Underworld3: The Rise Of The Lycans - January 2009

Underworld3: The Rise Of The Lycans - January 2009

The prequel story traces the origins of the centuries-old blood feud between the vampires and their onetime slaves, the Lycans. In the dark ages, after the long struggle of the vampire race to subdue the first generation of lycans, the two races live in relative peace. Lycans are the daytime guardians of the vampires, vampires are the rulers of the night, aristocrats and nobles. When the daughter of Viktor, a vampire elder of great renown and respect, becomes pregnant with her lycan lover's child she is ordered exectued. Lucian, the lover, is forced to watch as she is burned alive by the sun along with his unborn child. When viktor returns to the execution chamber, Lucian flies into a rage, transforms (in spite of the fact that the moon was not full) and flees with his beloved's necklace. Lucian then rallies other lycans to his cause and the war between vampires and lycans begins. For centuries the war rages, eventually the lycans are beaten. Their only stronghold is the castle of their leader Lucian. Viktor's second in command, Kraven, makes a pact with the lycan alpha, Lucian. The branded skin is cut from Lucian's arm as proof of his demise and his castle razed to the ground. This farce leaves Lucian in relative peace so that he can begin rebuilding his forces to strike a deadly and telling blow against the vampires centuries later by finding the pure blood of the Corvinus line.

Directed by : Patrick Tatopoulos
Produced by: Len Wiseman, Tom Rosenberg, Gary Lucchesi, Skip Williamson
Written by: Len Wiseman, Danny McBride, Kevin Grevioux
Release Date: January 23, 2009
Genre: Action, Fantasy , Horror , Thriller

Casts:

• Michael Sheen as Lucian
• Rhona Mitra as Sonja
• Bill Nighy as Viktor
• Steven Mackintosh as Andreas Tanis
• Kevin Grevioux as Raze
• Shane Brolly as Kraven
• Zita Görög as Amelia
• Tony Curran as Markus Corvinus

Max Payne - October 2008

Max Payne - October 2008

Based on the legendary, hard-hitting interactive video game, "Max Payne" tells the story of a maverick cop determined to track down those responsible for the brutal murder of his family and partner. Hell-bent on revenge, his obsessive investigation takes him on a nightmare journey into a dark underworld. As the mystery deepens, Max (Wahlberg) is forced to battle enemies beyond the natural world and face an unthinkable betrayal.

Coming together to solve a series of murders in New York City are a DEA agent (Wahlberg) whose family was slain as part of a conspiracy and an assassin (Kunis) out to avenge her sister's death. The duo will be hunted by the police, the mob, and a ruthless corporation.

Directed by John Moore
Produced by Scott Faye
Julie Yorn
Written by Beau Thorne
Release Date: October 17, 2008
Genre: Action, Thriller

Casts:

• Mark Wahlberg as Max Payne
• Beau Bridges as B.B. Hensley
• Mila Kunis as Mona Sax
• Ludacris as Jim Bravura,
• Chris O'Donnell as Jason Colvin

Max Payne (Mark Wahlberg) is a cop whose family and partner are brutally murdered. He embarks on a maverick path, venturing into the underworld to find those responsible for the murders. Payne finds that he faces enemies from beyond the natural world and that he will be betrayed.

Watchmen - March 2009

Watchmen - March 2009

The story is set in an alternate 1985 where superheroes exist, Richard Nixon is still president, and tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union are at an all-time high. The vigilante Rorschach is investigating the murder of the Comedian 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.

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 set in an alternate 1985 America in which costumed superheroes are part of the fabric of everyday society, and the "Doomsday Clock" - which charts the USA's tension with the Soviet Union - is permanently set at five minutes to midnight. When one of his former colleagues is murdered, the washed up but no less determined masked vigilante Rorschach sets out to uncover a plot to kill and discredit all past and present superheroes. As he reconnects with his former crime-fighting legion - a ragtag group of retired superheroes, only one of whom has true powers - Rorschach glimpses a wide-ranging and disturbing conspiracy with links to their shared past and catastrophic consequences for the future. Their mission is to watch over humanity... but who is watching the Watchmen?"

Directed by Zack Snyder
Produced by Lloyd Levin, Lawrence Gordon and Deborah Snyder
Written by Alex Tse and David Hayter
Release Date: March 6th, 2009
Genre: Action / Drama / Fantasy / Sci-Fi / Thriller

Casts:

• Patrick Wilson as Daniel Dreiberg / Nite Owl II
• Billy Crudup as Dr. Jon Osterman / Doctor Manhattan
• Jeffrey Dean Morgan as Edward Blake / The Comedian
• Jackie Earle Haley as Walter Kovacs / Rorschach
• Malin Akerman as Laurie Juspeczyk / Silk Spectre II
• Matthew Goode as Adrian Veidt / Ozymandias
• Stephen McHattie as Hollis Mason / Nite Owl
• Carla Gugino as Sally Jupiter / Silk Spectre
• Matt Frewer as Edgar Jacobi / Moloch the Mystic
• Niall Matter as Mothman

A complex, multi-layered mystery adventure, "Watchmen" is set in an alternate 1985 America in which costumed superheroes are part of the fabric of everyday society, and the "Doomsday Clock" - which charts the USA's tension with the Soviet Union - is permanently set at five minutes to midnight. When one of his former colleagues is murdered, the washed-up but no less determined masked vigilante Rorschach sets out to uncover a plot to kill and discredit all past and present superheroes. As he reconnects with his former crime-fighting legion - a ragtag group of retired superheroes, only one of whom has true powers - Rorschach glimpses a wide-ranging and disturbing conspiracy with links to their shared past and catastrophic consequences for the future. Their mission is to watch over humanity...but who is watching the watchmen?

