As the year winds down some people look back on the past year and reflect fondly on all the great movies we saw. Not us! We're looking ahead into 2009 and have started our annual yearly previews with Sony Pictures. They've got a lot of exciting things coming up including the Jack Black/Michael Cera comedy YEAR ONE, ANGELS AND DEMONS, THE TAKING OF PELHAM 123 and the Peter Jackson produced sci-fi flick DISTRICT 9. Now you can always check into our UPCOMING
MOVIES section for all of the latest info on all the upcoming movie
releases, but here's what Sony Pictures has for us in the year ahead!
SONY PICTURES 2009 PREVIEW
NOT
EASILY BROKEN
(January 9)
NOT EASILY BROKEN is an uplifting drama about love and family
adapted from the book of the same name by renowned pastor and author Bishop T.
D. Jakes
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PAUL
BLART: MALL COP
(January 16)
In Columbia Pictures' comedy Paul Blart: Mall Cop, Kevin
James stars as the title character, a single, suburban dad, trying to make ends
meet as a security officer at a New Jersey mall. Though no one else takes his
job seriously, Paul considers himself on the front lines of safety. When a heist
shuts down the megaplex, Jersey's most formidable mall cop will have to become a
real cop to save the day.
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UNDERWORLD:
RISE OF THE LYCANS
(January 23)
UNDERWORLD: RISE OF THE LYCANS delves into the origins of the
centuries-old blood feud between the aristocratic vampires, known as Death
Dealers, and the barbaric Lycans (werewolves). A young Lycan, Lucian (Michael
Sheen), emerges as a powerful leader who rallies the werewolves to rise up
against Viktor (Bill Nighy), the cruel vampire king who has persecuted them for
hundreds of years. Lucian is joined by his secret lover, the beautiful vampire
Sonja (Rhona Mitra), in his battle to free the Lycans from their brutal
enslavement.
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THE
PINK PANTHER 2
(February 6)
The Pink Panther 2, the sequel to the 2006 worldwide hit,
stars Steve Martin as he reprises the role of intrepid-if-bumbling French police
detective, Inspector Jacques Clouseau. When legendary treasures from around the
world are stolen, including the priceless Pink Panther Diamond, Chief Inspector
Dreyfus (John Cleese) is forced to assign Clouseau to a team of international
detectives and experts charged with catching the thief and retrieving the stolen
artifacts. Martin is joined by his co-stars Jean Reno (as Ponton, his partner)
and Emily Mortimer (as Nicole, the object of his awkward affections). The
investigative dream team is played by Andy Garcia, Alfred Molina, Yuki Matsuzaki
(Letters from Iwo Jima) and Bollywood star Aishwarya Rai Bachchan. Lily Tomlin
also stars. The story is set in Paris and Rome.
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THE
INTERNATIONAL
(February 13)
In The International, a gripping thriller, Interpol Agent
Louis Salinger (Clive Owen) and Manhattan Assistant District Attorney Eleanor
Whitman (Naomi Watts) are determined to bring to justice one of the world’s
most powerful banks. Uncovering myriad and reprehensible illegal activities,
Salinger and Whitman follow the money from Berlin to Milan to New York to
Istanbul. Finding themselves in a high-stakes chase across the globe, their
relentless tenacity puts their own lives at risk as their targets will stop at
nothing – even murder – to continue financing terror and war. Directed by
Tom Tykwer (Run Lola Run) from an original screenplay written by Eric Singer,
The International is being shot on location in Germany and throughout Europe.
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FIRED
UP
(February 20)
Shawn Colfax (Nicholas D'Agosto) and Nick Brady (Eric
Christian Olsen), the stars of the Gerald R. Ford High School football team, are
dreading the prospect of another summer at football camp. When Nick hatches a
scheme for the two to join their school’s cheerleaders at cheer camp instead,
they find themselves awash in a sea of gorgeous young women. It all goes great
until Shawn falls for Carly (Sarah Roemer), the beautiful head cheerleader who
sees right through them.
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THE
UGLY TRUTH
(April 3)
The battle of the sexes heats up in Columbia Pictures’
comedy The Ugly Truth. Abby Richter (Katherine Heigl) is a romantically
challenged morning show producer whose search for Mr. Perfect has left her
hopelessly single. She's in for a rude awakening when her bosses team her with
Mike Chadway (Gerard Butler), a hardcore TV personality who promises to spill
the ugly truth on what makes men and women tick.
