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Author	Topic: Upcoming 2009 Movies: "The Informant".
RX_Sith Registered: Mar '06	Date Posted: 4/19 7:10pm Subject: Upcoming 2009 Movies: "The Informant". - Date Edited: 10/8 8:52am (14 edits total) Edited By: Zaz
	Well since I made the 2010 movie thread I might as well make one for the movies next year as well. (from movieweb.com) Agora - Set in Roman Egypt in the fourth century A.D. Weisz plays astrologer-philosopher Hypatia of Alexandria, who fights to save the collected wisdom of the ancient world. Her slave Davus (Minghella) is torn between his love for his mistress and the possibility of gaining his freedom by joining the rising tide of Christianity. Director: Alejandro Amenabar. Producers: Mateo Gil, Alejandro Amenabar. Starring: Rachel Weisz, Max Minghella, Oscar Isaac, Ashraf Barhom, Michael Lonsdale, Rupert Evans, Homayoun Ershadi. Akira - Akira set in a neon-lit futuristic post-nuclear war Tokyo in 2019 where a teen biker gang member is subjected to a government experiment which unleashes his latent powers. The gang's leader must find a way to stop the ensuing swathe of destruction. The anime classic originated in 1988 as manga and then was made into an animated film by Katsuhiro Otoma, which is considered by many fans of Japanese animation to be among the finest works in the genre. Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio. The Alchemist - The story centers on a young Spaniard who embarks on a quest to find a hidden treasure within the Egyptian pyramids. Since its debut in 1988, the adventure novel by Paulo Coelho has sold more than 40 million copies in over 150 countries. Starring: Lawrence Fishburne. Amelia - Hilary Swank plays Earhart, a noted American aviation pioneer, author and women's rights advocate who disappeared over the central Pacific Ocean near Howland Island during an attempt to make a circumnavigational flight of the globe in 1937. Starring: Hilary Swank, Richard Gere. Army of the Dead - Set in a quarantined Las Vegas in the not-too-distant future, "Army" revolves around a father who tries to save his daughter from imminent death in a zombie-infested world. Attack of the Killer Tomatoes! - Kent Nichols and Douglas Sarine, creators of the hit Web series "Ask a Ninja," are writing an adaptation of the 1978 cult monster movie. The original "Attack of the Killer Tomatoes!" by director/writer John De Bello was released in 1978 and spawned a 1988 sequel starring unknown George Clooney as well as an animated TV series in 1990. Austin Powers 4 - The fourth film in the "Austin Powers" franchise will be developed entirely from Dr. Evil's point of view. Starring: Mike Meyers, Graham Gordy. Battle Angel - "Battle Angel" is based on the Japanese Manga series of graphic novels by Yukito Kishiro. The movie combines the first three books, Ido, Alita, and Hugo. Set in the 26th century, the story takes place 300 years after a societal collapse caused by a major war. But in that society, it's a technological dark age following a pinnacle of achievement far, far beyond where we are right now. It's a post-apocalyptic world from a very high level with cyborg technology as just a way of life. People are augmented a lot as workers and so on, so being a cyborg is not unusual. The main character is a cyborg. She has an organic human brain, and she looks like she's about fourteen years old. She has a completely artificial body and she's lost her memory - she's found in a wreckage and she's reconstituted by a cyber-surgeon who becomes her surrogate father. Director: James Cameron. The Birds - A reimagining of Daphne Du Maurier's short story, which inspired the 1963 Alfred Hitchcock classic about killer birds that attack a small New England town. Director: Martin Campbell. Starring: Naomi Watts. The Black Waters of Echo Pond - Nine friends take a holiday at a Victorian home on a private island and uncover a game that when played brings out the worst in each of them. Jealously, greed, hatred, lust, all of the things they keep buried deep inside themselves rise to the surface and come to a boil. "The Black Waters of Echo's Pond" shows those who look into it what they want to see... but what you want to see isn't always the truth. Starring: Robert Patrick, Danielle Harris, James Duval, Arcadiy Golubovich, Electra Avellan, Elise Avellan, Nick Mennell, Sean Lawlor, Walker Howard, M.D. Walton, Mircea Monroe. Blood on the Leaves - Based on Jeffrey Stetson's 2004 novel, the story centers on a district attorney who grapples with feelings of revenge as he prosecutes a black history professor on trial for the murders of white men accused of crimes against blacks during the Civil Rights movement. Starring: Jamie Foxx. Blue State - "Blue State" is a movie about a guy who promises that if Bush gets re-elected, he is going to move to Canada. And then he actually does it. Starring: Anna Paquin, Breckin Meyer, Leigh Enns, Cory Cassidy, Joyce Krenz, Grace Lynn Kung. The Boat That Rocked - Inspired by the British pirate radio revolution in the '60s, the majority of the film's shoot will take place in a large rusty metal fishing trawler moored off the coast of England in the very waters that kept the rock of the '60s booming into the U.K. In 1966 -- arguably British pop music's finest era -- the BBC played only two hours of rock and roll every week. But pirate radio blasted rock and pop from the high seas 24 