Blindness

A doctor's wife becomes the only person with the ability to see in a town where everyone is struck with a mysterious case of sudden blindness. She feigns illness in order to take care of her husband as her surrounding community breaks down into chaos and disorder. Based on a novel by Nobel Prize winner Jose Saramago

Directed by: Fernando Meirelles
Written by: Don McKellar
Cast: Julianne Moore, Mark Ruffalo, Gael Garcia Bernal, Danny Glover
Studio: Miramax
Genre: Thriller
Official Site: www.blindness-themovie.com
Release Date: September 19, 2008
Trailer: www.youtube.com

Movie Trivia

- Producer NIV got Fichman interested in the project back in 1999 when he and Don McKellar, who would write the script, flew to the Canary Islands to talk with the Nobel Prize winner Portuguese writer Jose Saramago about giving them the film rights to his book. Saramago One of the conditions was that the film should not be placed in a recognizable countries.

- Chosen as the opening film at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival.

- Portuguese Nobel laureate Jose Saramago, author of the novel on which the movie is based, wanted to attend the premiere of the movie at the Cannes Film Festival. His doctors it was not possible to travel, so the driver flew to Lisbon to him the film.

- In addition to cutting, Julianne Moore her signature red hair dyed blond for the movie. This made her very uncomfortable, because the people who were the new color so much attention.

- The novel by the author initially refused to sell for a movie adaptation, they do not want to fall into the wrong hands.

- Meirelles could acquire rights to the condition that the film would be set in an unrecognizable city. The director chose São Paulo as the primary backdrop for Blindness, but also scenes were filmed in Ontario, Canada and Montevideo, Uruguay.

- With all the characters separately from Julianne Moore's character is blind, the cast was trained to simulate blindness.

-The film includes visual signals, such as the 1568 painting the parable of the Blind of Pieter Bruegel the Elder. Allusions to other famous works of art are also made.

- Meirelles also stylized the film to reflect the lack of a point-of-view that the characters would experience.

World Release Date

12 Sept., 2008: Brazil
16 Sept, 2008: Canada
25 Sept, 2008: Netherlands
October 1, 2008: Belgium
October 2, 2008: Australia
October 8, 2008: France
16 Oct., 2008: Greece, Singapore
23 Oct., 2008: Germany
30 Oct., 2008: Argentina
13 Nov, 2008: Portugal
14 November, 2008: UK
15 Nov., 2008: Japan
20 Nov, 2008: Russia
21 November, 2008: Finland

Lakeview Terrace

A young couple (Patrick Wilson and Kerry Washington) has just moved into their California dream home when they become the target of their next-door neighbor, who disapproves of their interracial relationship. A stern, single father, this tightly wound LAPD officer (Samuel L. Jackson) has appointed himself the watchdog of the neighborhood.

His nightly foot patrols and overly watchful eyes bring comfort to some, but he becomes increasingly harassing to the newlyweds. These persistent intrusions into their lives ultimately turn tragic when the couple decides to fight back.

Directed by: Neil LaBute
Written by: David Loughery, Howard Korder
Cast: Samuel L. Jackson, Patrick Wilson, Kerry Washington
Studio: Screen Gems
Genre: Thriller
Official Site: www.lakeviewterracemovie.com
Release Date: September 19, 2008 (wide)
Traile: www.youtube.com

World Release Date

24 October 2008: Iceland, Sweden, Venezuela
30 October 2008: Australia, Russia
31 October 2008: Italy, Spain
19 November 2008: France
28 November 2008: Estonia
3 December 2008: Belgium, Egypt
4 December 2008: Netherlands
5 December 2008: UK
12 December 2008: Finland
18 December 2008: Germany, Portugal

Ghost Town

In the comedy "Ghost Town," Bertram Pincus (Ricky Gervais) is a man whose people skills leave much to be desired. When Pincus dies unexpectedly, but is miraculously revived after seven minutes, he wakes up to discover that he now has the annoying ability to see ghosts.

Even worse, they all want something from him, particularly Frank Herlihy (Greg Kinnear), who pesters him into breaking up the impending marriage of his widow Gwen (Tea Leoni). That puts Pincus squarely in the middle of a triangle, with spirited results.

Directed by: David Koepp
Written by: David Koepp & John Kamps
Cast: Ricky Gervais, Tea Leoni, Greg Kinnear
Studio: Paramount Pictures
Genre: Comedy
Official Site: www.ghosttownmovie.com
Release Date: September 19, 2008 (wide)
Trailer: www.youtube.com

World Release Date :

3 October 2008: Spain
24 October 2008: UK
14 November 2008: Mexico
11 December 2008: Russia
26 December 2008: Australia
4 February 2008: France
11 February 2008: Belgium

Righteous Kill

A pair of veteran New York City police detectives are on the trail of a vigilante serial killer.

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
Written by: Russell Gurwitz
Cast: Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Carla Gugino, 50 Cent, Donnie Wahlberg
Studio: Overture Films
Genre: Suspense
Official Site: www.righteouskill-themovie.com
Release Date: September 12, 2008 (wide)
Traile: www.youtube.com

Movie Trivia

- The script originally called for a old cop and young cop dynamic, but Robert De Niro, the first lead actor to sign on for the film, suggested Al Pacino for the part after reading the screenplay.

- This will be Pacino and DeNiro's first film together since the 1995 crime drama Heat and the second since the 1974 drama The Godfather Part II.

World Release Date :

12 September 2008: Turkey
18 September 2008: Russia
19 September 2008: Taiwan
25 September 2008: Israel
26 September 2008: Estonia, Italy, Sweden, UK
3 October 2008: Finland
8 October 2008: France
10 October 2008: Denmark
16 October 2008: Portugal
27 November 2008: Argentina

Burn After Reading

A dark spy-comedy from Academy Award winners Joel and Ethan Coen. An ousted CIA official’s (Academy Award nominee John Malkovich) memoir accidentally falls into the hands of two unwise gym employees intent on exploiting their find.

