January
January 8
Daybreakers
Written & Directed by Peter Spierig, Michael Spierig
Starring: Ethan Hawke, Willem Dafoe, Sam Neill
In 2019, a major viral outburst transforms a majority of the world's population into vampires. With only a handful of humans left to provide blood for the starving population of vampires, extinction is a very real risk for the new dominant species of humanity.
The vampires are depicted as being immortal, and possessing similar physical (including chemical makeup) appearances as regular humans; therefore, they are not easily distinguishable as traditional myths portray. It is impossible to discern vampires from regular humans, unless blood samples have been extracted.
In response to the dwindling blood supply, the vampires seek to hunt and farm the remaining humans for their blood and to find a blood substitute to prolong their existence. If a vampire doesn't drink blood, then they will transform from having a recognizable human form into a violent, uncontrollable bat-like creature of the night.A secret team of once-human researchers try and uncover a way that would rescue the human race.
At the same time, small factions of surviving humans wish to repopulate the species, often using violent means to retain their humanity.
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Also on January 8
-Youth in Revolt
January 15
Book of Eli
Directed by Hughes brothers Written by Gary Whitta
Starring: Denzel Washington, Gary Oldman, Mila Kunis
In post-apocalyptic 2043, a lone hero, Eli (Denzel Washington), guards the Book of Eli, which provides knowledge that could redeem society, and the source of all their pain. The despot of a small, makeshift town (Gary Oldman) plans to take possession of the book.
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January 22
Legion
Directed by Scott Stewart Written by Scott Stewart & Peter Schink
Starring: Paul Bettany ,Lucas Black, Tyrese Gibson, Dennis Quaid
After God loses faith in humanity, the archangel Michael (Paul Bettany) is the only one standing between mankind and the apocalypse. This time using angels as the act of Biblical judgment, God's wrath descends on Earth to exterminate the world's population. In a desperate, last-chance gambit, Michael leads a group of strangers to a small New Mexico diner to protect a young waitress who may be pregnant with Christ in his second coming.
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January 29
Edge of Darkness
Directed by Martin Campbell Written by William Monahan & Andrew Bovell
Starring: Mel Gibson, Ray Winstone, Danny Huston
Edge of Darkness follows a detective (Mel Gibson) investigating the murder of his activist daughter (Bojana Novakovic), uncovering political conspiracies and cover-ups in the process.
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February
February 5
From Paris with Love
Directed by Pierre Morel Written by Luc Besson & Adi Hasak
Starring: John Travolta, Jonathan Rhys Meyers
A young embassy worker, Richard Stevens (Jonathan Rhys Meyers), and an FBI special agent, Charlie Wax (John Travolta), cross paths while working on a high-risk mission in Paris.
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February 12
The Wolfman
Directed by Joe Johnston Written by David Self & Andrew Kevin Walker
Starring: Benicio del Toro, Anthony Hopkins, Emily Blunt, Hugo Weaving
Set in the late 1880s, the film keeps the plotline of the original, with Lawrence Talbot (Benicio del Toro) reuniting with his estranged father (Anthony Hopkins) following the disappearance of his brother. Lawrence Talbot's childhood ended the night his mother died. After he left the sleepy Victorian hamlet of Blackmoore, he spent decades recovering and trying to forget. But when his brother's fiancée, Gwen Conliffe (Emily Blunt), tracks him down to help find her missing love, Talbot returns home to join the search. He learns that something with brute strength and insatiable blood lust has been killing the villagers, and that a suspicious Scotland Yard inspector named Aberline (Hugo Weaving) has come to investigate.
As he pieces together the gory puzzle, he hears of an ancient curse that turns the afflicted into werewolves when the moon is full. Now, if he has any chance at ending the slaughter and protecting the woman he has grown to love, Talbot must destroy the vicious creature in the woods surrounding Blackmoore. But as he hunts for the nightmarish beast, a simple man with a tortured past will uncover a primal side to himself... one he never imagined existed.
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-Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief
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February 19
Shutter Island
Directed by Martin Scorsese Written by Laeta Kalogridis Uncredited: Steven Knight
Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Ben Kingsley, Mark Ruffalo, Michelle Williams
In 1954, two U.S. marshals investigate the disappearance of a patient from a hospital for the criminally insane on an island in Massachusetts. They run into trouble when they are deceived by the hospital's chief administrator, a hurricane hits and an inmate riot traps them on the island.
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February 26
-Cop Out
March
March 5
Alice in Wonderland (3-D)
Directed by Tim Burton Written by Linda Woolverton
Starring: Johnny Depp, Anne Hathaway, Helena Bonham Carter, Mia Wasikowska
A sequel to Lewis Carroll's original stories, the movie has Alice Kingsley, now 19,attending a party at a Victorian estate, only to find she is about to be proposed to by a rich suitor in front of hundreds of snooty society types. She runs off, following a white rabbit into a hole and ending up in Wonderland, a place she visited many years before, though she doesn't remember it. The White Rabbit claims to have come back for Alice because she is the only one who can slay the Jabberwock, the beast who guards the Red Queen's empire. Alice remains completely unaware of why she is in Wonderland, and is confused about the fact that she had once visited Wonderland years before.She then embarks — assuming both large and small sizes — on an adventure of self discovery and to save Wonderland from the Red Queen's reign of terror with the help of her Wonderland friends.