hours a day. And 25 million people -- more than half the population of Britain -- listened to these pirates every single day. "The Boat That Rocked" is an ensemble comedy in which the romance takes place between the young people of the '60s and pop music. It's about a band of rogue DJs that captivated Britain, playing the music that defined a generation and standing up to a government that, incomprehensibly, preferred jazz. Leading the cast are Philip Seymour Hoffman as The Count, a big, brash, American god of the airwaves; Bill Nighy as Quentin, the boss of Radio Rock -- a pirate radio station in the middle of the North Sea that's populated by an eclectic crew of rock and roll DJs; Rhys Ifans as Gavin, the greatest DJ in Britain who has just returned from his drug tour of America to reclaim his rightful position; Nick Frost as Dave, an ironic, intelligent and cruelly funny co-broadcaster; and Kenneth Branagh (Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Hamlet) as British Minister Dormandy, a fearsome government official out for blood against the drug takers and lawbreakers of a once-great nation. Starring: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Bill Nighy, Rhys Ifans, Nick Frost, Kenneth Branagh, Jack Davenport, Ralph Brown, Chris O'Dowd, January Jones. Body of Lies - Russell Crowe will play Ed Hoffman, the manipulative CIA boss who teams with operative Roger Ferris (Leonardo DiCaprio) to trap a dangerous Al Qaeda leader by planting a false rumor that the bomber is in cahoots with the Americans. Director: Ridley Scott. Borgia - Set in the 15th century, this story follows the corrupt Borgia family and their father Roderigo, who went on to become Pope Alexander VI and ran the 16th century Vatican as a crime syndicate. Starring: Ewan McGregor, Christina Ricci, Antonio Banderas, Jean Reno, John Malkovich. Brothers - The film, a remake of Susanne Bier's Danish-language war drama, centers on a man (Maguire) who is sent to fight in Afghanistan while his black-sheep brother (Gyllenhaal) cares for his wife and child. In the remake, Gyllenhaal would play the younger brother and Maguire the older one. Starring: Tobey Maguire, Jake Gyllenhaal, Natalie Portman. Caliber - Based on the comic book "Caliber" by Sam Sarkar. The Arthurian legend as retold in the American Old West, with all of its great symbolism, magic and spirit of adventure. The Knights of the Round Table are all gunslingers bound by a code of honor to protect the weak and defend the innocent until they are undone from within by their own moral corruption. In this tale, Caliber itself is a tattooed six-gun, given to Arthur by the Indians and imbued with supernatural power. The secret of the gun is that it is never loaded with bullets, but when a man with Justice on his side is holding it, it can fire. When it does, it fires Thunder itself and never misses. Director: John Woo. Countdown - Countdown, a sci-fi action tale based on a classic "Twilight Zone" episode, which revolves around a group of astronauts who land on a planet only to find a crashed spaceship and corpses that eerily resemble their own. They then must piece together where they are and whether they might in fact already be dead. The episode, titled "Death Ship," was written by featured "Twilight Zone" scribe Richard Matheson ("I Am Legend"), who based it on his own short story published in a sci-fi magazine a number of years earlier. Director: Michael Brandt. Escape From New York - Gerard Butler is portraying Snake Plissken, the convict and war hero who's sent into a futuristic Manhattan which has been turned into a giant maximum security prison to rescue the president of the U.S. after his plane is knocked down by terrorists. The original 1981 film starred Kurt Russell was written and directed by John Carpenter. Escape From Tehran - A dramedy detailing how the CIA, with help from Hollywood, used a fake movie project to smuggle a handful of Americans out of Tehran during the 1979 hostage crisis. Centers around CIA operative Tony Mendez, a master of disguise who was put in charge of rescuing six Americans hiding out in Tehran. He came up with the idea of using a bogus movie and contacted Hollywood makeup artist John Chambers. Chambers and Bob Sidell, also a makeup artist, launched Studio Six Prods. (an allusion to the six Americans awaiting rescue) and announced their first movie project, to be shot in Iran. Both Variety and the Hollywood Reporter were duped into writing news stories on the film after Studio Six took out trade ads. Mendez went to Tehran in January 1980 and told the Americans to pretend they were Canadians on a scouting trip for a big-budget Hollywood epic. The ruse worked. Director: George Clooney. Final Destination 4 - To be filmed in 3-D, the story kicks off when a teenager's premonition of a deadly racecar crash spares his life and those of a few lucky others. But death continues to stalk those who escaped it. Starring: Shantel VanSanten, Bobby Campo, Hayley Webb, Nick Zano, Krista Allen, Andy Fiscella, Mykelti Williamson, Richard T. Jones. Fury Road - The original films in the Mel Gibson series Mad Max, The Road Warrior, and Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome featured the actor playing a cop in a futuristic Australian dystopia ruled by wandering groups of thugs, all fighting over precious resources, such as gasoline. This sequel will take place in a similar setting. Starring: Mel Gibson, Robert Downey Jr. Game - The high-concept thriller takes place in the near future, when mind-control technology has taken society by storm. In this dystopian world, the ultimate online simulation environment is humans remote-controlling other humans in mass-scale, multiplayer online gaming. Gerard Butler plays Kable, the No. 1-ranked warrior in the highest-rated game, called "Slayers." With his every move tracked by millions, Kable's ultimate challenge is to regain his identity and bring down the system that has imprisoned him. Starring: Gerard Butler, Kyra Sedgwick, Michael C. Hall, Chris "Ludacris" Bridges, John Leguizamo, Amber Valletta, Terry Crews, Logan Lerman, Johnny Whitworth, Zoe Bell. The Goonies 2 - This sequel to the '80s flick will find the stars of the first film reuniting 20 years later (along with their kids) to solve a new mystery. Starring: Sean Astin, Josh Brolin, Jeff Cohen, Corey Feldman, Kerry Green, Martha Plimpton, Jonathan Ke Quan. The Green Hornet - "The Green Hornet" made his debut on January 31, 1936 on WXYZ Detroit, the creation of the station's George W. Trendle and Fran Striker, who also created the Lone Ranger. The series, which ran until 1952 on the Mutual and NBC Blue networks, followed the adventures of Britt Reid, a bored playboy whose life is changed when he inherits his father's crusading newspaper, The Daily Sentinel. He saves the life of Kato, a Japanese man with incredible technical and martial-arts skills, who becomes Britt's closest ally -- and transforms Britt's car into the supercharged Black Beauty, which gives them an edge as they search for evidence to expose the city's underworld in the newspaper. When Britt and Kato witness a brutal mob hit, Britt invents his secret identity -- taking his name from his powerful car's defective horn. A skilled fighter and expert marksman, the Green Hornet uses two special, non-lethal guns to subdue criminals: one fires a potent knock-out gas while the other produces the "Hornet's Sting" -- an electric shock. Starring: Seth Rogen. The Human Factor - Based on the John Carlin book "The Human Factor: Nelson Mandela and the Game That Changed the World." The film is set after the fall of apartheid, when South Africa was host to the 1995 Rugby World Cup. Mandela was in his first term as South African president, and he used the event as a way to end decades of mistrust and hatred between whites and blacks. Director: Clint Eastwood. Starring: Morgan Freeman, Matt Damon. The Hurt Locker - Inspired by true events and recently declassified information, "The Hurt Locker" follows an elite Army Explosive Ordinance Disposal team in present-day Baghdad that fights an onslaught of bombs and snipers. Renner will play the leader of the team, while Mackie and Geraghty are members of it. Fiennes is a mercenary; Pearce is another member. Starring: Jeremy Renner, Anthony Mackie, Brian Geraghty, Ralph Fiennes, Guy Pearce. I Love You Phillip Morris - Based on a book by Houston Chronicle crime reporter Steve McVicker, the fact-based film casts Carrey as Steven Russell, a married father whose exploits landed him in the Texas criminal justice system. He fell madly in love with his cellmate, who eventually was set free, which led Russell to escape from Texas prisons four times. Starring: Jim Carrey, Ewan McGregor, Leslie Mann. The I Scream Man - A small, sleepy town has its share of secrets. In Hooper, Wyoming, the children have their own dark secret. When a psychologically bruised street vendor rolls into town using sweets as a facade for his vicious intentions, it means death is near for the guilty. He has come for a reason. He won't leave till he has cleansed Hooper of its depravity; till he has exterminated the ones who deserve it. Director: J.T. Mollner. Starring: Crispin Glover, Haylie Duff, Fred Ward, Dee Wallace, Judd Nelson, Michael Madsen, George A. Romero. The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus - The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus is a fantastical morality tale, set in the present day. It tells the story of Dr Parnassus and his extraordinary 'Imaginarium', a travelling show where members of the audience get an irresistible opportunity to choose between light and joy or darkness and gloom. Blessed with the extraordinary gift of guiding the imaginations of others, Dr Parnassus is cursed with a dark secret. Long ago he made a bet with the devil, Mr Nick, in which he won immortality. Many centuries later, on meeting his one true love, Dr Parnassus made another deal with the devil, trading his immortality for youth, on condition that when his first-born reached its 16th birthday he or she would become the property of Mr Nick. Valentina is now rapidly approaching this 'coming of age' milestone and Dr Parnassus is desperate to protect her from her impending fate. Mr Nick arrives to collect but, always keen to make a bet, renegotiates the wager. Now the winner of Valentina will be determined by whoever seduces the first five souls. Enlisting a series of wild, comical and compelling characters in his journey, Dr Parnassus promises his daughter's hand in marriage to the man that helps him win. In this captivating, explosive and wonderfully imaginative race against time, Dr Parnassus must fight to save his daughter in a never-ending landscape of surreal obstacles - and undo the mistakes of his past once and for all. Director: Terry Gilliam. Starring: Heath Ledger, Christopher Plummer, Verne Troyer, Tom Waits. Legion - God loses faith in humanity and sends his legion of angels to wipe out the human race for the second time. Mankind's only hope lies in a group of misfits holed up in a diner in the desert who are aided by the archangel Michael. Director: Scott Stewart. Starrring: Paul Bettany, Dennis Quaid, Tyrese Gibson, Doug Jones, Jon Tenney, Charles S. Dutton, Lucas Black, Kate Walsh, Adrianne Palicki, Kevin Durand, Willa Holland. Magneto - A look at the early life of Eric Lensherr and his friendship with Charles Xavier. The spinoff will follow a young Magneto (played in the original trilogy by Ian McKellen) discovering if his powers are real or not and the journey of his survival as a young man and how the one-time allies became mortal enemies. Director: David S. Goyer. Me and Orson Welles - Set in 1937, the story centers on a high school student (Efron) who, while strolling the streets of New York, happens upon the yet-to-open Mercury Theatre and is noticed by its mercurial founder, Orson Welles. The man lands a bit part in "Julius Caesar," the production that catapulted Welles to the top, and spends the next week learning about life and love. Director: Richard Linklater. Starring: Zac Efron, Claire Danes, Christian McKay, Ben Chaplin, Kelly Reilly, Eddie Marsan, Imogen Poots. New York, I Love You - Following the successful feature film 'Paris, je t'aime' that opened the 2006 'Un Certain Regard' section of the Cannes Film Festival and was distributed worldwide, we are thrilled to present 'New York, I Love You'. 12 filmmakers will direct a short film (5 minutes) illustrating the universal theme of encountering love within the five boroughs of New York City. 'Paris, je t'aime' has proven to be a wonderfully creative experience for all the talents involved. Internationally acclaimed directors such as the Coen brothers, Alexander Payne, Gus Van Sant, Alfonso Cuaron, Wes Craven, Walter Salles, Tom Tykwer, and artists among which Elijah Wood, Juliette Binoche, Willem Dafoe, Natalie Portman, Nick Nolte, Gena Rowlands, Gérard Depardieu truly enjoyed this enjoyable and inspiring project. We now think Newyorkers need a little love before heading to China. Nottingham - A love triangle forms between the legendary do-gooder Robin Hood, his Maid Marion and the archer's arch nemesis, the Sheriff of Nottingham. Russell Crowe stars as the Sheriff of Nottingham in a scenario that sees him more noble lawman than an evil king's right-hand man and facing off with a more shadier Robin Hood in the Sherwood Forest. Director: Ridley Scott. Ronin - In the story, a ronin, or disgraced samurai warrior, bears the shame of allowing his master to be assassinated by a shape-shifting demon in 13th century Japan. When the master's sword is unearthed in mid-21st century New York, the ronin and the demon are brought to life and battle gangs of mutants and thugs to try to take possession of the mythical sword. "Ronin" will be shot in a fashion similar to that employed for "300," in which blue- and green-screen lensing was done on a Montreal soundstage to create an ancient Greece battleground for a $65 million film. Costs are comparable for "Ronin," making the film a big step up for White, who graduated from directing videos to helming the film "Stomp the Yard" at a cost of around $14 million. Director: Frank Miller. The Scorpion King: Rise of the Akkadian - A Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson-less sequel to the "Mummy Returns" spin-off, the film will tell the backstory of the Polynesian warrior and his relationship with long time love Layla. The film, set to start shooting in South Africa on October 1, is on the lookout for an actor to fill the Rock's shoes. Spy Hunter - In this adaptation of the 1983 video game, The Rock will play a former F-15 pilot Alec Sects who joins a government agency called International Espionage Services (IES) and a group called Spy Hunters. With his experimental car the G-6155 Interceptor, Alec and the Spy Hunters are told to bring down the leader of an organization called NOSTRA International, Daemon Curry. Of course this organization wants world domination and are equipped with their own high-tech gear. Tekken - A futuristic martial arts action film based on the best-selling Japanese video game from Namco. The film plays out as a science fiction story set in the near future, about a rebel who rises up against the Tekken Corp. to seize freedom for his people. Starring: Luke Gross. Thor - Adaptation of the comic book franchise that launched in 1962. Thor is a blonde-tressed, hammer-wielding hero who's sent to Earth to protect mankind. Warcraft - ig screen adaptation of popular fantasy video game franchise "Warcraft." Movie will be live-action with a yet to be determined level of CG environments and effects, story would take place about a year before the events in "World of Warcraft" take place. The film will be told from the Alliance perspective. Here is a list of the main movies coming out in 2009: January Clive Barker's: Hellraiser - Based on "The Hellbound Heart" by Clive Barker and the 1987 film "Hellraiser," a man finds he is given more than he bargains for when he solves the puzzle of the Lament Configuration - a doorway to hell. But his ex-lover has found a way of bringing him back, and his niece, Kirsty Lawrence, finds herself bargaining with the Cenobites, angels to