Righteous Kill (2008)

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?
Production Status:
In Production/Awaiting Release
Genres:
Action/Adventure, Drama and Thriller
Release Date:
Septembe 12th, 2008 (wide)
MPAA Rating:
R
Distributors:
Overture Films
Production Co.:
Nu Image/Millennium Films, Emmett/Furla Films, InVenture Entertainment
Filming Locations:
Connecticut, USA
New York, USA
Produced in:
United States

A Secret (2008)

Francois, a solitary, imaginative child, invents for himself a brother as well as the story of his parents’ past. But on his fifteenth birthday, he discovers a dark family secret that ties his family’s history to the Holocaust and shatters his illusions forever. Before the war, his father, Maxime, was married to Hannah when he fell madly in love with Francois’s mother, Tania. As a young Jewish couple living in Nazi-occupied France, Maxime and Tania were compelled to make difficult choices to survive the war while Hannah would make a decision that would change her life and that of her family forever.
Also Known As:
The Secret
Un Secret
Production Status:
In Production/Awaiting Release
Running Time:
1 hr. 50 min.
Release Date:
September 5th, 2008 (limited)
Distributors:
Strand Releasing
Production Co.:
UGC YM, Integral Film, Sofica Soficinema, La Sofica UGC 1
Financiers:
Eurimages, EU Support Programme Media Plus, ID-DE-France Region, Limousin Region, Centre National de la Cinematographie (CNC), Studio Canal, TPS Star
Produced in:
France

Bangkok Dangerous (2008)

A cold-blooded hit man heads to Bangkok to pull off four jobs, and winds up falling in love with a local girl and bonding with his errand boy.

Also Known As:
A Time to Kill
Big Hit in Bangkok
Time to Kill
Production Status:
In Production/Awaiting Release
Genres:
Action/Adventure, Thriller and Remake
Release Date:
September 5th, 2008
Distributors:
Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group, Lionsgate
Production Co.:
Initial Entertainment Group, Saturn Films, Blue Star Entertainment, International Production Company
Filming Locations:
Asia
Produced in:
United States

I.O.U.S.A. (2008)

A documentary film exploring the rapidly growing federal debt and its implication for the United States and its citizens. America is faced with the challenges of an ever-expanding government and military, increased foreign competition, and obligations it is finding more and more difficult to honor. As the Baby Boomer generation prepares to retire and begin collecting benefits from America's over-extended entitlement programs, an economic disaster of epic proportions awaits.
Also Known As:
IOUSA
Untitled (Federal Debt Documentary)
Production Status:
In Production/Awaiting Release
Logline:
An examination of the growing federal debt in the United States and its implications for the country's future.
Genres:
Documentary
Running Time:
1 hr. 27 min.
Release Date:
August 22nd, 2008 (limited)
MPAA Rating:
PG for some thematic elements.
Distributors:
Roadside Attractions
Production Co.:
Open Sky Entertainment, Agora Entertainment , O'Malley Creadon Productions
Produced in:
United States

Henry Poole Is Here (2008

When a man discovers that he has only six weeks to live, he leaves his job, his fiancee and his overbearing mother and tries to spend his remaining days in seclusion. But when a miracle transforms his life, his quirky neighbors disrupt his plan to live out his days in quiet desperation.
Production Status:
In Production/Awaiting Release
Genres:
Comedy, Drama and Politics/Religion
Running Time:
1 hr. 41 min.
Release Date:
August 15th, 2008 (wide)
MPAA Rating:
PG for thematic elements and some language.
Distributors:
Overture Films
Production Co.:
Lakeshore Entertainment, Camelot Pictures
Filming Locations:
Los Angeles, California, USA
Produced in:
United States

StarWars: The Clone Wars (2008)

On the front lines of an intergalactic struggle between good and evil, fans young and old will join such favorite characters as Anakin Skywalker, Obi-Wan Kenobi and Padme Amidala, along with brand-new heroes like Anakin's padawan learner, Ahsoka. Sinister villains--led by Palpatine, Count Dooku and General Grievous--are poised to rule the galaxy. Stakes are high, and the fate of the Star Wars universe rests in the hands of the daring Jedi Knights. Their exploits lead to the action-packed battles and astonishing new revelations.
Production Status:
In Production/Awaiting Release
Genres:
Science Fiction/Fantasy and Animation
Release Date:
August 15th, 2008 (wide)
MPAA Rating:
PG for sci-fi action violence throughout, brief language and momentary smoking.
Distributors:
Warner Bros. Pictures Distribution
Produced in:
United States