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OBSESSED
(April 24)
Derek Charles (Idris Elba), a successful asset manager who
has just received a huge promotion, is blissfully happy in his career and in his
marriage to the beautiful Sharon (Beyoncé Knowles). But when Lisa (Ali Larter),
a temp worker, starts stalking Derek, all the things he's worked so hard for are
placed in jeopardy.
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ANGELS
AND DEMONS
(May 15)
When Langdon discovers evidence of the resurgence of an
ancient secret brotherhood known as the Illuminati - the most powerful
underground organization in history - he also faces a deadly threat to the
existence of the secret organization's most despised enemy: the Catholic Church.
When Langdon learns that the clock is ticking on an unstoppable Illuminati time
bomb, he jets to Rome, where he joins forces with Vittoria Vetra, a beautiful
and enigmatic Italian scientist. Embarking on a nonstop, action-packed hunt
through sealed crypts, dangerous catacombs, deserted cathedrals, and even to the
heart of the most secretive vault on earth, Langdon and Vetra will follow a
400-year-old trail of ancient symbols that mark the Vatican's only hope for
survival.
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YEAR
ONE
(June 19)
Shawn Colfax (Nicholas D'Agosto) and Nick Brady (Eric
Christian Olsen), the stars of the Gerald R. Ford High School football team, are
dreading the prospect of another summer at football camp. When Nick hatches a
scheme for the two to join their school’s cheerleaders at cheer camp instead,
they find themselves awash in a sea of gorgeous young women. It all goes great
until Shawn falls for Carly (Sarah Roemer), the beautiful head cheerleader who
sees right through them.
2012
(July 10)
Never before has a date in history been so significant to so
many cultures, so many religions, scientists, and governments. 2012 is an epic
adventure about a global cataclysm that brings an end to the world and tells of
the heroic struggle of the survivors.
THE
TAKING OF PELHAM 123
(July 24)
In The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3, Denzel Washington stars as New
York City subway dispatcher Walter Garber, whose ordinary day is thrown into
chaos by an audacious crime: the hijacking of a subway train. John Travolta
stars as Ryder, the criminal mastermind who, as leader of a highly-armed gang of
four, threatens to execute the train’s passengers unless a large ransom is
paid within one hour. As the tension mounts beneath his feet, Garber employs his
vast knowledge of the subway system in a battle to outwit Ryder and save the
hostages. But there’s one riddle Garber can't solve: even if the thieves get
the money, how can they possibly escape?
JULIE
& JULIA
(August 7)
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DISTRICT
9
(August 14)
DISTRICT 9 depicts a fictional world where extraterrestrials
have become refugees in South Africa.
MAX'S
MARDI GRAS
(August 28)
Three college pals, depressed with their current social
situation, decide to venture to New Orleans, a magical place where a man and his
beverage can walk the streets undisturbed in pursuit of the happiness that has
thus far eluded them.
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CLOUDY
WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS
(September 18)
Three college pals, depressed with their current social
situation, decide to venture to New Orleans, a magical place where a man and his
beverage can walk the streets undisturbed in pursuit of the happiness that has
thus far eluded them.
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ARMORED
(September 18)
A crew of officers at an armored transport security firm risk
their lives when they embark on the ultimate heist….against their own company.
Armed with a seemingly fool-proof plan, the men plan on making off with a
fortune with harm to none. But when an unexpected witness interferes, the plan
quickly unravels and all bets are off.
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ZOMBIELAND
(October 9)
THE
STEPFATHER
(October 16)
Michael Harding (Penn Badgley) returns home from military
school to find his mother (Sela Ward) happily in love and living with her new
boyfriend, David (Dylan Walsh). As the two men get to know each other, Michael
becomes more and more suspicious of the man who is always there with a helpful
hand. Is he really the man of her dreams or could David be hiding a dark side?
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PLANET
51
(November 20)
The inhabitants of Planet 51 live in fear of alien invasion. Their paranoia is realized when an astronaut arrives from Earth. Befriended by a young resident, he has to avoid capture in order to recover his spaceship and try to return home.
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