If you like to plan your moviegoing far ahead of time, the studios are happy to oblige.
Fox has staked out June 22, 2012 for ABRAHAM LINCOLN: VAMPIRE HUNTER, director Timur Bekmambetov and producer Tim Burton’s adaptation of Seth Grahame-Smith’s historical/fiction mashup.
The project is currently searching for an appropriate actor to portray the bloodsucker-battling President. (STAR TREK 2 is currently scheduled to open a week later.)
Meanwhile, Universal has planted flags for several high-profile projects:
The Tom Hanks dramedy LARRY CROWNE arrives on July 1, 2011 and will have to fight for eyeballs with TRANSFORMERS: DARK OF THE MOON opening the same day.
February 10, 2012: SAFE HOUSE, a thriller with Denzel Washington and Ryan Reynolds
March 16, 2012: The action-thriller CONTRABAND, starring Mark Wahlberg and Kate Beckinsale
June 1, 2012: The UNTITLED JUDD APATOW COMEDY
August 3, 2012: The Damonless BOURNE LEGACY
November 9, 2012: The OUIJA movie, currently looking for a director
November 21, 2012: The samurai movie 47 RONIN, from Keanu Reeves and director Carl Erik Rinsch
December 21, 2012: The fairy tale SNOW WHITE AND THE HUNTSMAN, now courting A-listers like Johnny Depp and Charlize Theron
May 17, 2013: The first movie based on Stephen King’s THE DARK TOWER, from director Ron Howard
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