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Also on March 5
-Brooklyn's Finest
March 12
Green Zone
Directed by Paul Greengrass Written by Brian Helgeland
Starring: Matt Damon, Greg Kinnear, Brendan Gleeson, Amy Ryan
Discovering covert and faulty intelligence causes a U.S. Army officer (Damon) to go rogue as he hunts for Weapons on Mass Destruction in an unstable region.
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March 26
Clash of the Titans
Directed by Louis Leterrier Written by Travis Beacham, Phil Hay, Matt Manfredi
Starring: Sam Worthington, Ralph Fiennes, Liam Neeson, Alexa Davalos
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.
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Also in March:
March 19
-The Runaways
-Tell Me
April
April 9
Date Night
Directed by Shawn Levy Written by Josh Klausner
Starring: Steve Carell, Tina Fey, Mark Wahlberg
Claire and Phil Foster (Tina Fey and Steve Carell) are a suburban couple slogging through their daily lives and marriage. Even their "date nights" of dinner and a movie have become routine. To reignite the marital spark, they visit a trendy Manhattan bistro, where a case of mistaken identity hurtles them through the city at breakneck speeds, into non-stop adventure. Remembering what made them so special together, Phil and Claire take on a couple of corrupt cops, a top-level mobster—and a crazed cabbie—as their date becomes a night they'll never forget.
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April 16
Kick-Ass
Directed by Matthew Vaughn Written by Jane Goldman, Matthew Vaughn
Starring: Aaron Johnson, Nicolas Cage, Chloe Moretz, Mark Strong, Christopher Mintz-Plasse
The plot of Kick-Ass (based on the comic book of the same name by Mark Millar and John Romita, Jr.) concerns a teenage boy, Dave Lizewski (Aaron Johnson), who decides to become a real-life superhero after being inspired by the heroes of comic books. He soon encounters a mysterious vigilante called Big Daddy (Nicolas Cage), and his daughter Hit-Girl (Chloë Moretz), who are working to bring down the local drug baron Frank D'Amico.
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Machete
Directed by Robert Rodriguez, Ethan Maniquis Written by Robert Rodriguez
Starring: Danny Trejo, Michelle Rodriguez, Jessica Alba, Cheech Marin, Lindsay Lohan, Robert De Niro, Steven Seagal, Jeff Fahey
Machete is a renegade former "Mexican Federale". He roams the streets of Texas after a shakedown from a drug lord called Torrez. Benz, a spin doctor, tells Machete that McLaughlin, a corrupt senator, is sending hundreds of illegal immigrants out of the country and that he must be killed. He offers him $150,000 to kill McLaughlin. Attempting to assassinate the senator, Machete is double-crossed and is shot in the shoulder. Now on the run and being tracked by Sartana, a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent with a special interest in the blade slinger, Machete goes after Benz and his men with the help of his "holy" brother Padre, a saucy meat cleaver-wielding taco slinger named Luz, and April, a socialite with a penchant for guns. Machete rallys a group together, and begins to hunt the people who double crossed him.
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Also on April 16
-Piranha 3-D
April 23
Wall Street 2: Money Never Sleeps
Directed by Oliver Stone Written by [Story: Bryan Burrough Screenplay: Allan Loeb Writer: Stephen Schiff]
Starring: Michael Douglas, Shia LaBeouf, Josh Brolin, Carey Mulligan
The film is set 23 years after the first film, in June 2008, and Gordon Gekko has just been released from prison. Despite his initial attempts to warn Wall Street of the forthcoming economic downturn and stock market crash, no one believes him due to his reduced standing in the financial world. Gekko decides to re-focus his attention on rebuilding his relationship with his estranged daughter, Winnie. Due to their time apart, and the fact that Winnie blames Gekko for her brother Rudy's suicide, she avoids any contact with him. At the same time, the mentor of young Wall Street trader Jacob unexpectedly dies, and Jacob suspects his hedge fund manager of being involved in the death. Jacob, who is Winnie's fiance, seeks revenge and agrees to Gekko's offer of help, in return for which Jacob agrees to help Gekko with Winnie.
April 30
A Nightmare on Elm Street
Directed by Samuel Bayer Written by Wesley Strick, Eric Heisserer
Starring: Jackie Earle Haley, Rooney Mara, Katie Cassidy, Thomas Dekker
A re-imagining of the horror icon Freddy Krueger, a serial-killer who wields a glove with four blades embedded in the fingers and kills people in their dreams, resulting in their real death in reality.