The Day the Earth Stood Still - December 2008

The Day the Earth Stood Still - December 2008

The 2008 remake about an alien and his indestructible robot will star (Keanu Reeves) as Klaatu, Jennifer Connelly as Helen Benson, (Jaden Smith) as Jacob, and (Kathy Bates). Gort has not been cast at this time and will most likely be created using FX.

The remake of (The Day the Earth Stood Still) will supposedly remain true to the original movie, however there is a chance the remake will more likely remain true to the short story upon which the 1951 movie is based. In either case the alien 'weaponry' seems to have been upgraded. In addition to a city going dark, and a very brief look at the new Gort, the film trailer shows a cloud of black smoke, capable of rapid movement and disintegrating matter on contact.
In the 1951 movie, Gort is described as one of a race of robots created by the planets to maintain peace throughout the galaxy. If the 2008 remake follows the short story by (Harry Bates), "Farewell to the Master" upon which the 1951 movie is based, it will be revealed at the end of the movie by Gort himself that he is the master, and not Klaatu.

In the original movie, a flying saucer orbits Earth, and lands in Washington, DC, on the Mall. Klaatu (Michael Rennie) steps out and is shot by a jumpy soldier. Gort (Lock Martin), an indestructible robot steps out of the spacecraft and proceeds to melt all the weapons, including tanks, without harming a single human being. Later, the Earth comes to realize that Gort has used very little of his power to make this happen.
While lying on the ground, Klaatu orders Gort to stop, and is then taken by the military to a hospital from which he later escapes in order to learn more about this planet called Earth and its human inhabitants. He meets Helen Benson (Patricia Neal) and her son. Billy Benson (Billy Gray) takes Klaatu on a tour of Washington DC finally stopping in front of the Lincoln Memorial. Klaatu reads the words uttered by Lincoln many years ago and realizes that there might be hope for Earth.
When they begin to suspect him, he reveals himself, along with the news that Gort is a member of a race of super-robot enforcers invented to keep the peace of the galaxy and will destroy the Earth if provoked. Klaatu is pursued and shot and killed by the military. Before Klaatu dies, he tells Helen to go to Gort, and say these words Klaatu Barata Nikto. If she does not, Klaatu tells her Gort will destroy the Earth. Helen makes her way to the ship and finds Gort. As Gort moves towards her, she repeats the phrase over and over. Gort picks her up and takes her into the ship. Gort then retrieves Klaatus body and through their alien science, resurrects Klaatu.

Directed by : Scott Derrickson
Written by : David Scarpa and Ryne Douglas Pearson
Produced by : Paul Harris Boardman, Gregory Goodman and Erwin Stoff
Release Date : December 12, 2008
Genre: Drama / Sci-Fi / Thriller

Casts:
Keanu Reeves as Klaatu, an alien messenger
Jennifer Connelly as Helen Benson, a microbiologist who works at Princeton University and inducted by the government into investigating Klaatu
Kathy Bates
Jon Hamm as Dr. Granier, a NASA official who recruits Helen into a scientific team investigating Klaatu.
Jaden Smith as Jacob, Helen's rebellious eight-year old stepson.
John Cleese as Dr. Barnhardt.

Plot Summary: "The Day the Earth Stood Still" is 20th Century Fox's contemporary reinvention of its 1951 classic. Keanu Reeves portrays Klaatu, an alien whose arrival on our planet triggers a global upheaval. As governments and scientists race to unravel the mystery behind the visitor's appearance, a woman (Jennifer Connelly) and her young stepson get caught up in his mission – and come to understand the ramifications of his being a self-described "friend to the Earth."

Terminator 4 (Salvation: The Future Begins)

Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins

What can we expect on Terminator 4?

After Skynet has destroyed much of humanity in a nuclear holocaust, a group of survivors led by John Connor (Bale) struggles to keep the machines from finishing the job.

Director: McG
Screenwriter: John Brancato, Michael Ferris
Genre: Action / Adventure / Sci-Fi / Thriller
Release Date: May 22, 2009
Casts:

• Anton Yelchin as Kyle Reese
• Christian Bale as John Connor
• Josh Brolin as Terminator
• Moon Bloodgood
• Sam Worthington as Marcus

Plot Summary: "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.



Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins is quickly moving into production over at Warner Brothers. According to Variety, the film will begin shooting in early 2008 with a revised storyline that could expand into two more feature films.

