Australia

"Australia" is an epic romantic adventure and action, which in that country on the brink of an explosive Second World War. In an English aristocrat (Nicole Kidman) travels to the distant continent, where she meets a rough-hewn local (Hugh Jackman) and reluctantly agrees to cooperate with him to save the land they inherited.

Together, they embark upon the transformation of a journey through hundreds of kilometers of the world's most beautiful yet unforgiving terrain, but still face the bombing of the city of Darwin by Japanese forces attacked Pearl Harbor. With his new film, Luhrmann is painting a huge canvas, creating a cinematic experience that brings romance, drama, adventure and spectacle.

Directed by: Baz Luhrmann

Written by: Baz Luhrmann
Cast: Nicole Kidman, Hugh Jackman, David Wenham, Jack Thompson, Bryan Brown
Studio: Fox
Genre: Adventure / Romance
Official Site: www.australiamovie.com
Release Date: November 26, 2008 (wide)
Trailer: www.youtube.com

Movie Trivia

- Russell Crowe is attached as the lead during the pre-production. 20th Century Fox executives wanted to reduce Crowe's salary considerably, in order to appease the film's budget. This decision required him eventually abandoning the project.

- Heath Ledger is shown in this movie, but dropped out to play The Joker in The Dark Knight. Luhrmann eventually set actor Hugh Jackman for the role.

- Two other titles that he considered for the film were Great Southern Land and remote Downs.

- In October 2007, but it was also revealed that the set of remote Downs were reconstructed in the studio, presumably for the interior footage in the homestead.

- Strickland House is a publicly traded real estate fund that heritage located in Vaucluse, near Sydney. Strickland House doubled as Darwin's Government House in the movie.

- In December 2006, Bowen was chosen as the location for the filming of one third of production, a picture of the look of Darwin.

- In April 2007, Kununurra was chosen as location for Australia another, this time to serve as a remote control Downs, the homestead owned by Kidman's character.

- On August 11, 2008, eight months after filming wrapped, some members of the cast and crew were able to look back at Fox Studios, Sydney, filming pick-up shots.

World Release Date

26 November, 2008: Australia, United Kingdom
11 Dec, 2008: Hungary
17 December, 2008: Belgium
18 December, 2008: Netherlands
24 Dec, 2008: Egypt, France
25 Dec., 2008: Brazil, Denmark, Germany, Hong Kong, Portugal, Singapore, South Korea, Sweden
26 Dec., 2008: Estonia, Finland, Iceland, New Zealand, Norway, Spain
January 1, 2009: Argentina, Russia
16 Jan., 2009: Italy
February 2, 2009: Japan

Twilight

"Twilight" is an action-packed, modern love story between a vampire and a human being. Bella Swan (Kristen Stewart) is always a bit different, never have to worry about fitting in with the trendy girls at her Phoenix high school. When her mother remarried and sent Bella to live with her father in the rainy little town of Forks, Washington, that they do not expect much of anything to change.

Then she meets the mysterious and dazzlingly beautiful Edward Cullen (Robert Pattinson), a boy differently than they ever met. Intelligent and witty, he sees right into her soul. Soon, Bella and Edward attention grew up in a passionate romance and certainly not orthodox. Edward can run faster than a mountain lion, he can stop a moving car with his bare hands - and he has not aged since 1918. Like all vampires, he is immortal.

But he has no fangs, and he does not drink human blood; Edward and his family are unique among vampires in their lifestyle. To Edward, Bella is that thing that he has waited 90 years for - a soulmate. But the closer they get, the more Edward must struggle to resist the main attraction of its odor, which could send him into an uncontrollable rage.

But what will Edward & Bella do when James (Cam Gigandet), Laurent (Edi Gathegi) and Victoria (Rachelle Lefevre), the Cullens' mortal vampire enemies, come to town, looking for her? Based on the Stephenie Meyer book.

Directed by: Catherine Hardwicke
Written by: Melissa Rosenberg
Cast: Kristin Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Cam Gigandet, Peter Facinelli, Nikki Reed, Elizabeth Reaser, Jackson Rathbone, Ashley Greene, Bill Burke, Sarah Clarke, Anna Kendrick, Christian Serratos, Justin Chon and Michael Welch
Studio: Summit Entertainment
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Official Site: www.thetwilightmovie.com
Release Date: November 21, 2008 (wide)
Trailer: www.youtube.com

Movie Trivia

- Kristen Stewart has naturally green eyes. She wears brown contacts for filming because Bella is deemed to have brown eyes.

