Letters to God is an upcoming Christian film directed by David Nixon and starring Robyn Lively, Jeffrey Johnson, Tanner Maguire, Michael Bolten and Bailee Madison. Filming began in Florida, and is set to be released April 9, 2010. It is based on a true story, and was shot at several Orlando, Florida locations. The official trailer was released Christmas week, but Christianity Today was given early access to it.
Plot
Tyler Doherty (Tanner Maguire) is an extraordinary eight-year-old boy. Surrounded by a loving family and community, and armed with the courage of his faith, he faces his daily battle against cancer with bravery and grace. Tyler’s prayers take the form of letters, which he daily writes and mails. The letters find their way into the hands of postman Brady McDaniels (Jeffrey Johnson), who is at a crossroads in his life. He is suffering from alcohol abuse and dispirited by divorce.
At first, he is confused and conflicted over what to do with the letters. Overtime he begins to form a friendship with the Doherty family – getting to know not just Tyler but his tough, tender yet overwhelmed mom (Robyn Lively), stalwart grandmother (Maree Cheatham) and teen brother Ben (Michael Bolten) – all of whom are trying to stand strong against the doubts that come over Tyler's cancer and its effect on their lives. Moved by Tyler’s courage, Brady realizes what he must do with the letters, a surprise decision that will transform his heart and uplift his newfound friends and community.
Directed by
David Nixon
Produced by
Art D'Alessandro
Written by
Patrick Doughtie
Art D'Alessandro
Thrift Douglas
Cullen Douglas
Starring
Robyn Lively
Jeffrey Johnson
Tanner Maguire
Bailee Madison
Michael Bolten
Kick-Ass is a 2010 British/American superhero comedy film based on the comic book of the same name by Mark Millar and John Romita, Jr. The film is directed by Matthew Vaughn, produced by Vaughn and actor Brad Pitt, the script written by Vaughn and Jane Goldman. The film premiered March 26, 2010 in the United Kingdom and is due to premiere April 16, 2010 in the United States.
The film tells the story of teenage Dave Lizewski who sets out to become a real life superhero only to get caught up in a bigger fight. He meets Big Daddy, a former cop who, in his quest to bring down an evil drug lord Frank D'Amico (Mark Strong), has trained his eleven-year-old daughter to be the ruthless vigilante Hit-Girl.
Plot
Dave Lizewski (Aaron Johnson), a typical teenage boy, wonders why no one has ever decided to become a real-life superhero like the heroes in the comic books. His friends at a comic book store told him that if anyone did become a superhero, they would get their ass kicked. Dave fails at his first attempt to fight crime, he is beaten, stabbed, and hit by a car. He convinces paramedics to say nothing of his costume and pretends he was brought in naked. In hospital for several weeks he is left with metal holding his bones together which he says makes him look like Wolverine. He has also suffered nerve damage which gives him an above average ability to take a beating. When he returns to school, his longtime crush, Katie Deauxma (Lyndsy Fonseca), seems more interested in him. His friends explain she thinks he is gay and wants to take care of him. Lizewski goes along with this in an effort to spend time with her.
Dave remains undeterred by his earlier setback, and ends up intervening in a gang fight outside a diner. Dressed in costume and using two modified night-sticks, he fights off three men. As the fight ends, a man who has been recording the event on his phone, asks Dave who he is, and he replies: "I'm Kick-Ass". The video is posted on the internet and soon becomes an internet phenomenon, making Kick-Ass an overnight sensation.
As Kick-Ass, Dave sets up a MySpace account, so people can contact him for help and is overwhelmed with responses. While spending time with Katie, she admits she was being harassed by a lowlife drug dealer, and Lizewski convinces her to ask Kick-Ass for help. He investigates and ends up in an apartment full of violent lowlifes who try to kill him. He is rescued by a costumed, sword-wielding young girl named Hit-Girl (Chloë Grace Moretz), who kills all the attackers and then leaves to join her father, Damon Macready (Nicolas Cage), whose alias is Big Daddy. Hit-Girl (Mindy Macready) jumps across the rooftops and tells Kick-Ass to follow her, but he is afraid to jump, so they leave without him. Later Kick-Ass is visited at home by Hit-Girl and Big Daddy who have tracked him from his MySpace account. Hit-Girl and Big Daddy inform Kick-Ass that they can work together, and should he need help then he should set his MySpace status to "on vacation" and they will arrange a visit.
