Production Status : In Production/Awaiting Release Genres : Drama and Thriller Running Time : 1 hr. 59 min. Release Date : October 5th, 2007 (limited) MPAA Rating : R for language including some sexual dialogue. Distributors : Warner Bros. Pictures Distribution Production Co. : Section Eight, Samuels Media Capital, Mirage Enterprises, Castle Rock Entertainment Financiers : Samuels Media Capital Filming Locations : New York, New York, USA Produced in : United States
Michael Clayton Facts:
Michael Clayton is an in-house "fixer" at one of the largest corporate law firms in New York. A former criminal prosecutor, Clayton takes care of Kenner, Bach & Ledeen's dirtiest work at the behest of the firm's co-founder Marty Bach. Though burned out and hardly content with his job as a fixer, his divorce, a failed business venture and mounting debt have left Clayton inextricably tied to the firm. At U/North, meanwhile, the career of litigator Karen Crowder rests on the multi-million dollar settlement of a class action suit that Clayton's firm is leading to a seemingly successful conclusion. But when Kenner Bach's brilliant and guilt-ridden attorney Arthur Edens sabotages the U/North case, Clayton faces the biggest challenge of his career and his life.
Production Status : In Production/Awaiting Release Genres : Comedy and Drama Release Date : December 25th, 2007 (limited); January 11th, 2008 (wide) MPAA Rating : PG-13 for language, including a sexual reference. Distributors : Warner Bros. Pictures Distribution Production Co. : Two Ton Films, Storyline Entertainment Studios : Warner Bros. Pictures Filming Locations : Los Angeles, California Produced in : United States
The Bucket List Facts: Two terminally ill men try to fulfill a wish list known as "The Bucket List" before each kicks the bucket. After they break out of a cancer ward, they head off on a road trip with an itinerary that includes racing cars, eating giant plates of caviar and slinging poker chips in Monte Carlo.
Martin (Pat Healy) is an unemployed ex-radio station employee who answers an ad to become a part of a brand new record company. Teaming up with his new friend Clarence (Kene Holliday), Martin is sent out to sign up new recording artists, but only those willing to pay a fee to be recorded. As the company's other sleazy business practices start coming to light, Martin begins to worry that his new "job" is nothing more acting as a cog in a large scam operation.
Also Known As: Se, Jie Production Status: In Production/Awaiting Release Logline: An espionage thriller set in WWII-era Shanghai, centering around Mr. Yee, a powerful political figure and Wang Jiazhi, the young woman who gets swept up in a dangerous game of emotional intrigue with him. Genres: Thriller and Adaptation Running Time: 2 hrs. 36 min. Release Date: September 28th, 2007 (limited) MPAA Rating: NC-17 for some explicit sexuality. Distributors: Focus Features Production Co.: River Road Entertainment, Haishang Films Studios: Focus Features Filming Locations: China Produced in: United States
Lust, Caution Facts :
Shanghai, 1942. The World War II Japanese occupation of this Chinese city continues in force. Mrs. Mak, a woman of sophistication and means, walks into a cafe, places a call, and then sits and waits. She remembers how her story began several years earlier, in 1938 China. She is not in fact Mrs. Mak, but shy Wong Chia Chi. With WWII underway, Wong has been left behind by her father, who has escaped to England. As a freshman at university, she meets fellow student Kuang Yu Min. Kuang has started a drama society to shore up patriotism. As the theater troupe's new leading lady, Wong realizes that she has found her calling, able to move and inspire audiences--and Kuang. He convenes a core group of students to carry out a radical and ambitious plan to assassinate a top Japanese collaborator, Mr. Yee. Each student has a part to play; Wong will be Mrs. Mak, who will gain Yee's trust by befriending his wife and then draw the man into an affair. Wong transforms herself utterly inside and out, and the scenario proceeds as scripted--until an unexpectedly fatal twist spurs her to flee. Shanghai, 1941. With no end in sight for the occupation, Wong--having emigrated from Hong Kong--goes through the motions of her existence. Much to her surprise, Kuang re-enters her life. Now part of the organized resistance, he enlists her to again become Mrs. Mak in a revival of the plot to kill Yee, who as head of the collaborationist secret service has become even more a key part of the puppet government. As Wong reprises her earlier role, and is drawn ever closer to her dangerous prey, she finds her very identity being pushed to the limit...