- Kellan Lutz intended to keep its natural curls for the role of Emmett Cullen. But his role in the previous _ "Generation Kill" (2008) requires a buzz cut and his hair does not grow fast enough for the filming of Twilight.

- Henry Cavill Stephenie Meyer was the first choice to play Edward, but by the time the film began to see, he was 25 years old, and he saw no longer part of a 17-year-old. He was then part of the Carlisle Cullen, but turned it down because of his commitment to 'The Tudors'

- For the role of Edward Cullen, Robert Pattinson flew from England to director Catherine Hardwicke's house to audition. There, he and Kristen Stewart, who was already cast as Bella Swan, the words "Love Scene" / "Meadow Scene" on Hardwicke's own bed.

- All of the actors playing the Cullens wear topaz colored contacts.

- Taylor Lautner had to wear a wig for his role as Jacob Black.

- More than 5,000 actors auditioned for the role of Edward.

- According to an interview with Network.NationalPost.com July and director Catherine Hardwicke, Kristen Stewart was recommended for the role of Bella Swan by Emile Hirsch her co-star from Into the Wild (2007) and who Hardwicke directed in Lords of Dogtown (2005 ).

- The script was ready in 6 weeks.

- Robert Pattinson said in an interview that this is his first American role, and he had no formal training to perfect his American accent.

- Hardwicke unveiled in an interview with MTV that a song by alternative rock band Muse, later proved to be "super-massive black hole" would be included on the soundtrack of the movie. Hardwicke said that she may record a remix of the song to the "Twilight a little extra stuff to adjust to the scene." They also said that two songs written by Robert Pattinson, who plays Edward, will be included on the soundtrack and

- The Cullen family had to learn how to bat left-handers in baseball scene.

World Release Date

12 Dec., 2009: South Korea
19 Dec., 2009: Italy
25 Dec, 2009: Argentina
January 8, 2009: Netherlands, New Zealand, the Philippines
January 9, 2009: Australia, United Kingdom
22 Jan., 2009: Germany
13 Feb, 2009: Finland, Norway
March 6, 2009: Sweden
March 20, 2009: Venezuela

The Haunting Of Molly Hartley

Molly (Haley Bennett) is a 17-year-old girl who is physically recovered from a stab wound by her mother, but the psychological scars that remain run deep. To help her start a new life after her trauma, her father has her in a new school.

With her eighteenth birthday approaching, Molly is haunted by nightmares of her mother the attack on her while coping with the stress of the new girl at school. Symptoms of psychosis that seem to be affecting her seem to signify the beginning of a mental illness who has control over her mother's life, but a number of different explanations for her distress, the most unforeseen and terrifying is revealed as the truth.

Eventually, Molly discovers that her mother and others who share the concern of her mother wants her to save her from a prior life as a servant of the devil.

Directed by: Mickey Liddell
Written by: John Travis, Rebecca Sonne Shine
Cast: Haley Bennett, Chace Crawford, Jake Weber, Nina Siemaszko, John Newton, Anna Lynne McCord, Shannon Marie Woodward, Jessica Lowndes, Marin Hinkle, Shanna Collins, Josh Stewart, Randy Wayne, Kevin Cooney, Jamie McShane, Tony Besson
Studio: Liddell Entertainment
Genre: Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Horror.
Official Site: www.thehauntingofmollyhartley.com
Release Date: October 31, 2008
Trailer: www.youtube.com

The Soloist

Based on the true story of musical prodigy Nathaniel Ayers, who developed schizophrenia in his second year at Juilliard and ended up homeless in the streets of downtown LA, where he is the violin and cello.

The drama is based on the relationship the musician developed with Steve Lopez, a Los Angeles Times reporter whose column to the script, if a book Putnam Lopez writes that in the spring

Directed by: John Wright
Written by: Susannah Grant
Cast: Robert Downey Jr., Jamie Foxx, Catherine Keener, Rachael Harris
Studio: DreamWorks
Genre: Drama
Official Site: www.soloistmovie.com
Release Date : 13 March, 2009
Trailer: www.youtube.com

World Release dates

22 Jan., 2009: Germany
February 5, 2009: Argentina, Australia
February 6, 2009: UK
12 Feb, 2009: Chile
19 Feb, 2009: Netherlands
20 Feb, 2009: Norway, Sweden
March 4, 2009: Belgium, France
March 5, 2009: Portugal
March 6, 2009: Spain

Bolt

From Walt Disney Pictures is an animated comedy adventure with a super-dog named Bolt whose days are filled with danger and intrigue - at least until the cameras stop spinning.