Meanwhile, local crime syndicate leader Frank D'Amico (Mark Strong) hears of the deaths of many of his men, with many people believing that the new star, Kick-Ass, is responsible. In searching for Kick-Ass, D'Amico kills an impersonator who he believes is actually Kick-Ass. Running out of ideas, his son, Chris (Christopher Mintz-Plasse) offers a new idea. Chris' idea involves him becoming the new superhero Red Mist, and enticing Kick-Ass into meeting him. At first, Red Mist attempts to lead Kick-Ass to a warehouse to be killed. They arrive at the warehouse to find it is on fire, and the men are dead. Red Mist retrieves secret surveillance footage and it is clear that Kick-Ass is not responsible for the attacks. Red Mist asks Kick-Ass to call upon the help of Hit-Girl and Big Daddy, and they arrange to meet at a safe house. Red Mist has led his father's gang right to them. As soon as they arrive, Hit-Girl is sitting on a window ledge and Red Mist shoots her, propelling her out of the window and on to the floor below. Kick-Ass and Big Daddy are captured and taken to a warehouse where the gangsters stage an internet broadcast where they intend to unmask and execute the heroes. Severely beaten and about to be set on fire, the lights are shot out and Hit-Girl starts a gun battle, killing off the villains, but a fire starts and Big Daddy is badly burnt. Before the battle concludes, he dies of his injuries. Kick-Ass tries to convince Hit-Girl to quit, but she is determined not to allow the death of her parents to be in vain and makes one last assault on the headquarters of Frank D'Amico.
Hit-Girl enters the building D'Amico is situated in and while posing as a lost schoolgirl, quickly disposes of the guards on the ground floor and moves to the elevator (where she suits up). Upon arrival, she quickly disposes of the majority of the guards, but runs out of ammunition and is forced to take cover in D'Amico's kitchen. Not willing to risk their lives with a direct confrontation with Hit-Girl, one of the henchmen grabs a bazooka stolen from Big Daddy's safe house earlier and prepares to fire, just as Kick-Ass shows up from outside the hotel with a jetpack with two Gatling guns, and opens fire on the henchmen (This is the first time Kick-Ass kills someone). After disposing of them, Kick-Ass and Hit-Girl move into D'Amico's office, and two separate fights ensue between Kick-Ass and Red Mist, and Hit-Girl and Frank D'Amico. While Kick-Ass and Red Mist fight until they knock each other out, Hit-Girl is overwhelmed by the older and stronger D'Amico. As D'Amico is about to shoot Hit-Girl, Kick-Ass appears with the bazooka from earlier and blasts D'Amico out the window, where he explodes in mid-air. Red Mist recovers and grabs his father's sword only to discover that Kick-Ass and Hit-Girl are already leaving. They tell each other their names and say goodbye.
Both Hit-Girl and Kick-Ass retire from crime fighting, with Mindy living a normal life and attending the same school as Dave. Another wave of superheroes have been inspired by his exploits. Red Mist is shown donning a new mask and swearing vengeance, saying "Wait 'til they get a load of me".
Directed by
Matthew Vaughn
Produced by
Matthew Vaughn
Brad Pitt
Kris Thykier
Adam Bohling
Tarquin Pack
David Reid
Written by
Matthew Vaughn
Jane Goldman
Mark Millar (Comic book)
John Romita, Jr. (Comic book illustrator)
Starring
Aaron Johnson
Christopher Mintz-Plasse
Chloë Grace Moretz
Mark Strong
Nicolas Cage
Music by
John Murphy
Henry Jackman
Marius de Vries
Ilan Eshkeri
Cinematography
Ben Davis
Editing by
Pietro Scalia
Jon Harris
Eddie Hamilton
Studio
Marv Films
Plan B Entertainment
Distributed by
Lionsgate
Focus Features
Universal Studios
Release date(s)
26 March 2010 (2010-03-26)
(United Kingdom)
16 April 2010 (2010-04-16)
(United States)
Running time
117 minutes
Country
United Kingdom
United States
Language
English
Budget
$28,000,000
Cast
Aaron Johnson as Dave Lizewski/Kick-Ass
Nicolas Cage as Damon Macready/Big Daddy. Brad Pitt was considered for the role. Vaughn described Cage's performance as a little bit Elvis and a little bit Adam West.