Also Known As: His Dark Materials 1: The Golden Compass, Northern Lights Production Status: In Production/Awaiting Release Logline: Centers on two children who live in parallel worlds surrounded by a huge cast of shape-shifting creatures. Genres: Action/Adventure, Drama, Science Fiction/Fantasy and Adaptation Release Date: December 7th, 2007 (wide) MPAA Rating: Not Rated Distributors: New Line Cinema Production Co.: Depth of Field, Scholastic Media Studios: New Line Cinema Filming Locations: United Kingdom Produced in: United States
The Golden Compass Facts
Lyra Belacqua is an orphan who lives happily in Jordan College, Oxford, playing with local boys and terrorizing the professors. However, when Lyra overhears scholars discussing a plot against her uncle, Lord Asriel, centering around a mysterious substance called Dust, her curiosity is roused. Soon Lyra is in over her head as she uncovers a frightening plot and a whole new world of possibilities.
Cast: Jamie Foxx, Jennifer Garner, Chris Cooper, Jason Bateman, Jeremy Piven, Danny Huston (more) Director(s) :Peter Berg Writer(s): Matthew Michael Carnahan Status: Upcoming (wide) Genre(s): Drama Release Date: Sept. 28, 2007 MPAA Rating: R - for intense sequences of graphic brutal violence, and for language Web Site: Official Site for The Kingdom
THE KINGDOM Facts FBI Special Agent Ronald Fleury (Jamie Foxx) assembles an eclectic team (Jennifer Garner, Chris Cooper and Jason Bateman) for a mission inside Saudi Arabia to find and capture a terrorist responsible for a deadly attack on Americans. However, the agents find themselves strangers in a very strange land until a native police captain takes them under his wing and helps them navigate the deadly streets of Riyadh.
Production Status: In Production/Awaiting Release Logline: Based on a true story of top student and athlete Christopher McCandless, an Emory graduate, who abandons his possessions, gave his entire $24,000 savings account to charity and hitchhiked to Alaska to live in the wilderness where he met his untimely fate. Genres: Action/Adventure and Adaptation Running Time: 2 hrs. 20 min. Release Date: September 21st, 2007 (limited) MPAA Rating: R for language and some nudity. Distributors: Paramount Vantage Production Co.: River Road Entertainment, Linson Films, Clyde Is Hungry Productions Studios: Paramount Vantage Financiers: Co-Financier: River Road Entertainment Filming Locations: Los Angeles, California USA, Alaska USA Produced in: United States
Into the Wild Facts
Based on a true story of one young man's tragic 'return to nature'. After graduating from Emory University in 1992, top student and athlete Christopher McCandless abandoned his possessions, gave his entire $24,000 savings account to charity and hitchhiked to Alaska to live in the wilderness. Along the way, Christopher encounters a series of characters that shape his life.
Production Status: In Production/Awaiting Release Logline: One of the defining passages of American history, the Apollo Space Program literally brought the aspirations of a nation to another world; this documentary presents footage and candid interviews with the astronauts who visited the moon. Genres: Art/Foreign and Documentary Running Time: 1 hr. 36 min. Release Date: September 7th, 2007 (limited) MPAA Rating: PG for mild language, brief violent images and incidental smoking. Distributors: ThinkFilm, Discovery Film Corporation Production Co.: Dox Productions Financiers: Passion Pictures Produced in: United Kingdom
In the Shadow of the Moon Facts:
Between 1968 and 1972, nine American spacecraft voyaged to the Moon, and 12 men walked upon its surface. They remain the only human beings to have stood on another world. This chronicle brings together, possibly for the first and last time, the surviving crew members from every single Apollo mission that flew to the Moon; it also allows them to tell their story in their own words. First-hand testimony is interwoven with visual archival material which has been re-mastered from the original NASA film footage--much of it never used before. As a result, this space 'epic' communicates the daring, the danger, the pride, and the promise of this extraordinary era in history when the whole world literally looked up at America.