This new version of the old franchise will be similar in scale to Terminator 3: Rise Of The Machines, and will have an event sized budget. At the same time, Warner Brothers is also producing a small screen adaptation of The Terminator entitled The Sarah Connor Chronicles, which will air on Fox during its midseason run early next year.

John Brancato and Michael Ferris have completed a final draft of the screenplay, and the studio is currently looking for a director to helm the project. At this time, McG is likely to step behind the camera for the first entry in this proposed trilogy, but no deal has been signed at this date and time.

As for Arnold Schwarzenegger's participation in the film, executive producer Moritz Borman stated, "We've left it open for him to maybe do a cameo. He has an important job, as we know, and the final decision will be based on his desire and availability, along with what the director wants."

Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins will be released in the summer of 2009.

Quarantine - October 2008

Quarantine - October 2008

Screen Gems has released the movie trailer for Quarantine online. If you remember, last month we posted two viral videos which featured tape of a government shooting that happened on March 11th under the title Case 1017. It turned out that these virals were part of the viral marketing campaign for Quarantine, John Dowdle’s American remake of Spanish horror film [rec]. The film follows a TV news crew which gets trapped with a hazmat crew in a CDC quarantined apartment building which has been infected by something unknown. When the quarantine is eventually lifted, the only evidence of what happened is the news crew’s videotape as ala Cloverfield. The movie stars Jennifer Carpenter as pictured above, who I absolutely fell in love with from the hit television show Dexter as she plays Dexter’s foul mouthed almost always inappropriate sister Debra Morgan.

Directed by John Dowdle
Produced by Drew Dowdle and Glenn Gainor
Written by John Dowdle and Drew Dowdle
Genre: Drama / Horror / Thriller
Release Date: October 17, 2008

Casts and Characters:

• Johnathon Schaech as Fletcher
• Jennifer Carpenter as Angela
• Joey King as Briana
• Jay Hernandez as Jake
• Columbus Short as Wilensky
• Marin Hinkle as Kathy
• Rade Serbedzija as Yuri
• Steve Harris
• Greg Germann as Lawrence
• Denis O'Hare as Randy
• Andrew Fiscella as Officer McCreedy
• Bernard White as Bernard
• Stacy Chbosky as Elise
• Jermaine Jackson as Nadif
• Sharon Ferguson as Jwahir
• Ronnie Lewis Jr. as Officer Lewis

Television reporter Angela Vidal (Jennifer Carpenter) and her cameraman (Steve Harris) are assigned to spend the night shift with a Los Angeles Fire Station. After a routine 911 call takes them to a small apartment building, they find police officers already on the scene in response to blood curdling screams coming from one of the apartment units. They soon learn that a woman living in the building has been infected by something unknown. After a few of the residents are viciously attacked, they try to escape with the news crew in tow, only to find that the CDC has quarantined the building. Phones, internet, televisions and cell phone access have been cut-off, and officials are not relaying information to those locked inside. When the quarantine is finally lifted, the only evidence of what took place is the news crew's videotape.

Underworld 3: Rise of the Lycans - January 2009

Underworld 3: Rise of the Lycans - January 2009

Underworld 3: The Rise of the Lycans is being fast-tracked into production as a joint venture between Lakeshore Entertainment and Screen Gems. According to Variety, Michael Sheen, Bill Nighy and Rhona Mitra have already signed on to star in the film.

Patrick Tatopoulos, the F/X man responsible for creating the creates seen in the first two films, is on board to direct this third installment of the werewolves vs. vampires franchise. This one will be a prequel, focusing on the origins of the centuries old feud between the Death Dealers and their onetime slaves the Lycans.

"In the Dark Ages, a young Lycan named Lucian (Sheen) emerges as a powerful leader who rallies the werewolves to rise up against Viktor (Nighy), the cruel vampire king who has enslaved them. Lucian is joined by his secret lover, Sonja (Mitra), in his battle against the Death Dealer army and his struggle for Lycan freedom."

Danny McBride wrote the screenplay (but don't confuse him with the Danny McBride of The Heartbreak Kid and Hot Rod fame, this is a different Danny McBride). The film goes into production in January. Shooting will take place in Auckland, New Zealand.

They will star alongside Michael Sheen, Rhona Mitra, Bill Nighy and Shane Brolly in the prequel that is set in the Dark Ages and traces the origins of the centuries-old blood feud between the aristocratic vampires and their one-time werewolf slaves, the Lycans.

Directed by Patrick Tatopoulos
Produced by Len Wiseman, Tom Rosenberg, Gary Lucchesi and Skip Williamson
Written by Len Wiseman, Danny McBride and Kevin Grevioux
Genre: Action, Adventure, Horror, Thriller
Release Date: January 23, 2009

Casts:

• Rhona Mitra as Sonja
• Bill Nighy as Viktor
• Michael Sheen as Lucian
• Steven Mackintosh as Andreas Tanis
• Kevin Grevioux as Raze

The prequel story traces the origins of the centuries-old blood feud between the aristocratic vampires known as Death Dealers and their onetime slaves, the Lycans. In the Dark Ages, a young Lycan named Lucian (Sheen) emerges as a powerful leader who rallies the werewolves to rise up against Viktor (Nighy), the cruel vampire king who has enslaved them. Lucian is joined by his secret lover, Sonja (Mitra), in his battle against the Death Dealer army and his struggle for Lycan freedom.