some, demons to others, whose greatest pleasure is the greatest pain. February Friday the 13th - Platinum Dunes' re-start of the "Friday the 13th" franchise featuring Jason Voorhees in his legendary hockey mask. Plot will take place at Crystal Lake. Director: Marcus Nispel. Starring: Jared Padalecki, Danielle Panabaker, Derek Mears, Amanda Righetti, Jonathan Sadowski, Aaron Yoo. The Pink Panther 2 - Steve Martin will reprise his role as the bumbling Inspector Jacques Clouseau in the modern-day farce. John Cleese will play chief inspector Dreyfus in the film. Garcia, Molina and Rai have signed on as detectives and experts who join forces with Clouseau to catch the thief who has been stealing artifacts around the world. Director: Harald Zwart. Starring: Steve Martin, Jean Reno, Emily Mortimer, Andy Garcia, John Cleese, Alfred Molina, Molly Sims, Aishwarya Rai, Yuki Matsuzaki. Valkyrie - The thriller is based on actual events, as German generals hatch a scheme to assassinate Adolph Hitler at the height of WWII. Director: Bryan Singer. Starring: Tom Cruise, Kenneth Branagh, Bill Nighy, Patrick Wilson, Stephen Fry, Tom Wilkinson, Carice van Houten, Eddie Izzard, Halina Reijn, Kevin McNally, Christian Berkel, Terence Stamp, David Schofield. March Watchmen - It all begins with the paranoid delusions of a half-insane hero called Rorschach. But is Rorschach really insane or has he in fact uncovered a plot to murder super-heroes and, even worse, millions of innocent civilians? On the run from the law, Rorschach reunites with his former teammates in a desperate attempt to save the world and their lives, but what they uncover will shock them to their very core and change the face of the planet! Following two generations of masked superheroes from the close of World War II to the icy shadow of the Cold War comes this groundbreaking comic story - the story of The Watchmen. "Watchmen" is based on the 12-part DC Comics series written by Alan Moore and featuring art by Dave Gibbons. Director: Zack Snyder. Starring: Patrick Wilson, Jackie Earle Haley, Matthew Goode, Billy Crudup, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Malin Akerman, Carla Gugino, Stephen McHattie, Matt Frewer. Race to Witch Mountain - Modern re-imagining of its classic 1975 adventure movie "Escape to Witch Mountain," about a pair of siblings, endowed with paranormal powers, who go on the run from a diabolical group of men who wish to exploit their abilities. Johnson, will play a Las Vegas cab driver who picks up a pair of siblings with magical powers. The plot advances the storyline from the original "Escape to Witch Mountain," which Disney released in 1975. Director: Andy Fickman. Starring: Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, Carla Gugino, Garry Marshall, Alexander Ludwig, AnnaSophia Robb. Monsters Vs. Aliens - A DreamWorks Animation film based on the horror comicbook "Rex Havoc," about a monster hunter called upon to battle aliens who disrupt cable TV service. Starring: Reese Witherspoon, Hugh Laurie, Will Arnett, Seth Rogen, Rainn Wilson, Stephen Colbert, Kiefer Sutherland, Paul Rudd. April Dragonball - "Dragonball is adapted from the manga created by Akira Toriyama; the work was also turned into a Japanese anime series that played all over the world. It tells the story of an alien sent to destroy Earth, who has a change of heart and decides to join the humans in their fight against various aliens and bad guys. Justin Chatwin is starring as the hero Goku, while James Marsters will play the villain Piccolo in the sci-fi adventure. Director: James Wong. Starring: Justin Chatwin, James Marsters, Jamie Chung, Emmy Rossum, Eriko Tamura, Joon Park, Chow Yun-Fat, Texas Battle, Ernie Hudson. May X-Men Origins: Wolverine - Leading up to the events of "X-Men," "X-Men Origins: Wolverine" tells the story of Wolverine's epically violent and romantic past, his complex relationship with Victor Creed, and the ominous Weapon X program. Along the way, Wolverine encounters many mutants, both familiar and new, including surprise appearances by several legends of the X-Men universe. Director: Gavin Hood. Starring: Hugh Jackman, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Liev Schreiber, Danny Huston, Ryan Reynolds, Taylor Kitsch, Lynn Collins, will.i.am, Dominic Monaghan, Daniel Henney. Star Trek - From director J.J. Abrams ("Mission: Impossible III," "Lost" and "Alias") and screenwriters Alex Kurtzman & Roberto Orci ("TRANSFORMERS," "MI: III") comes a new vision of the greatest space adventure of all time, "Star Trek," featuring a young, new crew venturing boldly where no man has gone before. Starring: Zachary Quinto, Leonard Nimoy, Eric Bana, Chris Pine, Karl Urban, Simon Pegg, Anton Yelchin, Zoe Saldana, John Cho, Winona Ryder, Bruce Greenwood, Rachel Nichols, Jennifer Morrison, Clifton Collins Jr., Tyler Perry, Jimmy Bennett. Angels and Demons - "The Da Vinci Code" was Dan Brown's second novel centering on Robert Langdon, a Harvard professor who's an expert in religious symbols. "Angels & Demons," published in 2000, introduced the Langdon character. In "Angels," Langdon's character tries to solve a murder and unravel a plot by an ancient group, the Illuminati, to blow up the Vatican during a papal conclave. Director: Ron Howard. Starring: Tom Hanks, Naomi Watts. Night at the Museum 2: Escape From the Smithsonian - Sequel to the box office hit will bring the dead presidents and extinct