Chloë Grace Moretz as Mindy Macready/Hit-Girl. Vaughn commented on the maturity of Moretz, and she told him having four older brothers, there wasn't much in the script she had not heard before
Mark Strong as Frank D'Amico
Christopher Mintz-Plasse as Chris D'Amico/Red Mist
The Losers is an upcoming action film, and an adaptation of Vertigo and DC Comics' comic book series of the same name. Directed by Sylvain White, the film features an ensemble cast that includes Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Zoe Saldana and Chris Evans. The Losers is due for release in North America on April 23, 2010.
Plot
Five members of an elite United States Special Forces team are sent into the Bolivian jungle. The team find themselves the target of a betrayal instigated from inside by a powerful enemy known only as Max. Believed to be dead, the group makes plans to even the score when they're joined by the mysterious Aisha, a beautiful operative with her own agenda.
Directed by
Sylvain White
Produced by
Joel Silver
Akiva Goldsman
Kerry Foster
Written by
Peter Berg
James Vanderbilt
Andy Diggle (Comic book)
Starring
Jeffrey Dean Morgan
Zoe Saldana
Chris Evans
Idris Elba
Columbus Short
Óscar Jaenada
Jason Patric
Clash of the Titans is a 2010 fantasy film which is a remake of the 1981 film of the same name, itself loosely based on the Greek myth of Perseus. Directed by Louis Leterrier and starring Sam Worthington, the film was originally set for standard release on March 26, 2010. It was later announced that the film would be converted to 3-D and released on April 2, 2010.
Plot
In ancient Greek times, the ultimate struggle for power pits men against kings and kings against the gods. But the war between the gods themselves could destroy the world. Born of a god but raised as a man, Perseus (Sam Worthington) is helpless to save his family from Hades (Ralph Fiennes), vengeful god of the underworld. With nothing left to lose, Perseus volunteers to lead a dangerous mission to defeat Hades before he can seize power from Zeus (Liam Neeson) and unleash hell on earth. Leading a daring band of warriors, Perseus sets off on a perilous journey deep into forbidden worlds. Battling unholy demons and fearsome beasts, he will only survive if he can accept his power as a god, defy his fate and create his own destiny.
Directed by
Louis Leterrier
Produced by
Basil Iwanyk
Kevin De La Noy
Richard D. Zanuck
Written by
Lawrence Kasdan
Travis Beacham
Phil Hay
Matt Manfredi
Starring
Sam Worthington
Alexa Davalos
Danny Huston
Gemma Arterton
Pete Postelthwaite
Ralph Fiennes
Liam Neeson
Music by
Ramin Djawadi
Neil Davidge
Cinematography
Peter Menzies, Jr.
Editing by
Vincent Tabaillon
David Freeman
Studio
Legendary Pictures
Thunder Road Film
The Zanuck Company
The Last Song is an upcoming 2010 American coming-of-age drama film developed alongside the Nicholas Sparks novel by the same name. The film was directed by Julie Anne Robinson in her feature film directorial debut and co-written by Sparks and Jeff Van Wie. The Last Song stars Miley Cyrus, Greg Kinnear, Kelly Preston and Liam Hemsworth and follows a troubled teenager as she reconnects with her estranged father and falls in love during a summer in a quiet Southern beach town. The film will be distributed by Touchstone Pictures, an alternative film label of The Walt Disney Company.
Sparks was approached to write both the film's screenplay and the novel. Sparks completed the screenplay in January 2009, prior to the completion of the novel, making The Last Song his first script to be optioned for film. The setting, originally North Carolina like the novel, changed to Georgia after states campaigned for months to host production. Upon beginning production in Tybee Island, Georgia and nearby Savannah, The Last Song became the first movie to be shot and set in Tybee Island. Filming lasted from June 15 to August 18, 2009 with much of it occurring on the island's beach and pier. The Last Song was originally scheduled for wide release on January 8, 2010, but has since been postponed to March 31, 2010.