If the star of a hit TV show is accidentally shipped from his Hollywood sound internship to New York City, begins his biggest adventure yet - a cross-country journey through the real world to go back to its owner and co-star, Penny .

Armed only with the illusion that all his wonderful performance and powers are real, and the help of two unlikely traveling companions - a jaded, abandoned Housecat named Mittens and a TV-obsessed hamster named Rhino - Bolt discovers that he does not have to be a super powers hero.

Directed by: Chris Williams
Written by: Dan Fogelman and Chris Williams
Cast: (voice) John Travolta, Susie Essman
Studio: Walt Disney
Genre: Animation
Official Site: www.disney.com / bolt
Release Date: November 21, 2008 (wide)
Trailer: www.youtube.com

Movie Trivia

The film was originally titled "American Dog".

- Disney's CGI short Glago's Guest is rumored to be displayed before Bolt theatrical.

- The first teaser trailer attached to the film released on March 7, 2008 in front of College Road Trip.

- Many of the original graphic style of the film was inspired by the work of Edward Hopper, and techniques such as non-photorealistic rendering (NPR) would be used to process a special visual appearance.

- In 2006, after becoming Chief Creative Officer of Disney, John Lasseter, along with other directors of Pixar and Disney seen a few early parts of Bolt. According to Lasseter, director Chris Sanders was replaced because he resisted the changes that he and the other directors had proposed.

World Release Date

28 November, 2008: Spain
22 Jan, 2009: Germany
February 5, 2009: Netherlands

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Passengers

After a plane crash, a young therapist, Claire (Anne Hathaway) is assigned by her mentor (Andre Braugher) to counsel the flight's five survivors. When they share their memories of the incident - some even say an explosion that the airline claims never happened - Claire is intrigued by Eric (Patrick Wilson), the most mysterious of the passengers.

Just as Claire's professional relationship with Eric - despite her better judgment - thrives in a romance, the survivors begin to disappear mysteriously, one by one. Claire suspects that Eric may hold all the answers and he is determined to discover the truth, whatever the consequences

Directed by: Rodrigo Garcia
Written by: Ronnie Christensen
Cast: Anne Hathaway, Patrick Wilson, David Morse, Andre Braugher, Clea DuVall, Dianne Wiest Studio: Sony Pictures
Genre: Thriller
Official Site: www.thepassengersmovie.com
Release Date: 24 October, 2008
Trailer: www.youtube.com

World Release dates

18 September, 2008: Greece
26 Sept., 2008: Spain
10 Oct, 2008: Italy
24 Oct., 2008: UK
December 4, 2008: Australia

Role Models

Paul Rudd and Seann William Scott star to role models as Danny and Wheeler, two suppliers in a trash truck holding an energy drink-fueled bender. After their arrest, the court gives them a choice: do hard time or 150 hours of service with a mentorship program. After a day with the children, but the prison does not look half bad. Surrounded by annoying do-gooders, Danny struggles with his every neurotic impulse to guide Augie (Christopher Mintz-pool) through the trials of becoming a man. Unfortunately, the man just dumped by his girlfriend (Elizabeth Banks) has only sarcasm to offer a shy 16-year-old obsessed with medieval role play.

Meanwhile, charming Wheeler tries to trade in an addiction to partying and women to help fifth grader named Ronnie (Bobb'e J. Thompson) redirect his foul-mouthed ways. It would probably help if Ronnie's new mentor was not an overgrown adolescent whose idea of quality time includes keggers in Venice Beach.

Once the center of the ex-con director (Jane Lynch) gives them an ultimatum, Danny and Wheeler are forced to tailor their brand of wisdom of their young charges. And if they can simply thrown through probation without prison, the world's worst role models will prove that sometimes it takes a village idiot to a child.

Directed by: David Wain
Written by: David Wain, Paul Rudd, Ken Marino, Tim Dowling, W. Blake Herron
Cast: Seann William Scott, Paul Rudd, Christopher Mintz-Plas, Jane Lynch, Bobb'e J. Thompson and Elizabeth Banks
Studio: Universal Pictures
Genre: Comedy
Official Site: www.rolemodelsmovie.com
Release Date: November 7, 2008 (wide)
Trailer: www.youtube.com

Movie Trivia

- The film was originally announced in December 2006 under the title "Big Brothers, Luke Greenfield with the leadership and Timothy Dowling writing the script.