Production Status: In Production/Awaiting Release Genres: Drama, Science Fiction/Fantasy and Thriller Running Time: 1 hr. 47 min. Release Date: September 19th, 2007 (limited) Distributors: First Take (IFC) Production Co.: Glass Eye Pix, Antidote Films Financiers: Zik Zak Filmworks Filming Locations: Iceland, Alaska Produced in: United States
The Last Winter Facs:
In the Arctic tundra of Northern Alaska, an advanced team working for a petroleum exploration company is engaged in a massive project to exploit the oil resources of the pristine land. After one crewmember is found dead, a disorientation slowly claims the sanity of the other members of the team as each of them succumbs to an unknowable fear. This creeping dread bursts open when a malevolent wind brings down a plane that approaches the station. Explosions and carnage wreak havoc on the team and all functions fail in the camp, forcing two of the members out into the cold on a desperate bid for survival. As the two journey to find help, they find themselves utterly alone in a world that is unraveling--either they are being stalked by an invisible herd of menacing phantoms, or they are going mad. Whatever does happen to them out there, they are never heard from again.
Also Known As: Resident Evil: 3, Resident Evil: Afterlife, Resident Evil: III Production Status: In Production/Awaiting Release Genres: Action/Adventure, Suspense/Horror, Adaptation and Sequel Release Date: September 21st, 2007 (wide) MPAA Rating: R for non-stop violence, language and some nudity. Distributors: Screen Gems Production Co.: Constantin Film Produktion GmbH, Impact Pictures Studios: Screen Gems Filming Locations: Mexico Produced in: United Kingdom
Resident Evil: Extinction Facts Alice, now in hiding in the Nevada desert, once again joins forces with Carlos Olivera and L.J., along with new survivors Claire, K-Mart and Nurse Betty to try to eliminate the deadly virus that threatens to make every human being undead...and to seek justice. Since being captured by the Umbrella Corporation, Alice has been subjected to biogenic experimentation and becomes genetically altered, with super-human strengths, senses and dexterity. These skills, and more, will be needed if anyone is to remain alive.
Also Known As: Three Ten to Yuma Production Status: In Production/Awaiting Release Genres: Action/Adventure, Drama, Western, Crime/Gangster and Remake Running Time: 2 hrs. Release Date: September 7th, 2007 (wide) MPAA Rating: R for violence and some language. Distributors: Lionsgate Production Co.: Tree Line Film Financiers: Relativity Media Filming Locations: Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA Produced in: United States
3:10 to Yuma Facts
A rancher struggles to support his ranch and family during a long drought. Desperately needing money to build a well, he takes an assignment to transport a notorious felon, in the hands of authorities, to Yuma for imprisonment. But, once the two meet, the criminal tries to tempt him with--in exchange for allowing him to escape--an offer of much more money than the rancher ever expected, the result of a hidden loot.
Also Known As: The Brave One Production Status: In Production/Awaiting Release Genres: Action/Adventure and Thriller Running Time: 1 hr. 59 min. Release Date: September 14th, 2007 (wide) MPAA Rating: R for strong violence, language and some sexuality. Distributors: Warner Bros. Pictures Distribution Production Co.: Village Roadshow Pictures Entertainment, Silver Pictures Studios: Warner Bros. Pictures Filming Locations: New York, New York USA Produced in: United States
The Brave One Facts:
New York radio host Erica Bain has a life that she loves and a fiancé she adores. All of it is taken from her when a brutal attack leaves Erica badly wounded and her fiancé dead. Unable to move past the tragedy, Erica begins prowling the city streets at night to track down the men she holds responsible. Her dark pursuit of justice catches the public's attention, and the city is riveted by her anonymous exploits. But with the NYPD desperate to find the culprit and a dogged police detective hot on her trail, she must decide whether her quest for revenge is truly the right path, or if she is becoming the very thing she is trying to stop.
Production Status: In Production/Awaiting Release Genres: Drama, Romance and Adaptation Release Date: September 14th, 2007 (limited) MPAA Rating: R for sexuality and nudity. Distributors: Picturehouse, New Line International Production Co.: Fandango, Rhombus Media Inc., Bee Vine Pictures, Productions Soie, Vice Versa Films Filming Locations: Matsumoto, Japan, Italy, Cairo, Egypt, Produced in: Canada
SILK FACT In the mid 19th century, a silkworm merchant travels from France to Japan to locate silkworm eggs that are uncontaminated by the epidemic that threatens Europe's silk supply. The merchant falls in love with the occidental concubine of a Japanese baron, though he has a loyal and doting wife awaiting his return.