PLOT
At seventeen, Veronica "Ronnie" Miller (Miley Cyrus) remains as rebellious and distant as she was the day after her parents' ugly divorce and father's subsequent relocation to Georgia three years ago. Once a classical piano prodigy under the tutelage of her father, Steve Miller (Greg Kinnear), Ronnie now rejects the instrument and has not spoken to her father since he left.While Juilliard School has been interested in her since she was young, Ronnie refuses to attend.
Now, Steve is given the chance to reconnect with his estranged daughter when her mother, Kim (Kelly Preston) sends the rebellious teen and her younger brother, Jonah (Bobby Coleman), to spend the summer with him. Steve, a former Juilliard School professor and concert pianist, now lives a quiet life in Tybee Island, the small Georgia beach town where he grew up, working on a stained glass window for the local church to replace the one the church lost in a fire.
Upon arrival, Ronnie is miserable, hostile and defensive toward all those around her, including handsome, popular Will Blakelee (Liam Hemsworth) - until, after both she and Will become involved in protecting a Loggerhead Sea Turtle nest, she discovers he is deeper than she believed. As Ronnie falls in love with Will, she also manages to bond with her father Steve through the one thing they have in common- music.
Directed by
Julie Anne Robinson
Produced by
Adam Shankman
Jennifer Gibgot
Dara Weintraub (Co-producer)
Tish Cyrus (Executive)
Written by
Nicholas Sparks
Jeff Van Wie
Starring
Miley Cyrus
Greg Kinnear
Kelly Preston
Liam Hemsworth
Music by
Aaron Zigman
Cinematography
John Lindley
Editing by
Nancy Richardson
Distributed by
Touchstone Pictures
Release date(s)
March 31, 2010 (2010-03-31)
Running time
107 minutes
Country
United States
Language
English
Budget
"low $20 millions"
Cast
Miley Cyrus as Veronica "Ronnie" Miller, an angry seventeen year old forced to spend a summer with her estranged father.
Greg Kinnear as Steve Miller, Ronnie and Jonah's father and former Juilliard School professor and concert pianist who moved to Georgia after his divorce. During the summer, Steve reconnects with Ronnie through their mutual love of music. With Jonah's help, Steve also works to reconstruct the centerpiece of the local church, a stained glass window, after the original was destroyed in a fire.
Kelly Preston as Kim, Ronnie and Jonah's mother who raised her children in New York City after her divorce.
Liam Hemsworth as Will Blakelee, a popular and skilled beach volleyball player, Will aspires to attend a top university and volunteers at the Georgia Aquarium. He is Ronnie's love interest.
Bobby Coleman as Jonah Miller, Ronnie's younger brother sent along with his elder sister to Tybee Island.
Nick Lashaway as Marcus, the leader of a gang of thugs who hustle money from beach carnival crowds through spectacular fire juggling performances.
Carly Chaikin as Blaze, a rebel who befriends Ronnie when she is sent to Georgia. However, Blaze betrays Ronnie when she frames Ronnie for shoplifting a watch.
Adam Barnett as Teddy, a young thug adept at hacky sack and juggling, skills he uses as part of Marcus' crew to hustle money.
Nick Searcy as Tom Blakelee, Will's father.
Melissa Ordway as Ashley, Will's ex-girlfriend.
Carrie Malabre as Cassie, Ashley's best friend who aids Ashley in antagonizing Ronnie.
Rhoda Griffis as a Doctor
Lance E. Nichols as Pastor Charlie Harris, the kind, devout Pastor of the local church. He was Steve's first piano teacher, parental figure, and best friend while Steve was growing up.
Hallock Beals as Scott, Will's jealous best friend who tries to create trouble between Will and Ronnie.
Stephanie Leigh Schlund as Megan Blakelee, Will's elder sister who is engaged to be married.
My Sister's Keeper is an upcoming 2009 film adaptation of the novel of the same name by Jodi Picoult starring Cameron Diaz and Alec Baldwin, with Nick Cassavetes directing. It will be released in both the US and the UK on June 26, 2009. It will star Cameron Diaz as Sara and Alec Baldwin as Campbell.