Kate Beckinsale "NO" to Underworld 3:

It’s been reported here more than once that Kate Beckinsale, star of the first two “Underworld” movies, won’t be returning to part 3, “Rise of the Lycans”, and that Rhona Mitra will effectively be replacing her in the franchise. Now Kate has confirmed it to IESB — no “Underworld 3″ for her, not even a cameo!

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Kate Beckinsale revealed today at the junket for her new film, Snow Angels, that she won’t be returning to the Underworld franchise — at least not anytime soon.
Beckinsale did offer that she’d like to maybe one day “pull a Bruce Willis” and return to her character at 50. (How a vampire gets to 50, I have no idea.)
But unfortunately for fans, there’s no cameo appearance in the upcoming third film, Underworld: Rise of the Lycans due next year.

Shame, really, as no one looks better in tight leather than Kate Beckinsale. Seriously, if the girl gave up acting tomorrow and started a clothing line of tight black leather and did all the modeling for it herself, this thing would sell like hotcakes — all to guys, of course.

X-Men Origins: Wolverine May 2009

X-Men Origins: Wolverine May 2009

Set seventeen years before X-Men, the film will focus on Wolverine's violent past, and his early encounters with William Stryker. The Weapon X program and his interactions with other mutants will be explored, including his complex relationship with Sabretooth / Victor Creed.

Using several resources that include the Marvel Comics lore, along with the more recent Weapon X graphic novels by Frank Miller, "Wolverine" mixes action with an origin story about how Logan emerged from a barbaric experiment as an indestructible mutant with retractable razor-sharp claws.

Directed by Gavin Hood
Produced by Lauren Shuler Donner, Ralph Winter, Hugh Jackman and John Palermo
Written by David Benioff, James Vanderbilt, Scott Silver, Skip Woods and David Ayer
Genre: Action / Drama / Fantasy / Sci-Fi / Thriller
Release date: May 1, 2009

Casts:

• Hugh Jackman as Logan / Wolverine
• Troye Mellet plays the young Logan
• Liev Schreiber as Victor Creed / Sabretooth
• Danny Huston as William Stryker
• Lynn Collins as Kayla Silver Fox
• Daniel Henney as David North / Agent Zero
• Will.i.am as John Wraith / Kestrel
• Taylor Kitsch as Remy LeBeau / Gambit
• Dominic Monaghan as Barnell
• Ryan Reynolds as Wade Wilson / Deadpool

Hugh Jackman reprises his role as Logan, the mutant who eventually becomes Wolverine and sometimes member of the X-Men. "Origins" hints at a prequel of sorts, allowing us to look back at the origins of Wolverine and the shadowy Mutant X program. Die-hards may raise an eye brow at the timing of Gambit's (Taylor Kitsch) introduction to the Marvel film world. However, much like Wolverine, he has a cult-like following (albeit smaller), questionable origins, and the Marvel franchise was running out of options as to when to bring Gambit into the fold. If played true-to-form, look for Deadpool (Ryan Reynolds) to steal the show and reappear in his own spin-off at some point in the future.

The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor - August 2008

The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor - August 2008
The film was also known as "The Mummy 3, The Mummy: Curse of the Dragon"

The blockbuster global "Mummy" franchise takes a spellbinding turn as the action shifts to Asia for the next chapter in the adventure series, "The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor." Brendan Fraser returns as explorer Rick O'Connell to combat the resurrected Han Emperor (Jet Li) in an epic that races from the catacombs of ancient China high into the frigid Himalayas. Rick is joined in this all-new adventure by son Alex (newcomer Luke Ford), wife Evelyn (Maria Bello) and her brother, Jonathan (John Hannah). And this time, the O'Connells must stop a mummy awoken from a 2,000-year-old curse who threatens to plunge the world into his merciless, unending service.

Doomed by a double-crossing sorceress (Michelle Yeoh) to spend eternity in suspended animation, China's ruthless Dragon Emperor and his 10,000 warriors have laid forgotten for eons, entombed in clay as a vast, silent terra cotta army. But when dashing adventurer Alex O'Connell is tricked into awakening the ruler from eternal slumber, the reckless young archaeologist must seek the help of the only people who know more than he does about taking down the undead: his parents.

As the monarch roars back to life, our heroes find his quest for world domination has only intensified over the millennia. Striding the Far East with unimaginable supernatural powers, the Emperor Mummy will rouse his legion as an unstoppable, otherworldly force...unless the O'Connells can stop him first. Now, in "The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor," the trademark thrills and visually spectacular action of the "Mummy" series will be redefined for a new generation.

"The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor" is helmed by director Rob Cohen ("The Fast and the Furious," "xXx") and written by Alfred Gough & Miles Millar ("Spider-Man 2," television's "Smallville"). Reprising their roles as producers in the series are Bob Ducsay, Sean Daniel, Stephen Sommers and James Jacks.

