decides to recruit them as “pledges” in return for granting them access to the college party scene. Though forced to put up with the disgusting antics of fraternity brothers Teague (Nick Zano), Bearcat (Gary Owen), and Cooper (Zach Cregger), the guys meet sorority girls Kendall (Haley Bennett), Heather (Camille Mana), and Amy (Nathalie Walker), and sparks fly all around. But once Teague feels threatened by Kevin’s new relationship with Kendall, he takes the pre-frosh humiliation to a greater level, and the guys decide to fight back, pulling a huge prank that SpoileR lands them on top.
Directed by : Deb Hagan Produced by : Malcolm Petal Julie Dangel Written by : Dan Callahan Adam Ellison Starring : Drake Bell Andrew Caldwell Ryan Pinkston Kevin Covais Nick Zano Zach Cregger Gary Owen Haley Bennett Camille Mana May'tay Williams Nathalie Walker Distributed by : MGM Release date(s) August 29, 2008 Budget $7 million Official website : College Official Website Poster :College Poster
Traitor is a 2008 espionage thriller film, based on an idea by Steve Martin (who is also executive producing), and written and directed by Jeffrey Nachmanoff. It is being produced by Overture Films, and starring Don Cheadle as a US Army Special Forces Engineer Sergeant, and Guy Pearce as an FBI agent. The film is being produced by Don Cheadle, David Hoberman, Todd Lieberman, and Jeff Silver. The project has been in development since 2002, and was originally set to be produced by Walt Disney Pictures, but was dropped due to management change.hands on it.
Directed by : Jeffrey Nachmanoff Produced by : Don Cheadle, David Hoberman, Todd Lieberman, Jeff Silver, Ashok Amritraj, Arlene Gibbs, Kay Lieberman Steve Martin Written by : Jeffrey Nachmanoff Starring : Don Cheadle, Guy Pearce, Jeff Daniels Distributed by : Walt Disney Pictures Release date(s) August 29, 2008 Budget Not Available Official website : Not Available Poster :Traitor Poster
Babylon A.D. is a 2008 science fiction film based on the novel Babylon Babies by Maurice Georges Dantec. The film is being directed by Mathieu Kassovitz and stars Vin Diesel. Babylon A.D will be released on August 29, 2008 in the United States. Plot In the near future, Toorop (Vin Diesel) is a mercenary who takes the job of escorting a woman from Eastern Europe to New York. While he thinks this is just an ordinary mission, he gradually finds out that his guest is carrying an organism that has the potential to become the next Messiah — and everybody wants to get their hands on it.
Disaster Movie is an upcoming 2008 comedy film that spoofs disaster films. It is written and directed by Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer, and stars Carmen Electra, Kim Kardashian, Matt Lanter, Nicole Parker, Crista Flanagan and Vanessa Minnillo.The film is scheduled to be released by Lionsgate on August 29, 2008. Plot A group of people try to make their way to safety while every known natural disaster and catastrophic event hits the city and their path as they try to solve a series of mysteries to end the rampant destruction.
Directed by : Jason Friedberg Aaron Seltzer Produced by : Jason Friedberg Aaron Seltzer Written by : Jason Friedberg Aaron Seltzer Starring : Carmen Electra Kim Kardashian Matt Lanter Vanessa Minnillo Nicole Parker Crista Flanagan Distributed by : Lionsgate Release date(s) August 29, 2008 Budget Not Available Official website : http://www.disastermovie.net/ Poster :Disaster Movie Poster 510 × 755
The Longshots is a 2008 comedy-drama film sports movie based on the real life events of young athlete Jasmine Plummer. She was the first female to participate in the Pop Warner football tournament.
Plot Curtis Plummer a down on his luck former high school football star turns his niece, Jasmine, into the quarterback of the local team, the Minden Browns, and gets his stride back when he becomes the team coach. With Curtis as their new leader and their pigtail-wearing star player, this team of misfits wins its way to the Pop Warner Super Bowl and the small city of Minden, Illinois, is ignited with team spirit, town pride and the glory.
Directed by : Fred Durst Produced by : Matt Alvarez Ice Cube Nick Santora Written by : Doug Atchison Nick Santora Starring : Ice Cube Keke Palmer Tasha Smith Jill Marie Jones Dash Mihok Distributed by : Dimension Films Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer(MGM) Release date(s) August 22, 2008 Budget Not Available Official website : Not Available
For more than a century, the tale of Jekyll and Hyde has captivated the world imagination. In this chilling and diabolically clever reinvention, evil lives again. Dr. Henry Jekyll (Dougray Scott, Desperate Housewives), is a well-regarded physician whose evenings are spent researching a rare and sacred Amazonian flower so potent it’s said to literally separate the soul, giving life to man’s Dark Self. The obsessive experiments to isolate its psychotropic properties happen to coincide with a series of brutal murders gripping the city with fear. Jekyll knows it’s no coincidence. While his nights are lost to him, he awakens with bloody mementos and violent memories of the screams of his victims. He knows the Dark Self is coming into his own. It’s even given himself a name: Mr. Edward Hyde.