animals of the "Museum at the Museum" back to life. Director: Shawn Levy. Starring: Ben Stiller, Robin Williams, Reese Witherspoon, Amy Adams, Hank Azaria. Terminator 4 - "Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins" will reinvent the cyborg saga with a storyline to be told over a three-movie span. The film is set in the future, in a full-scale war between Skynet and humankind. Starring: Christian Bale, Sam Worthington, Anton Yelchin. June Fast and the Furious - Brian (Paul Walker) is freed from prison (the authorities found out that he let Dominic played by Vin Diesel go at the end of the first film) to help the feds stop a heroin importer known as Braga. With the help of an informant named James Park, Brian - and ultimately Dominic Toretto - wins a place on the criminal's team, where he - and his flashy Nissan plan to catch the man red-handed. Jordana Brewster is in talks to reprise her role of Mia Toretto. Diesel and Walker starred together in the first film, which earned more than $144 million in 2001. Only Walker returned for the sequel, "2 Fast 2 Furious," and sat out the third installment, 2005's "Tokyo Drift." That movie had relative newcomer Lucas Black in the driver's seat but did feature Diesel in a cameo at the end of the movie. Director: Justin Lin. Starring: Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Michelle Rodriguez, Jordana Brewster, John Ortiz, Laz Alonso, Shea Whigham, Tego Calderon. Transformers 2 - Optimus Prime and the rest of the Autobots return for the live action follow up to Michael Bay's 2007 blockbuster "Transformers." Director: Michael Bay. Starring: Shia LeBeouf. July Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs - The continuing adventures of Manny, Sid & Diego. Starring: Ray Romano, John Leguizamo, Denis Leary, Queen Latifah. The A-Team - Based on the early '80s TV show, a group of falsely convicted war veterans team up to form the mercenary group called The A-Team. Director: John Singleton. Starring: Jack Black (rumored), Mr. T (rumored cameo), Owen Wilson (rumored), Brendan Fraser (rumored). Land of the Lost - Based on the 1974-77 television series of the same name. The series revolved around forest ranger Rick Marshall and his children, Will and Holly, who are caught in a time vortex while rafting on the Colorado River and transported to a mysterious world populated by dinosaurs. Starring: Will Ferrell, Anna Friel, Danny R. McBride. G-Force - "G-Force" follows a group of intelligent animal commandoes working for a government agency trying to prevent an evil billionaire from taking over the world. Starring: Nicolas Cage, Steve Buscemi, Tracy Morgan, Bill Nighy, Will Arnett, Zach Galifianakis, Kelli Garner, Gabriel Casseus, Jack Conley, Penelope Cruz, Tyler Patrick Jones. Planet 51 - Animated sci-fi tale set on "Planet 51," whose inhabitants live in fear of an alien invasion. Their paranoia is realized when astronaut Capt. Charles "Chuck" Baker arrives from Earth. Befriended by a young resident, the astronaut has to avoid capture in order to recover his spaceship and return home. Starrring: Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, Jessica Biel, Justin Long, Seann William Scott. August G.I. Joe - The movie will be a modern telling of the "G.I. Joe vs. Cobra" storyline and its compelling characters that Hasbro created 25 years ago. The premise of this fantasy is the story of the G.I. Joe team, led by Duke, and their "fight for freedom wherever there is trouble" against the evil Cobra Commander and his Cobra force. This storyline was an instant hit with kids in the early 1980s, spawning a highly popular 3-3/4-inch action figure line, comic book collection and animated series. The G.I. Joe team will not be based in Brussels. Instead, they will be based out of the "Pit" as they were throughout the 1980s comic book series. And, in keeping with the G.I. Joe vs. Cobra fantasy, the movie will feature characters and locations from around the world. Duke, the lead character and head of the G.I. Joe team, will embody the values of bravery and heroism that the first generation of G.I. Joe figures established. Starring: Dennis Quaid, Channing Tatum, Sienna Miller, Ray Park, Rachel Nichols, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Said Taghmaoui, Marlon Wayans, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Arnold Vosloo, Christopher Eccleston. November A Christmas Carol - Jim Carrey will play Ebenezer Scrooge, the Ghost of Christmas Past, the Ghost of Christmas Present and the Ghost of Christmas Future in "A Christmas Carol," an adaptation of the Charles Dickens tale that Robert Zemeckis wrote and will direct for Walt Disney Pictures. Zemeckis will shoot the film using "performance capture/Disney digital 3-D" animation. Director: Robert Zemeckis. Starring: Jim Carrey, Cary Elwes, Bob Hoskins, Colin Firth, Gary Oldman, Robin Wright Penn, Tom Hanks, Michael J. Fox. The Fantastic Mr. Fox - The stop-motion film, marking Anderson's first foray into animation, is an adaptation of Roald Dahl's classic children's story, centering on a clever fox who must outwit three mean, dimwitted farmers who try their hardest to hurt Mr. Fox and his family. Clooney will voice Mr. Fox, while Blanchett voices his wife. Director: Wes Anderson. Starring: George Clooney, Cate Blanchett, Bill Murray, Jason Schwartzman. The Surrogates - Based on a graphic novel from Top Shelf Comix. The story is set in