Directed by Rob Cohen
Produced by Stephen Sommers, James Jack, Bob Ducsay and Sean Daniel
Written by Alfred Gough and Miles Millar
Release date: August 1, 2008
Genre: Action / Adventure / Fantasy / Thriller
Plot: In the Far East, trouble-seeking father-and-son duo Rick and Alex O'Connell unearth the mummy of the first Emperor of Qin -- a shape-shifting entity who was cursed by a wizard centuries ago.

Casts:
Brendan Fraser as Richard "Rick" O'Connell
Jet Li as Emperor Qin Shi Huang
Maria Bello as Evelyn Carnahan-O'Connell
Michelle Yeoh as Zi Yuan
John Hannah as Jonathan Carnahannd
Luke Ford as Alex O'Connell
Isabella Leong as Lin
Russell Wong as Ming Guo
Albert Kwan as Chu Wah
Tian Liang as Eunuch
Anthony Wong Chau Sang as General Yang

Brendan Fraser returns as explorer Rick O'Connell to combat the resurrected Qin Emperor (Jet Li) in 1946. Rick is joined by son Alex (newcomer Luke Ford), wife Evelyn (Maria Bello) and her brother, Jonathan (John Hannah). In this film, the O’Connells must stop a mummy awoken from a 2,000-year-old curse who threatens to plunge the world into his merciless, unending service.

Doomed by a double-crossing sorceress (Michelle Yeoh) to spend eternity in suspended animation, China's ruthless Dragon Emperor and his 10,000 warriors have lain forgotten, entombed in clay as a silent terracotta army. But when adventurer Alex O'Connell is tricked into awakening the ruler from his suspension, he is forced to seek the help of the only people who know more than he does about taking down the undead, his parents, Richard and Evelyn O'Connell.

As the monarch awakens, the characters find his quest for world domination has only intensified over time. Crossing the Far East with supernatural powers, unless stopped, the Emperor Mummy will rouse his legion as an unstoppable force.

Mister Foe - 2008

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Jamie Bell is Hallam Foe, a troubled young man whose knack for voyeurism paradoxically reveals his darkest fears, and his most peculiar desires. Driven to expose the true cause of his mother’s death, he instead finds himself searching the rooftops of the city of Edinburgh for love. Featuring a lively soundtrack with Franz Ferdinand, Sons and Daughters and Orange Juice among others, MISTER FOE is a darkly twisted, entertaining work of magical realism from one of the leading lights of the new Scottish cinema.

Directed by David MacKenzie
Written by David MacKenzie, Ed Whitmore
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Release Date: 2008

Casts:

• Jamie Bell as Hallam Foe
• Sophia Myles as Kate Breck
• Ciarán Hinds as Julius Foe
• Jamie Sives as Alasdair
• Maurice Roëves as Raymond
• Ewen Bremner as Andy
• Claire Forlani as Verity Foe
• John Paul Lawler as Carl
• Ruth Milne as Jenny
• Lucy Holt as Lucy

Plot Summary: "Mister Foe" features Jamie Bell in his first starring role in a UK film since Billy Elliot and co-stars Sophia Myles, Claire Forlani and Ciarán Hinds. Hallam's talent for observing people reveals his darkest fears-and his most peculiar desires. Driven to expose the true cause of his mother's death, he instead finds himself searching the rooftops of the city for love.

Righteous Kill - September 2008

Righteous Kill - September 2008

Veteran New York City police detectives on the trail of a vigilante serial killer in the adrenaline fueled psychological thriller Righteous Kill, directed by Jon Avnet (Red Corner, Fried Green Tomatoes) and written by Russell Gewirtz (Inside Man). The cast also features hip-hop superstar Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson (Get Rich or Die Tryin').

After 30 years as partners in the pressure cooker environment of the NYPD, highly decorated Detectives David Fisk and Thomas Cowan should be ready for retirement, but aren't. Before they can hang up their badges, they are called in to investigate the murder of a notorious pimp, which appears to have ties to a case they solved years before.

Like the original murder, the victim is a suspected criminal whose body is found accompanied by a four line poem justifying the killing. When additional crimes take place, it becomes clear the detectives are looking for a serial killer, one who targets criminals that have fallen through the cracks of the judicial system. His mission is to do what the cops can't do on their own -- take the culprits off the streets for good. The similarities between the recent killings and their earlier case raise a nagging question: Did they put the wrong man behind bars?

Directed by Jon Avnet
Produced by Avi Lerner, Boaz Davidson, Lati Grobman and Randall Emmett
Written by Russell Gewirtz
Release Date: September 12, 2008
Genre: Crime / Drama / Thriller

Casts:

• Al Pacino as Rooster
• Robert De Niro as Turk
• Carla Gugino as Karen Kleisner
• Donnie Wahlberg as Detective Riley
• John Leguizamo as Detective Perez
• Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson as Spider
• Brian Dennehy as Lieutenant Hingus
• Frank John Hughes as Randall
• Mark Famiglietti as Carl
• Michael Cruz as Frankie

Plot Summary: Longtime partners Detectives David Fisk and Thomas Cowan investigate a series of vigilante killings in a gritty and sophisticated New York City crime thriller.
Two Veteran New York City Detectives hunt a vigilante who may be one of their own. Two cops (Robert Deniro, Al Pacino) find themselves in pursuit of a serial killer who writes poems about the crime he just committed, leaving them at the scene.

