Paramount and DreamWorks Pictures 2009 Picture Preview
15 upcoming 2009 films profiled
Starring: Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Christopher Eccleston, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Byung Hun Lee, Sienna Miller, Rachel Nichols, Ray Park, Said Taghmaoui, Channing Tatum, Marlon Wayans and Dennis Quaid
Paramount Pictures and Hasbro, whose previous collaboration was the worldwide blockbuster "TRANSFORMERS," join forces with Spyglass Entertainment for another extraordinary action-adventure "G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra." From the Egyptian desert to deep below the polar ice caps, the elite G.I. JOE team uses the latest in next-generation spy and military equipment to fight the corrupt arms dealer Destro and the growing threat of the mysterious Cobra organization to prevent them from plunging the world into chaos. "G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra." is directed by Stephen Sommers ("The Mummy," "The Mummy Returns").
Starring: Damon Wayans Jr., Craig Wayans, Shoshana Bush, Essence Atkins and Affion Crockett
"Dance Flick" is a hilarious new comedy that brings together the talents of two generations of the Wayans family, the explosively funny clan who brought us the "Scary Movie" franchise and "White Chicks," as well as the groundbreaking TV series "In Living Color."
In "Dance Flick," a young street dancer, Thomas Uncles (Damon Wayans, Jr.), from the wrong side of the tracks and a beautiful young woman, Megan White (Shoshana Bush), are brought together by their passion for dancing and put to the test in the mother of all dance battles.
"Dance Flick" sends up the dance movie genre, including such recent hits as "Step Up" and "You Got Served," as well as the classic "Flashdance."
Starring: Jeremy Piven, Ving Rhames, James Brolin, David Koechner, Kathryn Hahn and Jordana Spiro
Who is Don Ready? Salesman? Lover? Song Stylist? Semi-professional dolphin trainer? Ready is all of the above – except for a dolphin trainer. When he's asked to help save an ailing local car dealership from bankruptcy, Ready and his ragtag crew descend on the town of Temecula like a pack of coyotes on a basket full of burgers. Selling, drinking, selling and going to strip clubs is their stock and trade. And they do it well. What Don doesn't expect is to fall in love and find his soul (cue heartfelt piano). "The Goods: The Don Ready Story" stars Emmy award-winning actor Jeremy Piven ("The Kingdom," "Entourage") and Ving Rhames ("I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry," "Mission: Impossible III"). The film, from Will Ferrell and Adam McKay's Gary Sanchez Productions, is directed by Neal Brennan, creator of the hugely successful Comedy Central hit "Chappelle's Show."
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Films that look Oscar worthy:
The Soloist, even tough it has an April release date.
The Lovely Bones
Up in the Air
Shutter Island, Scorsese. DiCaprio. Academy Awards. Those 3 words go good together.
Films that look horrible:
Hotel for Dogs, I don't even need to explain this one.
Dance Flick
The Uninvited
Imagine that, Meet Dave. Norbit. Daddy Day Care. The Adventures of Pluto Nash. Eddie's in a career slump and I doubt this will be any different.
where's Friday the 13th? Isnt that a Paramount film?
@joker47: Nope, Paramount had the originals, but then New Line took over the franchise so the remake is set up at Warner Bros. Here's my preview page.
I'm looking forward to seeing The Uninvited and The Lovely Bones.
Did we seriously need another Transformers movie, though?
@Ashleigh:
It doesn't matter if we needed a transformers sequel, 700+ mil at the B.O. GUARANTEES it lol
Besides, don't be so hard on the bots, that was a fun movie.
Yeah transformers should be good mindless fun once again, that's what critics should look at it as. Other than that Shutter Island is gonna kick ass I bet. Not sure about lovely bones, Wahlberg has been involved in some bad movies of late.
@Ashleigh: Just another way to make movie, company will make ANY sequel if it generates a lot of cash. No matter how awful it may be.
If paramount makes a 2 hour movie and for the whole 2 hours all the viewer sees is an ant climbing over a wall, no dialogue or nothing. Just footage of an ant climbing over a wall. And the Critics call it the worse movie of the last 100 years.
But if the film grosses over 700 million dollars, Paramount will make a sequel of the ant climbing down the wall.
I'm looking forward to Transformers 2 and Star Trek. I'm not a Trekkie, but it does look impressive, judging from the trailer.
I know many people didn't like Transformers, I loved it. It was a fun, mindless popcorn movie. Hopefully this one will be more robots, less sweaty people.
@Jerzey Jon: Ha, you're right – how gutted must Paramount have been when they realised there was no possible way to make a sequel to Titanic?!
Of the films listed, I'm most looking forward to Star Trek (and not in any way because I'm shallow and Chris Pine is stupidly pretty) whilst wondering why The Soloist didn't come out in time for this year's Oscars when it was slated for a 2008 release?
I saw The Uninvited at a screening about a year ago when it was titled Apparition. It was the worst movie I've ever seen, so bad it's become our new benchmark for bad movies. We were particularly savage in our official responses; I believe I commented that it was like Hamlet with all the genders reversed, an interesting idea gone so horribly wrong it will likely never be tried again. As we handed in our response cards, we heard someone from the studios comment that they were getting a lot of negative feedback. I figured it had been shelved altogether, but I guess they're trying to cash in on Elizabeth Banks' popularity. Now, they might have recut it a bit, but considering that some of what we assumed were placeholder effects made it into the trailer, I rather doubt it.
I Love You, Man looks really funny (though the premise is a bit flawed; any bridal magazine will tell you that you don't need a best man these days), and of course I'll see Star Trek. My fiancé thinks Monsters vs. Aliens looks really good, but I'm rather unconvinced. And I'm a chick, so no interest in Transformers or G.I. Joe.
And I was thoroughly disappointed in the book The Lovely Bones. I know it was on the bestseller list for a million weeks, but it was just kind of hollow. Of the 2004 bestsellers I remember reading, I loved Time Traveler's Wife and actually cried at the end of Dogs of Babel, but Lovely Bones was just kind of meh. I'm kind of over Peter Jackson, so that one holds no interest for me.
@aerinpegadrak: Noted haha
I think it's a pretty solid slate, Peter Jackson is always a good ting to have, not to mention Transformers will be fun, same with Trek. Monsters vs. Aliens looks to a be a solid animated flick also.