the near future, where humans live in isolation and interact vicariously through surrogate robots who are better-looking versions of themselves. Willis plays a cop who, through his surrogate, investigates the murders of others' surrogates. The cop is forced to venture from his own home for the first time in years and unravels a conspiracy. Starring: Bruce Willis. December Onimusha - Based on the Capcom video game. In feudal Japan, 1582, the warlord Nobunaga is ambushed by ninjas, led by the brave samurai Samanosuke. Trapped, Nobunaga commits seppuku, but two sinister sorcerers reanimate Nobunaga's corpse with a half-human insect larvae. The resurrected Nobunaga orders the capture of two very special women to fulfill his evil plans. When Britta, the daughter of a Dutch merchant, is abducted on board a ship by seemingly invincible warriors, her tutor and confidant Jacob pursues her captors, vowing to rescue her at all costs. Meanwhile, the beautiful Princess Yuki is also kidnapped, this time by ninjas that reveal themselves, incredibly, to be part spider. In search of Yuki, Samanosuke joins forces with Jacob to vanquish their common foe. In the Cave of Elders, he receives a magical sword that will slay all within its reach-friend or foe-and learns of a sinister ceremony at Inabayama Castle intended to blot out the sun. Performing a dangerous, stealthy invasion of the castle, Samanosuke and Jacob find the women they love dressed as Moon Princess and Daughter of the Sun, ready to be wed to and ravished by Nobunaga. Aided by their allies, the two warriors attack the insectoid hordes, but Samanosuke falls in battle, seemingly dead. In a mystical encounter, he is given the option to survive and fight-but it comes at a terrible cost. Director: Christophe Gans. Starring: Takeshi Kaneshiro. Avatar - In the future, Jake, a paraplegic war veteran is brought to another planet, Pandora, which is inhabited by the Na'vi, a humanoid race with their own language and culture. Those from Earth find themselves at odds with each other and the local culture. Director: James Cameron. Starring: Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Sigourney Weaver, Michelle Rodriguez, Giovanni Ribisi, Joel David Moore, CCH Pounder, Peter Mensah, Laz Alonso, Wes Studi, Stephen Lang. The Princess and the Frog - A musical set in the legendary birthplace of jazz -- New Orleans -- "The Frog Princess" will introduce the newest Disney princess, Maddy, a young African-American girl living amid the charming elegance and grandeur of the fabled French Quarter. From the heart of Louisiana's mystical bayous and the banks of the mighty Mississippi comes an unforgettable tale of love, enchantment and discovery with a soulful singing crocodile, voodoo spells and Cajun charm at every turn. Randy Newman will will write songs and the score for the film. Starring: Anika Noni Rose, Keith David, Jenifer Lewis, John Goodman. Discuss. -----signature----- Chief of Staff - The SWC Rebel Scum
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Yodas-evil-twin Registered: Jun '05	Date Posted: 4/19 7:33pm Subject: RE: Upcoming 2009 Movies
	You forgot one. -----signature----- "Who watches the Watchmen?" "The JCC is pretty much Lord of the Flies without the healthy outdoorsy atmosphere." -soitscometothis
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RX_Sith Registered: Mar '06	Date Posted: 4/19 7:53pm Subject: RE: Upcoming 2009 Movies
	Yodas-evil-twin posted: You forgot one. I am sure that I missed plenty. I did not include every movie coming out in 2009 because it would take up the whole screen even more than is does now with what I posted. -----signature----- Chief of Staff - The SWC Rebel Scum
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Spiderfan Registered: Mar '04	Date Posted: 4/19 10:12pm Subject: RE: Upcoming 2009 Movies
	There are just too many on that all I can say about them is "for the love of God why???" -----signature----- "Yeah, well my god has a hammer." - Nick Fury You look like you could use a hug: http://boards.theforce.net/your_jedi_council_community/b10008/28325808/p1/?211
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Soontir-Fel Registered: Dec '01	Date Posted: 4/19 10:33pm Subject: RE: Upcoming 2009 Movies
	Gonna guess that about half those movies aren't going to come out. -----signature----- Errent_Venture Wrote " Listen to Soontir-Fel for he is a man ruling over other men." Ender_Sai wrote "In other news, I confer Modly praise on Soontir and Rogue_wookie for being superior men, worth of the title of Spartan. They, may keep their penises"
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Hammurabi Registered: Jan '07	Date Posted: 4/20 12:39am Subject: RE: Upcoming 2009 Movies
	Gonna hope that that Christmas Carol featuring Jim Carrey in every role is one of the ones that doesn't make it. -----signature----- and i know no one can sing the blues like blind willie mctell
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Mustafar_66 Registered: May '05	Date Posted: 4/20 4:31am Subject: RE: Upcoming 2009 Movies
	I sincerely hope that the Akira remake doesn't go ahead. The anime film is a work of art, why ruin it with live action? I don't care how good an actor Di Caprio is, this will be awful. -----signature----- Why no, I won't get in your car. You can pass me the candy through the window. Pink Floyd are the Greatest! Proud Jacen, NJO and LOTF fan. One of few.