Plot Conceived by means of in vitro fertilization, Anna Fitzgerald (Abigail Breslin) was brought into the world to be a genetic match for her older sister, Kate (Sofia Vassilieva), who suffers from acute promyelocytic leukemia. Their lives have been intertwined because of their donor-recipient relationship from the minute Anna was born. Anna suffers, such as losing the chance to become a cheerleader or soccer player in order to be there when her sister needs her, but when she turns 13 and Kate goes into renal failure, needing Anna's kidney, Anna sues her parents for medical emancipation.
Attorney Campbell Alexander (Alec Baldwin), who has a dog named Judge, agrees to work for Anna pro bono. Later in the movie it is revealed that Judge is Campbell's service dog and he agreed to work for Anna because he is a epileptic and understands what it feels like not being able to have control over ones body.
Directed by : Nick Cassavetes Produced by : Stephen Furst Written by : Novel: Jodi Picoult, Screenplay: Jeremy Leven Cast : Cameron Diaz - Sara Fitzgerald, Alec Baldwin - Campbell Alexander, Abigail Breslin - Anna Fitzgerald, Sofia Vassilieva - Kate Fitzgerald, Jason Patric - Brian Fitzgerald, Evan Ellingson - Jesse Fitzgerald, Elizabeth Daily - Suzanne, Joan Cusack - Judge De Salvo, Thomas Dekker - Taylor Ambrose
State of Play is an upcoming American political thriller scheduled for release in 2009. It is a film adaptation of the critically acclaimed British television serial State of Play, which first aired on BBC One in 2003.State of Play was to be released in the United States towards the end of 2008, but the production delay saw the date changed to April 17, 2009.
Premise The plot will be similar to that of the original six-hour program, retaining several main characters, but condensing and changing certain aspects to fit the two-hour format. The film is set in Washington, D.C. and tells of Stephen Collins (Affleck), a fast-rising United States Congressman with ambitions to become his party's presidential candidate. This goal is threatened after his mistress (a former research assistant) is found dead in suspicious circumstances, while right-wing opponents to Collins' campaign for social reform attempt to use the scandal to kill his political career. During a probe into a series of seemingly unrelated murders, Cal McCaffrey (Crowe), an investigative journalist and Collins' former campaign manager, finds himself tasked with solving the case, becoming romantically involved with the Congressman's estranged wife (Wright Penn) in the process. Directed by : Kevin Macdonald Produced by : Andrew Hauptman, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner Written by : Matthew Michael Carnahan, Tony Gilroy, Peter Morgan, Billy Ray, Paul Abbott Cast : Russell Crowe plays Cal McCaffrey, Ben Affleck plays Congressman Stephen Collins, Helen Mirren plays Cameron Lynne, Rachel McAdams plays Della Frye, Jason Bateman plays Dominic Foy, Michael Berresse plays a "sociopathic assassin". Distributed by : Universal Pictures Release : April 17, 2009 Official website : State of Play Download Trailer : State of Play Trailer
Knowing is an upcoming 2009 science fiction film directed by Alex Proyas and starring Nicolas Cage. The project was originally attached to a number of directors under Columbia Pictures, but it was placed in turnaround and eventually picked up by Escape Artists. Production was financially backed by Summit Entertainment, which will also distribute the film. Knowing was filmed in Melbourne, Australia, using various locations to represent the film's setting, Boston. The film is scheduled to be released on March 20, 2009.
Premise John Koestler (Cage), a professor, finds that the contents of a time capsule at his son's elementary school makes predictions of the future that have come true. The predictions lead the teacher to believe the world is ending, and that he and his son are involved in the apocalypse. Directed by : Alex Proyas Produced by : Todd Black, Jason Blumenthal, Steve Tisch Written by : Alex Proyas, Stuart Hazeldine Cast : Nicolas Cage as John Koestler, a professor, Rose Byrne as Diana Whelhan, Chandler Canterbury as Caleb Koestler, the professor's son
Distributed by : Summit Entertainment Release : March 20, 2009 Official website : Knowing Download Trailer : Knowing Trailer
Watchmen is an upcoming 2009 American superhero film that adapts Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons' 1986 comic book limited series of the same name. Directed by Zack Snyder, the film adaptation stars Patrick Wilson, Jackie Earle Haley, Malin Akerman, Billy Crudup, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Matthew Goode, Stephen McHattie and Carla Gugino. Set in an alternate 1985, the film follows a group of former vigilantes as tensions heighten between the United States and the Soviet Union. The film began shooting in Vancouver in September 2007 for release on March 6, 2009. As with his previous film 300, Snyder closely modeled his storyboards on the comic, but he chose not to shoot all of Watchmen using chroma key and opted for more sets.