The Oxford Murders - 2008

The Oxford Murders - 2008

November 1993. Wood plays Martin, an American student at Oxford University who wants Arthur Seldom (Hurt) as his thesis director. In a public lecture, Seldom quotes Wittgenstein's Tractatus to deny the possibility of truth. Martin contests asserting his faith in the mathematics under reality. Later, Martin and Seldom coincide and find Martin's landlady (also a friend of Seldom's) murdered. Seldom declares to the police that he had received a note with his friend's address marked as "the first of a series". As Seldom is an authority on logical series, he suspects that a serial murderer is defying his intelligence. Martin, Seldom and Lorna (Leonor Watling), a Spanish nurse, will try to guess the following terms of the series as murders continue.

Directed by Álex de la Iglesia
Produced by Kevin Loader and Gerardo Herrero
Written by Jorge Guerricaechevarria (screenplay), Álex de la Iglesia (screenplay) and Guillermo Martínez (novel)
Genre: Crime / Thriller
Release Date: TBA 2008

Casts:

• Elijah Wood - Martin, an American student
• John Hurt - Arthur Seldom, a British authority on logical series.
• Leonor Watling - Lorna, a Spanish nurse
• Julie Cox - Beth, a musician, daughter of Mrs Eagleton.
• Dominique Pinon - father of an ill girl.
• Burn Gorman - Podorov, a crank mathematician
• Jim Carter - Inspector Petersen
• Anna Massey - Mrs Eagleton, Martin's landlady and Seldom's friend.
• Alex Cox - Kalman, a demented mathematician
• Tom Frederic - Ludwig Wittgenstein
• Roque Baños - Director
• Alan David - Mr. Higgins
• Tim Wallers - Defence Lawyer
• Ian East - Howard Green, planner of a perfect crime
• Charlotte Asprey - Howard Green's Wife
• Martin Nigel Davey - Professor Wilkes

Plot Summary: Elijah Wood plays a young student who goes to Oxford to study but becomes intrigued by a murder that takes place where he lives. This brings him under the wing of a Sherlock Holmes-style mentor (John Hurt), who uses logic and math symbols to try to stop a series of murders.

The Alphabet Killer - 2008

The Alphabet Killer - 2008

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Roceter, NY. MEGAN PAIGE (Eliza Dushku) is a driven olice investigator whose commitment to the job orders on obsession. Her fiance, KENNETH SHINE (Cary Elwes), is also a lieutenant with the Rochester PD. They're currently working on one of their worst cases yet, the murder & rape of a 10-year-old girl named CARLA CASTILLO. When Megan puts it together that she was murdered in Churchville, Megan is convinced that they are dealing with a serial killer. She becomes so caught up, she begins to have hallucinations... and a bloody Carla begins to haunt her regularly. When Megan cannot crack the case, it pushes her over the edge. She's diagnosed with an adult onset of paranoid schizophrenia that finds her in a psychiatric hospital instead of her precinct and to top ot off, she breaks off her engagement with Kenneth. TWO YEARS LATER: Megan regains work for the department, but now in the shadow of her former capacity. Kenneth has been promoted to the Captain. Her relief comes from a support group for mental illness survivors and wheelchair-bound friend RICHARD LEDGE (Timothy Hutton).

When another girl, WENDY WALSH is abducted, raped and murdered in Webster, Megan is convinced that the killer has resurfaced and her old fire is reheated. Against his etter judgement, Kenneth allows Megan to ride along with investigator STEVEN HARPER (Tom Malloy), buy only in an advisory capacity. However, soon after she is in the thick of things, her old sympthoms start coming back, namely in form of hallucinations of both dead girls now. Ledge tells her that she's flirting with disaster. Megan knows that the case is in danger of going cold with few leads, no suspects, and a serial killer on the loose. Can she catch him in time? Or will the "Alphabet Killer" go free?

Directed by Rob Schmidt
Written by Tom Malloy
Release date: 2008
Plot: Based on the true story of the double initial killings in Rochester, NY.
Genre: Drama / Thriller

Casts:

• Eliza Dushku as Megan Paige
• Cary Elwes as Capt. Kenneth Shine
• Timothy Hutton as Richard Ledge
• Tom Malloy as Stephen Harper
• Michael Ironside as Captain Nathan Norcross
• Bill Moseley as Carl Tanner
• Sarah Anderson as Elizabeth Eckers
• Renata Batista as Waitress
• Liz Cameron as Shopkeeper wife
• Eric Cubitt as Husband

Street Kings - April 2008

Street Kings - April 2008

In STREET KINGS, a police thriller directed by David Ayer, Keanu Reeves plays Tom Ludlow, a veteran LAPD Vice Detective. Ludlow sets out on a quest to discover the killers of his former partner, Detective Terrance Washington (Terry Crews). Academy® Award winner Forest Whitaker plays Captain Wander, Ludlow's supervisor, whose duties include keeping him within the confines of the law and out of the clutches of Internal Affairs Captain Biggs (Hugh Laurie). Ludlow teams up with a young Robbery Homicide Detective (Chris Evans) to track Washington's killers through the diverse communities of Los Angeles. Their determination pays off when the two Detectives track down Washington's murderers and confront them in an attempt to bring them to justice.