The House Bunny is a 2008 comedy film written by Legally Blonde screenwriters Kirsten Smith and Karen McCullah Lutz. The film is slated to be released on August 22, 2008 and stars Anna Faris, Colin Hanks, Emma Stone, Katharine McPhee, Rumer Willis and Kat Dennings. It is the second film that Fred Wolf has directed. Adam Sandler's production company Happy Madison, will produce the film, with distribution by Sony Pictures Entertainment. Anna Faris expressed the idea of a Playboy Bunny who gets kicked out to a few companies, and Happy Madison picked it up, making it the first female dominate film Happy Madison has produced. Anna Faris also produced the film. The working title of the film was I Know What Boys Like.
Plot Shelley Darlington (Anna Faris), a Playboy Bunny, teaches an awkward sorority about the opposite sex – only to learn that what boys really like is what's on the inside. Shelley is living a carefree life until a rival gets her tossed out of the Playboy Mansion. With nowhere to go, fate delivers her to the sorority girls from Zeta Alpha Zeta. Unless they can sign a new pledge class, the seven socially clueless women will lose their house to the scheming girls of Phi Iota Mu. In order to accomplish their goal, they need Shelley to teach them the ways of makeup and men; at the same time, Shelley needs some of what the Zetas have – a sense of individuality. The combination leads all the girls to learn how to stop pretending and start being themselves.
Directed by : Fred Wolf Produced by : Allen Covert Anna Faris Adam Sandler Written by : Kirsten Smith Karen McCullah Lutz Starring : Anna Faris Emma Stone Colin Hanks Katharine McPhee Rumer Willis Kat Dennings Beverly D'Angelo Kiely Williams Distributed by : Columbia Pictures Happy Madison Release date(s) USA - August 22, 2008, Budget Not Available Official website : http://www.sonypictures.com/movies/thehousebunny/
Death Race is an upcoming action film written and directed by Paul W. S. Anderson. The film is a remake of the 1975 film Death Race 2000 and stars Jason Statham in the lead role. The remake had been in development since 2002, though production was delayed by disapproval of early screenplays then placed in turnaround following a dispute between Paramount Pictures and the producer duo Tom Cruise and Paula Wagner. Death Race was acquired by Universal Studios, and Anderson re-joined the project to write and direct. Filming began in Montreal in August 2007, and Death Race is slated for a release on August 22, 2008.
Plot In a future America, prison inmates are forced to compete against each other in a driving arena. The prison warden (Joan Allen) coerces a prisoner with only weeks before his release (Jason Statham) into becoming a driver. The prisoner becomes a crowd favorite known as Frankenstein.
Directed by : Paul W. S. Anderson Produced by : Paul W. S. Anderson Jeremy Bolt Roger Corman Paula Wagner Written by : Paul W. S. Anderson Starring : Jason Statham Joan Allen Tyrese Gibson Ian McShane Natalie Martinez Distributed by : Universal Pictures Release date(s) August 22, 2008 Budget Not Available Official website : http://www.deathracemovie.net/
Fly Me to the Moon is a CGI animated feature film. It was released on January 30, 2008 in Belgium, and will be released only in digital 3D theaters and IMAX theaters in the USA on August 15, 2008. It is the first animated film to be designed, created, and released exclusively in 3-D. It will only be released in 3D-capable theaters; a standard, non-3-D version of the film does not exist. Fly Me to the Moon is directed by Ben Stassen and produced by nWave Pictures in association with Illuminata Pictures.
The total production budget of Fly Me to the Moon is €17.3 million. nWave financed about 75% of the budget itself. To raise the rest, investors could benefit from Belgium’s Tax Shelter system. The Flanders Audiovisual Fund contributed €100,000, 10% of its annual budget for animation.
Well before the release of the film, a 13-minute version of Fly Me to the Moon could be experienced at theme parks such as Bellewaerde in Ypres, Belgium. Many Six Flags parks in the US currently show the same version, but in English instead.
Plot : A tween-aged fly named Nat and his two best friends, I.Q. and Scooter, build a “fly-sized” rocket in a field across from Cape Canaveral, Florida, where the Apollo 11 sits on its launch pad. From his earliest memory, Nat remembers his grandfather, Amos, telling him of his daring rescue of Amelia Earhart as she crossed the Atlantic Ocean on her historic flight. Wanting to be an adventurer like his Grandpa, Nat knows what he has to do. Defying the notion that “Dreamers get swatted!” he tells his friends his plan to get aboard the Apollo 11 and go to the moon. His buddies, with some reluctance, are in. The next morning, as their families realize they are missing, the three flies make it to Space Center command. In their homemade space suits, Nat, I.Q. and Scooter stow away inside the space helmets of astronauts Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins. As they blast off, our three tiny adventurers are about to make some history of their own.