Directed by: Joel and Ethan Coen
Written by: Joel and Ethan Coen
Cast: George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Frances McDormand, John Malkovich, Tilda Swinton
Studio: Focus Features
Genre: Comedy
Official Site: www.burnafterreading.com
Release Date: September 12, 2008 (wide)
Trailer: www.youtube.com

Movie Trivia

- The first Coen Brothers film not photographed by Roger Deakins since Miller's Crossing (1990). He was not available, have committed to shoot Revolutionary Road (2008).

- The first scene performed Malkovich was a phone call in which he screams obscenities at different Brad Pitt and Frances McDormand. But Malkovich was not on the sound stage for the call because he was rehearsing a play, so he called in the lines from his apartment in Paris.

- The opening of the film in Venice Film Festival 2008

World Release Date

18 September, 2008: Israel
19 Sept., 2008: Italy
25 Sept, 2008: Greece
28 Sept, 2008: Brazil
October 2, 2008: Germany, Russia
October 9, 2008: Singapore
10 Oct, 2008: Estonia, Iceland, Spain
16 Oct., 2008: Australia
17 Oct, 2008: Norway, UK
23 Oct., 2008: Argentina
24 Oct., 2008: Poland
30 Oct., 2008: Netherlands
21 November, 2008: Finland
26 November, 2008: Belgium
28 November, 2008: Sweden
10 Dec, 2008: France
18 December, 2008: Chile

Bangkok Dangerous

The life of an anonymous killer takes an unexpected turn when he travels to Thailand for a series of contract killings. Joe (Nicolas Cage), a remorseless butterfly, is in Bangkok for the implementation of four enemies of a brutal crime boss, called Surat.

He hires Kong (Shahkrit Yamnarm), a street punk and pickpocket, to run errands for him with the intention that his spurs by killing him at the end of the contract. Curiously, Joe, the ultimate lone wolf, instead is accompanied by the young man while working in a provisional romance with a local shop girl. As he falls further under the wave of Bangkok's intoxicating beauty, Joe begins to question his isolated existence and let down its guard ... Like Surat decides it's time to clean house.

Directors Oxide Pang and Danny Pang ( "The Eye") paints a picture of the explosive underworld Bangkok, lit by neon and saturated in violence. On the basis of the Pang Brothers' wildly popular Hong Kong action film with the same name "Bangkok Dangerous" was written by Jason Richman.

Directed by: Oxide Pang and Danny Pang
Written by: Jason Richman
Cast: Nicolas Cage, Shahkrit Yamnarm, Nirattisai Kaljaruek, Charlie Young, Panward Hemmanee
Studio: Lionsgate
Genre: Action
Official Site: www.lionsgate.com/bangkokdangerous
Release Date: September 5, 2008 (wide)
Trailer: www.youtube.com

Movie Trivia

- The photo was shot during Sept. 19 coup. Yet it is only stopped filming for a period of six hours. The Arsenal department claim that they fired the only shots in the coup.

World Release dates:

22 Aug, 2008: Spain
27 Aug., 2008: France
September 3, 2008: Belgium
September 4, 2008: Hong Kong, the Netherlands, Russia
September 5, 2008: United Kingdom
11 September, 2008: Singapore, South Korea
19 Sept., 2008: Norway
October 3, 2008: Finland
24 Oct., 2008: Brazil
28 November, 2008: Poland

Babylon A.D

Story is set in the near future and concerns genetic manipulation. In the book, a mercenary charged with delivering a young woman from Russia to Canada learns that she has been manipulated by a synthetic virus and what lies inside her could doom the human race. The film is based on Maurice Georges Dantec's French novel Babylon Babies.

Directed by: Mathieu Kassovitz
Written by: Mathieu Kassovitz, Eric Besnard
Cast: Vin Diesel, Michelle Yeoh, Melanie Thierry, Lambert Wilson, Mark Strong
Studio: Fox
Genre: Action
Official Site: www.myspace.com/babylonadmovie
Release Date: August 29, 2008 (wide)
Trailer: www.youtube.com

Movie Trivia

- French actor Vincent Cassel was initially sought to be cast in the leading role to play.

- In February 2006, actor Vin Diesel entered negotiations star in the film, titled Babylon AD, dropping out of the guiding role of Hitman in the process.

- In March 2007, the filming crew, having shot in the Czech Republic, took a two-week hiatus due to uncooperative weather, such as the lack of snow, and problems with the set construction.

- Crew members Scouted Iceland for locations with snow to shoot six to eight days in the images, which was supposed to do in February.

- The musical alliance Achozen, represented by RZA and Shavo Odadjian performed the score for the film.

- In April 2007, Babylon AD was reported to be on budget and three weeks behind schedule. A ski sequence intended to be shot in Eastern Europe, but a lack of snow moves the shooting location in Sweden.

- Babylon AD was originally slated to be released in the United States in February 29, 2008, but the release was postponed until August 29, 2008. The American version will run eleven minutes shorter than the European version.

World Release date:

20 Aug., 2008: France
27 Aug., 2008: Belgium
28 Aug, 2008: Russia
29 August, 2008: Canada, the United Kingdom
September 4, 2008: Argentina, Portugal
September 5, 2008: Mexico
11 September, 2008: Austria, Germany, Singapore
12 Sept., 2008: Brazil
19 Sept., 2008: Spain
25 Sept, 2008: Netherlands
October 2, 2008: Australia, South Korea
October 3, 2008: Finalnd, Italy, Norway
October 8, 2008: Egypt
14 November, 2008: Venezuela