Also Known As: D-War, Dragon Wars Production Status: In Production/Awaiting Release Genres: Action/Adventure, Art/Foreign, Drama and Science Fiction/Fantasy Running Time: 1 hr. 40 min. Release Date: September 14th, 2007 (wide) MPAA Rating: PG-13 for intense sequences of violence and creature action. Distributors: Freestyle Releasing Production Co.: Young Gu Art Entertainment Filming Locations: Los Angeles, California, USA Produced in: United States
Dragon Wars FACTS
A beautiful young woman possesses the power to transform a legendary giant serpent into an almighty dragon who can only ascend into heaven with the woman's ultimate sacrifice. But the forces of darkness are out to claim the young woman as their own and her reincarnated lover and his aged mentor stand in their way.
Jet Li stars in this fast-paced action thriller, playing an assassin named Rogue who has murdered an FBI agent. Now the agent's former partner (Jason Statham) is hellbent on revenge--and there's no avoiding a tense showdown with Rogue.
Cast: Diane Venora, Monty Lapica, Michael Bowen, Greg Germann, Matthew Carey, William Stanford Davis (more) Director(s): Monty Lapica Writer(s): Monty Lapica Genre(s): Drama Release Date: Aug. 31, 2007 Running Time: 107 minutes MPAA Rating: R - for substance abuse, language and some sexual material Web Site:Official Site for Self-Medicated
SELF-MEDICATED FACTS Andrew (Monty Lapica) hasn't been himself since his father died and every day he slips farther and farther into alcohol addiction and drug abuse. Unable to stand seeing her son destroy herself, Louise (Diane Venora) has her son kidnapped and sent to a psychiatric hospital that regular tortures its patients. Quickly coming to his senses, Andrew must escape this hellhole with his life, if only he can permanently kill his inner demons.
Cast: Simon Yam, Ka Tung Lam, Suet Lam, Ellen Chan, Nick Cheung, Roy Cheung Director(s): Johnnie To Genre(s): Action Release Date: Aug. 31, 2007 Running Time: 110 minutes MPAA Rating: R Web Site:Official Site for Exiled
EXILED FACTS In 1998, the Portuguese colony of Macau is on the verge of reverting back to Chinese rule. In this uncertain environment, two Hong Kong hit men are sent to kill a man who has left a vicious crime family so that he can raise his family in peace. But the assassins' job is put into jeopardy when two more killers show up on the scene to take them out before they can
Cast: Michael Cera, Jonah Hill, Seth Rogen, Kevin Corrigan, Joe Lo Truglio, Martha MacIsaac (more) Director(s): Greg Mottola Writer(s): Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg Genre(s): Comedy Release Date: Aug. 17, 2007 Running Time: 114 minutes MPAA Rating: R - for pervasive crude and sexual content, strong language, drinking, some drug use and a fantasy/comic violent image - all involving teens Web Site:Official Site for Superbad
SUPERBAD FACTS Seth and Even (Jonah Hill, Michael Cera) are two high school best friends who are about to graduate and move on to two different colleges. For one final school blowout party, the pair of nerds try to buy alcohol to get some girls drunk who will then hopefully sleep with them.
Cast: Tyler Mane, Sheri Moon, Scout Taylor-Compton, William Forsythe, Malcolm McDowell, Danielle Harris (more) Director(s): Rob Zombie Writer(s): Rob Zombie Genre(s): HorrorRelease Date: Aug. 31, 2007
Running Time: 109 minutes MPAA Rating: R - for strong brutal bloody violence and terror throughout, sexual content, graphic nudity and language Web Site:Official Site for Halloween
HALLOWEEN FACTS In this update of John Carpenter's classic horror movie, director Rob Zombie goes deep into the psychology of what makes a serial killer. Disturbingly evil even as a little kid, a young Michael Myers (Daeg Faerch) kills his sister and is sent to a mental hospital where he's treated by Dr. Loomis (Malcolm McDowell) who becomes obsessed with his young patient. Years later, an adult Michael (Tyler Mane) escapes and goes on a killing spree, especially going after a trio of beautiful teenagers (Scout Taylor-Compton, Danielle Harris, Kristina Klebe) on the scariest night of the year.
Classification: PG-13 Category: Drama Duration: 01:37 hours. Director: Joel Schumacher Cast: Jim Carrey, Rhona Mitra, Danny Huston, Virginia Madsen, Logan Lerman Synopsis: The psychological thriller "The Number 23" stars Jim Carrey as a man whose life unravels after he comes into contact with an obscure book titled The Number 23. As he reads the book, he becomes increasingly convinced that it is based on his own life. His obsession with the number 23 starts to consume him, and he begins to realize the book forecasts far graver consequences for his life than he could have ever imagined.