Directed by David Ayer
Produced by Lucas Foster, Alexandra Milchan and Erwin Stoff
Written by David Ayer, James Ellroy and Jamie Moss
Genre: Crime / Drama / Thriller
Rating: R
Release date: April 11, 2008

Starring:

• Keanu Reeves as Tom Ludlow
• Forest Whitaker
• Hugh Laurie
• Chris Evans as Diskant
• Terry Crews
• Naomie Harris
• Cedric the Entertainer
• Amaury Nolasco
• Common as Coates
• Jay Mohr - Mike Clady
• Martha Higareda
• The Game as Grill

Keanu Reeves plays Tom Ludlow, a veteran LAPD Vice Detective. Ludlow sets out on a quest to discover the killers of his former partner, Detective Terrance Washington (Crews). Whitaker plays Captain Wander, Ludlo's supervisor, whose duties include keeping him within the confines of the law and out of the clutches of Internal Affairs Captain Biggs (Laurie). Ludlow teams up with a young Robbery Homicide Detective (Evans) to track Washington's killers through the diverse communities of Los Angeles. Their determination pays off when the two Detectives track down Washington's murderers and confront them in an attempt to bring them to justice.

Boarding Gate - March 2008

Boarding Gate - March 2008

The new film from acclaimed and adventurous French filmmaker Olivier Assayas, "Boarding Gate" is an erotic noir-thriller boasting an exciting international cast.
Asia Argento plays sexy ex-prostitute Sandra, who is forced to flee London after a steamy S&M encounter with a debt ridden ex-lover (Michael Madsen) ends in violence. Fleeing to Hong Kong in search of a fresh start, she becomes involved with an attractive young couple, Lester (Carl Ng) and Sue (Kelly Lin), who promise to help her obtain papers and money. But nothing turns out as expected for Sandra, and she finds herself trapped in a sordid game of manipulation.

Directed by Olivier Assayas
Produced by François Margolin
Written by Olivier Assayas
Genre: Thriller/ Drama
Rating: R
Release date: March 21, 2008

Casts:

• Asia Argento as Sandra
• Michael Madsen as Miles Rennberg
• Carl Ng as Lester Wang
• Kelly Lin as Sue
• Alex Descas as André
• Kim Gordon as Kay
• Joana Preiss as Lisa

An Italian woman [Argento] who lives in London and has a passionate affair with a former financial big gun [Madsen]. She also had a second lover [a Leung], a contract killer who has to kill the big gun. Her second lover's wife [Yeoh] is behind the scenes, pulling the strings.

The Bank Job - March 2008

Inspired by the infamous 1971 robbery that took place at the Lloyds Bank in Marylebone London, The bank Job stars Jason Statham and Saffron Burrows. The highly-charged heist thriller tautly interweaves high-level corruption, murder and sexual scandal in 1970s England.

A car dealer with dodgy past and new family, Terry (Statham) has always avoided major-league scams. But when Martine (Burrows), a beautiful model from his old neighborhood, offers him a lead on a foolproof bank hit on London's Banker Street, Terry recognizes the opportunity of a lifetime. Martine targets a roomful of safe deposit bozes worth millions in cash ans jewelry. But Terry and his crew don't realize the boxes true treasure trove on dirty secrets - secrets that will thrust them into a deadly web of corruption and illicit scandal that spans London's criminal underworld, the highest echelons of the British government, and the Royal Family itself... the true story of a heist gone wrong... in all the right ways.

Directed by Roger Donaldson
Produced by David Alper
Written by Dick Clement, Ian La Frenais, George McIndoe and Aaron Shuster
Release date: March 7, 2008
Genre: Thriller

Casts:

• Jason Statham as Terry
• Saffron Burrows as Martine
• Stephen Campbell Moore as Kevin
• James Faulkner as Guy Singer
• Craig Fairbrass as Nick Barton
• Daniel Mays as Dave
• Alki David as Bambas
• Michael Jibson as Eddie

Based on the true story of the 1971 Baker Street bank robbery which was prevented from being told for over thirty years because of a Government gagging order. The real story of how one of the biggest robberies in British history took place with no arrests ever made nor money ever recovered.

Diary of the Dead - February 2008

In his first independently produced zombie film in over two decades, George A. Romero returns to ground zero in the history of the living dead. When a group of film students making a horror movie in the woods discovers that the dead have begun to revive, they turn their cameras on the real-life horrors that suddenly confront them, creating a first person diary of their bloody encounters and the disintegration of everything they hold dear. Told with Romero’s pitch-black humor and an unflinching eye on our post-Katrina world, GEORGE A. ROMERO’S DIARY OF THE DEAD marks the noted filmmaker’s return to his roots.