Plot The story is set in an alternate 1985 where superheroes exist, Richard Nixon is still president, Vietnam was won by the South, and tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union are at an all-time high. The vigilante Rorschach (Jackie Earle Haley) is investigating the murder of a former hero, the Comedian (Jeffrey Dean Morgan), and uncovers a plot to discredit and murder various heroes. Rorschach discovers a far wider-ranging conspiracy involving his colleagues' past which could completely change the course of history. Directed by : Zack Snyder Produced by : Lawrence Gordon, Lloyd Levin, Deborah Snyder Written by : David Hayter, Alex Tse, Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman, Dave Gibbons, Alan Moore
Cast : Jackie Earle Haley as Walter Kovacs / Rorschach, Patrick Wilson as Daniel Dreiberg / Nite Owl, Malin Akerman as Laurie Juspeczyk / Silk Spectre, Billy Crudup as Dr. Jon Osterman / Doctor Manhattan, Matthew Goode as Adrian Veidt / Ozymandias, Jeffrey Dean Morgan as Edward Blake / The Comedian, Stephen McHattie as Hollis Mason, Carla Gugino as Sally Jupiter, Matt Frewer as Edgar Jacobi / Moloch the Mystic, Niall Matter as Mothman, Dan Payne as Dollar Bill, Danny Woodburn as "The Big Figure".
Distributed by : Warner Bros, Paramount Pictures Release : March 6, 2009 Official website : Watchmen Download Trailer : Watchmen
Madea Goes to Jail is an upcoming 2009 crime comedy-drama film adaptation written and directed by Tyler Perry, which was inspired by Perry's play of the same name. The film centers on Perry's well-known character Mable "Madea" Simmons. An exclusive free preview of the upcoming movie is included on the cinematic release of Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys.
Plot Centers on Madea (Perry), whose penchant for trouble-making lands her behind bars. She comes to the rescue of Candace (Pulliam), a fellow inmate preyed upon by a large woman named Big Sal. Derek Luke is on track to play Joshua, an attorney who has a past with Candy. Directed by : Tyler Perry Produced by : Tyler Perry, Reuben Cannon Written by : Tyler Perry Cast : Tyler Perry as Madea/Uncle Joe, Derek Luke as Joshua Hardaway, Keshia Knight Pulliam as Candace "Candy" Washington, Robin Coleman as Big Sal, Drew Sidora as Wesli, Sofia Vergara, Viola Davis, Vanessa Ferlito as Donna, David Mann as Leroy Brown, Tamela J. Mann as Cora Simmons, RonReaco Lee as Chuck, Mablean Ephriam as Judge Mablean, Kordai Harris as Johnny Simmons, Phil McGraw as Dr. Phil McGraw
Distributed by : Lionsgate, Tyler Perry Studios Release : February 20, 2009 Official website : N\A Download Trailer : Madea Goes to Jail Trailer
Confessions of a Shopaholic is an upcoming 2009 film adaptation of the novels The Secret Dreamworld of a Shopaholic (Confessions of a Shopaholic in US) and Shopaholic Abroad (Shopaholic takes Manhattan in US) by British chick lit author Sophie The International is an upcoming American action-drama film directed by Tom Tykwer and starring Clive Owen and Naomi Watts. The film follows a pair that investigates corruption within a banking institution. Production began in Berlin in September 2007. The International is slated to be released in North America on February 13, 2009. The film will open the 2009 Berlin International Film Festival in February 05
Plot Interpol Agent Louis Salinger (Clive Owen) and Manhattan Assistant District Attorney Eleanor Whitman (Naomi Watts) are determined to bring to justice one of the world's most powerful banks. Uncovering illegal activities including money laundering, arms trading, and the destabilization of governments, Salinger and Whitman's investigation takes them from Berlin to Milan to New York and to Istanbul. Finding themselves in a high-stakes chase across the globe, the bank will stop at nothing to stop them. Pre-release trailers indicate that a source for the drama may be found in the quasi-historical corporate entity known as Permindex. Directed by : Tom Tykwer Produced by : Charles Roven, Richard Suckle, Lloyd Phillips Written by : Eric Singer Cast : Clive Owen as Louis Salinger, an obsessive Interpol agent | Naomi Watts as Eleanor Whitman, a Manhattan assistant district attorney | Ulrich Thomsen as an investment banker who gets involved in an arms-dealing ring.