Back on earth, Grandpa, Mom and the others watch TV to get news of their offspring’s adventure. As the astronauts appear on camera, the heroic flies wave in the background, visible to other flies but barely seen by humans – except for an attentive NASA team member, who informs Armstrong that there appear to be “contaminants” on board. One other problem: In far-away Russia, there are other flies watching TV - Russian flies that cannot tolerate American flies getting to the moon first. A Russian plan is hatched and operatives are enlisted to interfere with the US mission. Mother Russia puts all its hopes of success on the back of one nasty operative named Yegor. Fortunately, a pretty Russian fly named Nadia also sees the flies on board and hears Nat calling out his Grandpa’s name, the very name of the fly Nadia met in Paris and loved so many years ago.
Back on board the space ship, as the burn cycle to enter the moons orbit begins, the capsule starts to shake violently. There’s a short circuit in a control panel that must be fixed manually or the ship won’t be able to complete its mission. Nat and I.Q. fly through a maze of wires, find the problem and repair it just in time. Unaware of the flies’ aid, the ship enters orbit and all is well... or so they think. Just as they congratulate each other, the little flies are sprayed with a numbing aerosol and are captives in a test tube vial – contaminants indeed. A screenshot of the film A screenshot of the film
The flies manage to break the vial. Nat sneaks into Armstrong’s helmet just in the nick of time. The Lunar Module lands on the surface of the moon. From inside the helmet, Nat beams with every awe-inspiring historic step. I.Q. and Scooter join him on the surface inside Aldrin’s helmet. Back on earth, other plots are being set in motion. After more than 50 years apart, Nadia finds Grandpa, though the joy of their reunion is brief. She tells Grandpa and Nat’s Mom about the Russian plot to divert the mission to crash directly into Mount Rushmore. Yegor must be stopped. Nat’s Mom faints while Grandpa takes off with a renewed youthful vow to save his grandson. At Mission Control, the Russian operatives have infiltrated and are preparing to alter the descent codes. Unaware of the potential danger looming, the astronauts and the little flies sit back and prepare to come back home as heroes.
Grandpa, Nat’s Mom and Nadia join forces to stop Yegor and the Russian plan as Apollo 11 hurtles closer and closer toward earth. In a series of death-defying stunts, they crush the Russian threat. Apollo 11 splashes down safely in the Pacific Ocean, the world still totally unaware of the three little flies on board who made it all possible. Returning as heroes, the three little flies share a slogan embraced by all: “Adventure forever! Dreamers get swatted? Never!”
Directed by : Ben Stassen Produced by : Domonic Paris Written by : Domonic Paris Starring : Nicollette Sheridan Tim Curry Christopher Lloyd Robert Patrick Kelly Ripa Adrienne Barbeau Ed Begley Jr. Buzz Aldrin (voices) Distributed by : Summit Entertainment Release date(s) August 15, 2008 Budget €17.3 million Official website : www.flymetothemoonthemovie.com/
The Longshots is a 2008 comedy-drama film sports movie based on the real life events of young athlete Jasmine Plummer. She was the first female to participate in the Pop Warner football tournament.
The House Bunny is a 2008 comedy film written by Legally Blonde screenwriters Kirsten Smith and Karen McCullah Lutz. The film is slated to be released on August 22, 2008 and stars Anna Faris, Colin Hanks, Emma Stone, Katharine McPhee, Rumer Willis and Kat Dennings. It is the second film that Fred Wolf has directed. Adam Sandler's production company Happy Madison, will produce the film, with distribution by Sony Pictures Entertainment. Anna Faris expressed the idea of a Playboy Bunny who gets kicked out to a few companies, and Happy Madison picked it up, making it the first female dominate film Happy Madison has produced. Anna Faris also produced the film. The working title of the film was I Know What Boys Like.
Death Race is an upcoming action film written and directed by Paul W. S. Anderson. The film is a remake of the 1975 film Death Race 2000 and stars Jason Statham in the lead role. The remake had been in development since 2002, though production was delayed by disapproval of early screenplays then placed in turnaround following a dispute between Paramount Pictures and the producer duo Tom Cruise and Paula Wagner. Death Race was acquired by Universal Studios, and Anderson re-joined the project to write and direct. Filming began in Montreal in August 2007, and Death Race is slated for a release on August 22, 2008.
Fly Me to the Moon is a CGI animated feature film. It was released on January 30, 2008 in Belgium, and will be released only in digital 3D theaters and IMAX theaters in the USA on August 15, 2008. It is the first animated film to be designed, created, and released exclusively in 3-D. It will only be released in 3D-capable theaters; a standard, non-3-D version of the film does not exist. Fly Me to the Moon is directed by Ben Stassen and produced by nWave Pictures in association with Illuminata Pictures.