Directed by George A. Romero
Produced by George A. Romero, Peter Grunwald, Sam Englebardt, Artur Spigel, Dan Fireman, John Harrison, Ara Katz
Written by George A. Romero
In Theaters: February 15, 2008
Genre: Fantasy / Horror / Thriller
Rating: R

Casts:

• Shawn Roberts as Tony Ravello
• Joshua Close as Jason
• Michelle Morgan as Debra
• Jon Dinicol as Eliot
• Scott Wentworth as Maxwell
• George Buza as Biker
• Amy Ciupak Lalonde as Tracy Truman
• Tatiana Maslany as Mary
• Tino Monte as Newscaster
• Megan Park as Francine Shane
• Martin Roach as Stranger
• Alan Van Sprang as Colonel
• Matt Birman as Zombie Trooper
• Laura DeCarteret as Bree
• Janet Lo as Asian Woman
• Chris Violette as Gordo
• Todd William Schroeder as Brody
• Alexandria DeFabiis as Zombie
• Nick Alachiotis as Fred
• Philip Riccio

A group of film students are making an independent horror film when they become trapped in a world being consumed by flesh-eating zombies. They then turn their attention toward making the film into a documentary on their personal horror experiences.

Shutter - March 2008

A newly married couple discovers disturbing, ghostly images in photographs they develop after a tragic accident. Fearing the manifestations may be connected, they investigate and learn that some mysteries are better left unsolved.

Directed by Masayuki Ochiai
Produced by Roy Lee, Doug Davison and Taka Ichise
Written by Luke Dawson
Genre: Horror / Mystery / Thriller
Release date: March 21, 2008

Cast:

• Joshua Jackson as Benjamin Shaw
• Rachael Taylor as Jane Shaw
• Erica Leerhsen as Allison Carter
• James Kyson Lee as Ritsuo
• David Denman as Bruno
• John Hensley as Adam
• Maya Hazen as Seiko
• Megumi Okina as Megumi Tanaka

After a tragic accident, a young photographer (Joshua Jackson) and his new wife, (Rachael Taylor) discover mysterious shadows in their photographs taken by a camera. They start to ignore it, unaware that what it entails is both horrendous and shocking, and that you can not escape your past.

The Ruins - April 2008

Based on the terrifying best-seller by Scott Smith, “The Ruins” follows a group of friends who become entangled in a brutal struggle for survival after visiting a remote archaeological dig in the Mexican jungle - where they discover something deadly living among the ruins. “The Ruins” stars Jonathan Tucker (“The Black Donnellys”), Jena Malone (“Pride and Prejudice”), Shawn Ashmore (“X-Men: The Last Stand”), Laura Ramsey (“She’s the Man”) and Joe Anderson (“Across the Universe”). The film is directed by Carter Smith from a screenplay by Scott B. Smith.

Director: Carter Smith
Writers : Scott B. Smith (screenplay and novel)
Release date: April 4, 2008
Rating: R
Genre: Horror / Thriller

Casts:

• Jonathan Tucker as Jeff
• Jena Malone as Amy
• Shawn Ashmore as Eric
• Laura Ramsey as Stacy
• Joe Anderson as Mathias

A group of friends whose leisurely Mexican holiday takes a turn for the worse when they, along with a fellow tourist embark on a remote archaeological dig in the jungle, where something evil lives among the ruins.

The Life Before Her Eyes - April 2008

Based on the best-selling novel by Laura Kasischke, Life Before Her Eyes is a dramatic thriller about Diana (Oscar-nominee Uma Thurman), a suburban wife and mother who begins to question her seemingly perfect life—and perhaps her sanity—on the 15th anniversary of a tragic high school shooting that took the life of her best friend. In flashbacks, Diana is a vibrant high schooler (Evan Rachel Wood of THIRTEEN and THE UPSIDE OF ANGER) who, with her shy best friend Maureen, plot typical teenage strategies—cutting class, fantasizing about boys—and vow to leave their sleepy suburb at the first opportunity. The older Diana, however, is haunted by the increasingly strained relationship she had with Maureen as day of the school shooting approached. These memories disrupt the idyllic life she’s now leading with her professor husband Paul and their young daughter Emma. As older Diana’s life begins to unravel and younger Diana gets closer and closer to the fatal day, a deeper mystery slowly unravels.

Directed by Vadim Perelman
Written by Laura Kasischke and Emil Stern
Release date: April 18, 2008
Genre: Drama / Thriller /Novel-based
Rating : R

Cast:

• Uma Thurman
• Evan Rachel Wood
• Eva Amurri
• Gabrielle Brennan
• Adam Chanler-Berat
• Peter Conboy
• Pierce Cravens
• Brett Cullen
• Jewel Donohue
• Phil Gardiner
• Isabel Keating
• Maria Nazzaro
• Nathalie Paulding
• Mike Slater
• Robert Sciglimpaglia
• Ken Sladyk
• James Urbaniak
• Jeffrey A. Cline
• Jennifer M. Wilkins

A woman's survivor guilt from a Columbine-like event twenty years ago causes her idyllic present-day life to fall apart.