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May
May 7
Iron Man 2
Directed by Jon Favreau Written by [Screenplay: Justin Theroux, Robert Downey Jr.(uncredited) Story: Jon Favreau (uncredited), Robert Downey Jr.(uncredited)]
Starring Robert Downey Jr, Don Cheadle, Mickey Rourke, Gwyneth Paltrow, Scarlett Johansson, Sam Rockwell, Samuel L. Jackson
The world is aware that billionaire inventor Tony Stark (Robert Downey, Jr.) is the armored superhero Iron Man. Under pressure from the government, the press, and the public to share his technology with the military, Tony is unwilling to divulge the secrets behind the Iron Man armor because he fears the information will slip into the wrong hands. With Pepper Potts (Gwyneth Paltrow), and James “Rhodey” Rhodes (Don Cheadle) at his side, Tony forges new alliances and confronts powerful new forces.
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May 14
Robin Hood
Directed by Ridley Scott Written by [Screenplay: Brian Helgeland Story:Brian Helgeland, Ethan Reiff, Cyrus Voris]
Starring: Russell Crowe, Cate Blanchett, William Hurt, Mark Strong
It is late 12th century England and Sir Robin of Loxley, Earl of Huntington, (Russell Crowe) has returned to his North English village after fighting in the Third Crusade. Upon arrival, the nobleman and his servant discover the oppression caused by the new Sheriff of Nottingham (Matthew Macfadyen). Sir Robin uses his intelligence and military skills to free his home village from tyranny and corruption in England, by taking back what is rightfully his, and by taking back what rightfully is theirs, to restore justice and happiness to England. Robin must also win the affection of the recently widowed Lady Marion (Cate Blanchett) while leading his Merry Men of Sherwood Forest to victory and fairness.
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May 21
Directed by Mike Mitchell Written by Tim Sullivan, Josh Klausner, Darren Lemke
Starring: Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz, Antonio Banderas
Shrek (Mike Myers) has become a domesticated family man. Instead of scaring villagers away like he used to, the grown-reluctant ogre agrees to autograph pitch forks. However, he longs for the days when he felt like a "real ogre". So, Shrek is tricked into signing a pact with the smooth-talking dealmaker, Rumpelstiltskin (Walt Dohrn). Shrek suddenly finds himself in a twisted, alternate version of Far Far Away, where Fiona (Cameron Diaz) is a hunted ogre, Rumpelstiltskin is king, Donkey (Eddie Murphy) has never met Shrek in his life, Puss in Boots (Antonio Banderas) is obese and lazy, and Shrek and Fiona had never met. Now Shrek must stop Rumpelstiltskin from his deeds and make the world right again.
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May 28
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
Directed by Mike Newell Written by Jordan Mechner, Boaz Yakin, Doug Miro, Carlo Bernard
Starring: Jake Gyllenhaal,Gemma Arterton, Ben Kingsley, Alfred Molina
Dastan (Jake Gyllenhaal) is a street urchin in 6th century Persia. After showing valor in battle, he is adopted by the king as his heir, so the king's two sons will not fight over the throne.He teams up with Princess Tamina (Gemma Arterton) to rescue the Sands of Time, a gift from the gods that controls time, from the hands of the villainous nobleman, Nizam (Ben Kingsley).
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June
June 11
The A-Team
Directed by Joe Carnahan Written by Skip Woods, Michael Brandt, Derek Haas
Starring: Liam Neeson, Bradley Cooper, Quinton Jackson, Sharlto Copley, Jessica Biel
The A-Team is an upcoming feature film based on The A-Team television series.
A group of Iraq War veterans looks to clear their name with the U.S. military, who suspect the four men of committing a crime for which they were framed.
Also on June 11
-Get Him to the Greek
June 18
Toy Story 3 (3-D)
Directed by Lee Unkrich Written by Michael Arndt
Starring: Tom Hanks, Tim Allen
Andy is departing for college, and his toys, including Woody (Tom Hanks) and Buzz (Tim Allen), are going to be put in the attic. Before they can be put in the attic, they are accidentally thrown away and are picked up by the garbage men. The toys find themselves at a local day-care center, where they must try to survive the playful but careless pre-school children. Woody attempts to save his friends and find themselves a new home, but matters are further complicated when Buzz is damaged during an escape attempt. The toys try to reset Buzz, but end up causing him to revert to a Spanish version of his delusions of being a space ranger, much to the other toys' discomfort.
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Jonah Hex
Directed by Jimmy Hayward Written by Mark Neveldine/Brian Taylor, William Farmer
Starring: Josh Brolin, John Malkovich, Megan Fox
Jonah Hex is an upcoming Western film based on the DC Comics character of the same name.
Quentin Turnbull (Malkovich) is a Confederate veteran of the Civil War who is trying to fight and re-win the war, and scarred bounty hunter Jonah Hex (Brolin) must stop him.
June 30
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
Directed by David Slade Written by Melissa Rosenberg
Starring: Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner
As Seattle is ravaged by a string of mysterious killings and a malicious vampire continues her quest for revenge, Bella once again finds herself surrounded by danger. In the midst of it all, she is forced to choose between her love for Edward and her friendship with Jacob — knowing that her decision has the potential to ignite the ageless struggle between vampire and werewolf. With her graduation quickly approaching, Bella has one more decision to make: life or death.