- During the promotion for the movie Knocked Up, Paul Rudd revealed that the shooting at Big Brothers was on hiatus while the script was equipped.

- News was later revealed that Rudd was instructed to write a new draft of the script and David Beer had logged on to direct. Wain later showed the film was now called Little Big Men.

World Release Date

13 Nov., 2009: Germany
14 Nov., 2009: UK
December 5, 2009: Norway, Sweden
11 December, 2009: Netherlands
17 December, 2009: Belgium

Repo The Genetic Opera

Set in the not so distant future, the production tells the story of an epidemic of organ failures that devastates the planet, killing tens of millions. As scientists feverishly make plans for a massive organ harvest program, a multi-billion dollar biotech company called GeneCo begins to manufacture salvation - for a price - offering simple payment plans to those lacking the necessary means to purchase new body parts outright. But all financed organs are subject to usual procedures, including the write-back on the hand of the notorious organ repo men.

Directed by: Darren Lynn BousmanWritten by: Darren Smith, Terrance Zdunich
Cast: Anthony Head, Paul Sorvino, Alexa Vega, Terrance Zdunich, Paris Hilton, Sarah Brightman, Bill Moseley, Kevin Ogilvie
Studio: Lions Gate
Genre: Horror / Musical Theater
Official Site: www.repo-opera.com
Release Date: November 7, 2008 (limited)
Trailer: www.youtube.com

Movie Trivia

- Was originally a stage play in LA and New York City. Director Darren Lynn Bousman also a version of the play was created in 2001.

- Darren Lynn Bousman initially refused to audition for Paris Hilton. He did not think that they could be, and feared the media or the accusations of stunt casting. When he finally caved, Paris came to the audition dressed perfect for the part ", and" head "of the sound booth audition. After the audition, he was convinced that the role they should play.

- The characters of Heather Sweet Lucci Largo and were renamed the film adaptation. The names were changed to Amber Sweet and Luigi Largo.

- The first phase of adaptation to the screen was a ten-minute trailer made by Darren Lynn Bousman to pursue the idea for the film companies.

Zack and Miri Make a Porno

Lifelong platonic friends Zack (Rogen) and Miri (Banks) look to solve their liquidity problems by an adult film together. When the cameras roll, but the duo begins to sense that they have more feelings for each other in May that they previously thought.

Directed by: Kevin Smith
Written by: Kevin Smith
Cast: Seth Rogen, Elizabeth Banks, Jason Mewes, Craig Robinson, Traci Lords, Jeff Anderson
Studio: The Weinstein Company
Genre: Comedy
Official Site: www.zackandmiri.com
Release Date: October 31, 2008 (wide)
Trailer: www.youtube.com

Movie Trivia

- According to "Entertainment Weekly", The Weinstein Company Greenlea the project only covers the title.

- The role of Miri was originally written for Rosario Dawson. As a result of previous commitments to the Steven Spielberg-produced Eagle Eye (2008), she had to take.

- Writer / director Kevin Smith wrote the role of Zack with Seth Rogen in mind.

- The slight lisp Lester in the speech was not so much a creative act, after the actor Jason Mewes in the course of painful dental surgery so that he lisp in her speech every day during filming.

- He was initially an NC-17 rating by the MPAA. This was appealed and the film received an R.

- The first film Kevin Smith is that neither the whole or a bullet in his home state, New Jersey.

- Origin, Kevin Smith wrote the film to be in Minnesota, where he shot for Mall Rats, and expressed the desire to again. However, for budgetary reasons, Smith has chosen to Pittsburgh, and the re-writing the script to be held in Monroeville.

Pride and Glory

An authentic, gritty and emotional portrait of the New York Police Department. The film follows a multi-generational police family whose moral code is tested when a son on the strength incendiary considering a case involving his older brother and brother-in-law. The case forces the family to choose between their loyalty to each other and their loyalty to the ministry.