Fanboys is a film directed by Kyle Newman and starring Sam Huntington, Chris Marquette, Dan Fogler, Jay Baruchel, and Kristen Bell. It will be released on February 6, 2009.
Plot Set in 1998, the story tells of a group of friends who, anxious for the premiere of Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace - and because one of them is suffering from cancer and wishes to see the film before his death - decide to break into Skywalker Ranch and steal an early print of the film. A road trip begins as the friends encounter William Shatner, obsessed Trekkies, and bikers who make them undress for water.
Directed by : Kyle Newman Produced by : Dana Brunetti, Kevin Spacey, Matthew Pernicaro, Evan Astrowsky, Kevin Mann Written by : Ernest Cline, Dan Pulick, Ernest Cline, Adam F. Goldberg Cast : Jay Baruchel as Windows, Dan Fogler as Hutch, Sam Huntington as Eric, Chris Marquette as Linus, Kristen Bell as Zoe.
Distributed by : The Weinstein Company Release : February 6, 2009 Official website : Fanboys Download Trailer : Fanboys Trailer
Taken is a 2009 thriller/action film starring Liam Neeson, Famke Janssen, and Maggie Grace. It is directed by Pierre Morel and written & produced by Luc Besson.
Plot The film follows an ex-CIA "preventer" faced with recovering his daughter after she is kidnapped by sex-traffickers in Paris, France.
Bryan (Liam Neeson) is a divorced, former US intelligence agent. It is likely he is supposed to be a paramilitary officer from the CIA's famed Special Activities Division. His 17-year-old daughter Kim (Maggie Grace) lives with his ex-wife Lenore (Famke Janssen) and her new wealthy husband Stuart (Xander Berkeley). The nature and dispositions of the major characters are established early in the film: Kim is a happy, affectionate girl who loves horses and has aspirations of being a singer, while her mother maintains a frosty, somewhat antagonistic demeanour towards her ex-husband. Bryan’s skill and quick-thinking are demonstrated when he agrees to escort pop diva Sheerah (Holly Valance); the diva is attacked, but Bryan efficiently disables a knife-wielding assailant and gets her safely out of danger. Thankful, Sheerah expresses some interest in Bryan’s daughter and furnishes him with some contacts to get Kim’s career started. The next day we discover that Kim wants to take a vacation in Europe with her friend Amanda (Katie Cassidy) to follow U2’s European tour. Kim’s mother has no objections, but Kim also needs permission from her father. Fearing that the over-protective Bryan will not consent, Kim pretends (with her mother’s implicit agreement) that they will only stay in Paris to visit museums. Reluctantly, Bryan agrees, and only discovers their real itinerary at the airport.
Arriving in Paris, a seemingly friendly young man named Peter (Nicolas Giraud) proposes to share a taxi with Kim and Amanda to the house where they are staying; the girls agree gladly. However, the man works for an Albanian criminal organization to which he reports the address out of earshot.
In the house, Kim receives a phone call from her father, which she answers in the bathroom. From the bathroom window she sees men entering the main room and abducting Amanda. Bryan is able to gain critical information about the kidnappers in the final moments after Kim is kidnapped by telling her to shout out everything about them that she notices. Briefly, Bryan talks to one of the kidnappers, warning him that unless Kim is released, he will pursue him and kill him; the kidnapper wishes him "good luck" before smashing the daughter’s phone.
Exploiting his contacts in the CIA and the business connections of his ex-wife’s husband, Bryan travels to Paris to find her, informed that the kidnappers are sex-slavers and that he has only 96 hours to recover his daughter before she will disappear forever. The particular kidnapper he talked to is revealed to be an Albanian named Marco.