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Vengance1003 Registered: Mar '06	Date Posted: 4/20 8:43am Subject: RE: Upcoming 2009 Movies
	Only thing looks interesting now is Star Trek and maybe T4. -----signature----- Is no the answer to this question? Companda
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Renton Kenobi Registered: May '00	Date Posted: 4/20 12:22pm Subject: RE: Upcoming 2009 Movies - Date Edited: 4/20 12:24pm (1 edits total) Edited By: Renton Kenobi
	Only things I'm interested in are Star Trek and T4, I mean come on, Christian Bale as John Connor? That's going to rock, he saved Batman, maybe he can save the terminator series. Reading the thread again please for the love of god tell me that Leo in Akira is a rumor! Great actor but he does not belong in Akira. I'm curious to see how they try to translate that to the screen. -----signature----- "Not as easy as it used to be." - Indiana Jones "I've always wanted to be a Jedi." - Ned, The Pie Maker "Pushing Daisies" "I'd leave a guy for a film but I'd never leave a film for a guy!" - Day For Night
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Spiderfan Registered: Mar '04	Date Posted: 4/20 12:37pm Subject: RE: Upcoming 2009 Movies
	Renton Kenobi posted: Only things I'm interested in are Star Trek and T4, I mean come on, Christian Bale as John Connor? That's going to rock, he saved Batman, maybe he can save the terminator series. 'cause Goyer and the Nolans deserve absolutely no credit for that...at all... -----signature----- "Yeah, well my god has a hammer." - Nick Fury You look like you could use a hug: http://boards.theforce.net/your_jedi_council_community/b10008/28325808/p1/?211
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Yodas-evil-twin Registered: Jun '05	Date Posted: 4/20 9:07pm Subject: RE: Upcoming 2009 Movies - Date Edited: 4/20 9:09pm (1 edits total) Edited By: Yodas-evil-twin
	Public Enemies, Body of Lies, Nottingham, The Human Factor, and Watchmen are the only films I'm looking forward to. -----signature----- "Who watches the Watchmen?" "The JCC is pretty much Lord of the Flies without the healthy outdoorsy atmosphere." -soitscometothis
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ForceJumpAnakin Registered: Dec '06	Date Posted: 4/20 9:12pm Subject: RE: Upcoming 2009 Movies
	"Fast and the Furious - Brian (Paul Walker) is freed from prison (the authorities found out that he let Dominic played by Vin Diesel go at the end of the first film) to help the feds stop a heroin importer known as Braga." If I am reading this correctly, then in the beginning of this new movie, Brian goes to prison but gets freed to help the feds. This was the exact plot of 2 Fast 2 Furious, however. In the beginning of that movie, the feds already knew what he did for Vin Diesel, and so they catch Paul Walker. Then at the end of the movie his record was wiped clean because he successfully helped them catch the bad guy. Now I love 2 Fast 2 Furious, but the synopsis of the upcoming movie just doesn't make sense. I guess the plot is, or will be, different than what is stated here. -----signature----- Milk, Got. Hmmm?
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Renton Kenobi Registered: May '00	Date Posted: 4/20 11:11pm Subject: RE: Upcoming 2009 Movies
	Spiderfan posted: Renton Kenobi posted: Only things I'm interested in are Star Trek and T4, I mean come on, Christian Bale as John Connor? That's going to rock, he saved Batman, maybe he can save the terminator series. 'cause Goyer and the Nolans deserve absolutely no credit for that...at all... Of course they do, sorry I forgot to mention them. Didn't mean any disrespect towards Goyer or the Nolans. All around its a flawless movie, everyone deserves credit for it. This is why I hardly ever post here, was just giving my two cents. But somedays I just should keep my mouth shut -----signature----- "Not as easy as it used to be." - Indiana Jones "I've always wanted to be a Jedi." - Ned, The Pie Maker "Pushing Daisies" "I'd leave a guy for a film but I'd never leave a film for a guy!" - Day For Night
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Jedi_Keiran_Halcyon Registered: Dec '00	Date Posted: 4/20 11:21pm Subject: RE: Upcoming 2009 Movies
	Renton Kenobi posted: Spiderfan posted: Renton Kenobi posted: Only things I'm interested in are Star Trek and T4, I mean come on, Christian Bale as John Connor? That's going to rock, he saved Batman, maybe he can save the terminator series. 'cause Goyer and the Nolans deserve absolutely no credit for that...at all... Of course they do, sorry I forgot to mention them. Didn't mean any disrespect towards Goyer or the Nolans. All around its a flawless movie, everyone deserves credit for it. This is why I hardly ever post here, was just giving my two cents. But somedays I just should keep my mouth shut I don't think you can call it SAVING when we're dealing with a franchise so big that you have to go out of your way to make an installment that does poorly at the box office.
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Renton Kenobi Registered: May '00	Date Posted: 4/20 11:32pm Subject: RE: Upcoming 2009 Movies
	That's totally true. I was just happy there wasn't batman suit nipples anymore. -----signature----- "Not as easy as it used to be." - Indiana Jones "I've always wanted to be a Jedi." - Ned, The Pie Maker "Pushing Daisies" "I'd leave a guy for a film but I'd never leave a film for a guy!" - Day For Night
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Soontir-Fel Registered: Dec '01	Date Posted: 4/20 11:54pm Subject: RE: Upcoming 2009 Movies
	ForceJumpAnakin posted: "Fast and the Furious - Brian (Paul Walker) is freed from prison (the authorities found out that he let Dominic played by Vin Diesel go at the end of the first film) to help the feds stop a heroin importer known as Braga." If I am reading this correctly, then in the beginning of this new movie, Brian goes to prison but gets freed to help the feds. This was the exact plot of 2 Fast 2 Furious, however. In the beginning of that movie, the feds already knew what he did for Vin Diesel, and so they catch Paul Walker. Then at the end of the movie his record was wiped clean because he successfully helped them catch the bad guy. Now I love 2 Fast 2 Furious, but the synopsis of the upcoming movie just doesn't make sense. I guess the plot is, or will be, different than what is stated here. You're asking the Fast and the Furious movies to make logical sense. Do you see the problem here? -----signature----- Errent_Venture Wrote " Listen to Soontir-Fel for he is a man ruling over other men." Ender_Sai wrote "In other news, I confer Modly praise on Soontir and Rogue_wookie for being superior men, worth of the title of Spartan. They, may keep their penises"
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