Directed by: Gavin O'Connor
Written by: Joe Carnahan, Gavin O'Connor
Cast: Edward Norton, Colin Farrell, Noah Emmerich, Chris Astoyan, Jennifer Ehle, Ryan Simpkins, Lake Bell, Jon Voight, Ty Simpkins, Rick Gonzalez, John Ortiz, Christina Cabot, Shea Whigham, Manny Perez, Frank Grillo, Wayne Duvall, Christopher Michael Holley
Studio: New Line Cinema
Genre: Drama
Official Site: www.prideandglorymovie.com
Release Date: October 24, 2008 (Wide)
Trailer: www.youtube.com

Movie Trivia

- O'Connor began writing the script in 1999 with his brother Greg O'Connor after completing Tumble Weeds. The brothers O'Connor wrote a story that was personal to both.

- O'Connor described their intention: "My father was a New York City detective, and I grew up in that world. It is a celebration of honest police, that was everything my father was about. Though it is fictional, it is a tribute to my father. "

- Actor Nick Nolte was originally cast to portray the father in a family of cops, but because of a chronic knee injury became too severe, he was replaced by Jon Voight in the role.

World Release Date

23 Oct., 2008: Israel
24 Oct., 2008: UK
30 Oct., 2008: Greece
13 Nov, 2008: Argentina
December 3, 2008: Belgium
December 4, 2008: Netherlands
April 3, 2009: Norway

Saw V

With everyone dead and rotting, it is to continue Hoffman Jigsaw's murderous traditions. When he feels that his identity could be discovered, the killer must use all his training as a detective to track everything and everyone who could expose him.

Directed by: David Hackl
Written by: Patrick Melton, Marcus Dunstan
Cast: Tobin Bell, Costas Mandylor, Scott Patterson, Betsy Russell, Julie Benz, Meagan Good
Studio: Lions Gate
Genre: Horror
Official Site: www.saw5.com
Release Date: October 24, 2008 (wide)
Trailer: www.youtube.com

Movie Trivia

- Darren Lynn Bousman said that the glass box staircase, which was originally intended to be used in Saw IV, will be further explored in Saw V. The glass staircase is shown that these not be used in the final cut of Saw IV.

- There are a total of seven incidents in this movie.

- The first trailer was released at Comic-Con 08 as a short clip and trailer will be presented to the X-Files: I want to believe.

World Release Date

23 Oct., 2008: Australia
24 Oct., 2008: Venezuela
Oct. 30. 2008: Argentina, New Zealand, Russia
31 Oct, 2008: Sweden
November 2, 2008: Denmark
November 5, 2008: France
12 Nov., 2008: Egypt
20 Nov, 2008: Portugal
28 November, 2008: Italy
17 December, 2008: Belgium
January 8, 2009: Netherlands
15 Jan, 2009: Germany

High School Musical 3: Senior Year

Disney "High School Musical" phenomenon leaps on the big screen in "High School Musical 3: Senior Year" in which America's favorite middle school students (Zac Efron, Vanessa Hudgens, Ashley Tisdale, Lucas Grabeel, Monique Coleman and Corbin Bleu) struck last year.

In the middle of the championship basketball team, prom and a musical for years with all the wild, Troy and Gabriella vow to avoid any last minute that their life dreams in college, the future of their relationship in question. One student wanted crew (Matt Prokop, Justin Martin, Jemma McKenzie-Brown) joins the party that the film is incredibly exciting new music and dance numbers to make the most of the big screen.

Directed by: Kenny Ortega
Written by Peter Barsocchini
Cast: Zac Efron, Vanessa Hudgens, Ashley Tisdale, Corbin Blue
Studio: Walt Disney
Genre: Musical
Official website: N / A
Release Date: October 24, 2008 (wide)
Trailer: www.youtube.com

Movie Trivia

- Film plot was originally slated to be "Haunted" and follow the plot of a Halloween movie, but in recent interviews, it seems as if other plot lines are explored including prom and graduation.

- The first film in the "High School Musical" series to cinemas

World Release Date

22 October, 2009: Egypt, France, Philippines
23 October, 2009: Argentina, Germany, Greece, Portugal, Singapore
24 Oct, 2009: Canada, Finland, Norway, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom
29 Oct., 2009: Belgium
The November 7, 2009: Italy
13 Nov., 2009: Russia
14 Nov., 2009: Turkey
20 November, 2009: Vietnam
27 Nov., 2009: Australia
28 November, 2009: Brazil
December 4, 2009: New Zealand
17 December, 2009: Netherlands
19 Dec., 2009: Venezuela
February 9, 2009: Japan