Under the eye of Jean-Claude, himself a former operative and now deputy director of Direction centrale du renseignement intérieur, Bryan pursues the kidnappers. He uses digital photos from the smashed remains of Kim’s phone to locate Peter, who is hit by a truck while trying to escape. By hassling prostitutes, Bryan gets himself threatened by an Albanian mobster, and is able to plant a covert listening device on him. With the help of a translator he discovers that the kidnappers have a brothel in a nearby construction site; before leaving, Bryan obtains an Albanian–English dictionary from the translator.
On arrival, Bryan acts like a customer; once inside he begins to search for Kim. Unfortunately, he finds only her jacket next to another woman. He is then discovered, and escapes under fire with the semi-conscious woman.
Nursing the girl back to health from an involuntary drug addiction, Bryan finds out where the kidnappers took her after she was abducted. Bryan heads to the address and poses as an official negotiating a new "rate" (i.e. a bribe) to overlook the illegal activities going on within. Before leaving he asks the apparent leader to translate from Albanian the words "good luck," which confirms his identity as Marco; he quickly subdues Marco and kills most of the kidnappers. He searches for Kim, but instead finds Amanda, handcuffed to a bed and dead of a drug overdose. Later, through torturing Marco, Bryan ascertains that Kim was sold to a man named Patrice Saint-Clair.
Bryan visits Jean-Claude’s home and chats amicably with his wife while she prepares dinner. Jean-Claude, however, failing to have Bryan arrested for the mess he has caused at Paris, brings his gun to the dinner table. Jean-Claude angrily points the gun at Bryan when accused of complicity in Kim’s abduction, but to no avail: Bryan unloaded it earlier. To demonstrate that he is serious, Bryan shoots Jean-Claude’s wife on her arm and, by holding Jean-Claude’s family hostage, extracts Saint-Clair’s location from Jean-Claude.
By impersonating a police officer, Bryan gains entry to the building where new girls are being sold, and secures entry to one of the buyers’ viewing booths. When he sees his daughter being sold, he forces the client to bid for her, but is captured and knocked unconscious moments later. Suspended from the ceiling, Saint-Clair questions his identity before leaving his security guards to execute him. Bryan escapes and kills the guards before finding Saint-Clair, whom he kills after learning that his daughter is being taken by Arab clients. Bryan manages to follow the car his daughter is being taken in to see her being taken away on a large motorboat. He jumps on to the ship from a bridge and eliminates all the people inside, finally killing the client and freeing his daughter.
Back in the US, Kim is reunited with her mother. Bryan introduces Kim to the diva he saved at the beginning of the film, having arranged an audition with her vocal coach. Directed by : Pierre Morel Produced by : Luc Besson Written by : Luc Besson Robert Mark Kamen Starring : Liam Neeson Famke Janssen Maggie Grace Xander Berkeley Holly Valance Katie Cassidy Distributed by : 20th Century Fox Europa Corp. Release : January 30, 2009 Official website : Taken Download Trailer : Download Taken Trailer
The Uninvited is an upcoming American remake of the 2003 South Korean horror film A Tale of Two Sisters. It is unrelated to 2003's Korean horror film and 1944 American film of the same name.
Plot Anna Rydell (Emily Browning) returns home to her father (David Strathairn) and sister, Alex (Arielle Kebbel), after spending time in the hospital following the tragic death of her mother (Maya Massar). Her recovery suffers a setback when she discovers her father has become engaged to her mother's former nurse, Rachael (Elizabeth Banks). That night, Anna is visited by the ghost of her mother, who warns her of Rachael's intentions. Together, Anna and Alex try to convince their father that his current fiancée is not who she pretends to be, and what should have been a happy family reunion becomes a lethal battle of wills between stepdaughters and stepmother.
Killshot is a 2009 thriller film based on the 1989 novel of the same name by Elmore Leonard. The film is directed by John Madden and stars Diane Lane and Thomas Jane as a couple who, despite being in a witness protection program, are discovered by the criminal they outed, portrayed by Mickey Rourke.
Plot In the thriller, based on the Elmore Leonard novel, a woman and her blue-collar husband become the targets of two killers after they stumble on an extortion plot hatched by the bad guys. Carmen (Lane) saw the scam and now she and Wayne (Jane), her ironworker husband, have to pay.
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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 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
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