Mirrors (2008)




A man is head of security at a department store plagued by unexplained deaths The store is also the target of demonstrators wanting compensation for an earlier staff fire tragedy. The man becomes intrigued by a disturbed woman. She claims her sister, who died in the fire, is exacting revenge, using mirrors as a gateway back into the living world.
Also Known As:
Into the Mirror (Remake)
Production Status:
In Production/Awaiting Release
Genres:
Suspense/Horror and Thriller
Release Date:
August 15th, 2008 (wide)
MPAA Rating:
R for strong violence, disturbing images, language and brief nudity.
Distributors:
20th Century Fox
Production Co.:
New Regency Productions, Castel Film Romania
Studios:
Regency Enterprises
Filming Locations:
Romania
Produced in:
United States

Tropic Thunder (2008)

A group of self-absorbed actors set out to make the most expensive war film. But after ballooning costs force the studio to cancel the movie, the frustrated director refuses to stop shooting, leading his cast into the jungles of Southeast Asia, where they encounter real bad guys.
Production Status:
In Production/Awaiting Release
Logline:
Everything goes wrong during the making of a big budget war movie and the actors end up becomming the commandos they are playing.
Genres:
Comedy
Running Time:
1 hr. 47 min.
Release Date:
August 13th, 2008 (wide)
MPAA Rating:
R for pervasive language including sexual references, violent content and drug material.
Distributors:
DreamWorks SKG
Production Co.:
Red Hour Films
Studios:
DreamWorks SKG
Produced in:
United States

Death Race (2008)

Terminal Island, New York: 2020. Overcrowding in the U.S. penal system has reached a breaking point. Prisons have been turned over to a monolithic Weyland Corporation, which sees jails full of thugs as an opportunity for televised sport. Adrenalized inmates, a global audience hungry for violence and a spectacular, enclosed arena come together to form the 'Death Race', the world's biggest, most brutal sporting event. Five-time NASCAR champion Jensen Ames is a man who has become an expert at survival. After eight years of hard time, he has only six weeks before reuniting with his family. But when Weyland demands a driver to headline the big game, Ames is forced to submit. Donning the costume of mythical rider Frankenstein, the racer becomes an instant crowd favorite, an unequaled sporting superstar. His face hidden by a metallic black mask, one convict will be put through a brutal three day challenge, with the trophy being the ultimate prize: freedom. The only catch is that he must survive a gauntlet of the most vicious criminals in this post-industrial wasteland to claim it. Driving a monster car outfitted with machine guns, flamethrowers and grenade launchers, Ames must now kill or be killed to win the most treacherous spectator sport on Earth: 'Death Race'.
Also Known As:
Death Race 3000
Production Status:
In Production/Awaiting Release
Logline:
In the year 2020, a series of race car drivers compete in an ultraviolent race using heavily armed cars.
Genres:
Action/Adventure, Science Fiction/Fantasy, Thriller and Sports
Release Date:
August 22nd, 2008 (wide)
MPAA Rating:
R for strong violence and language.
Distributors:
Universal Pictures
Production Co.:
Cruise/Wagner Productions (C/W Productions)
Impact Pictures
Studios:
Paramount Pictures, Universal Pictures, United Artists Films
Filming Locations:
Japan
Los Angeles, California, USA
Produced in:
United States

The Rocker

A failed drummer is given a second chance at fame. Robert "Fish" Fishman is the extremely dedicated and astoundingly passionate drummer for the eighties hair band Vesuvius, who is living the rock n' roll dream until he is unceremoniously kicked out of the band. Twenty years after his rock star fantasies are destroyed, just when Fish has finally given up all hope, he hears that his nephew's high school rock band A.D.D. is looking for a new drummer. They reluctantly make him the newest member of the band, giving him a chance to reclaim the rock God throne he's always thought he deserved, and taking the young band along for the ride of their lives.
Production Status:
In Production/Awaiting Release
Logline:
A failed drummer gets a second chance at fame 20 years after being booted out of his famous band.
Genres:
Comedy
Release Date:
August 20th, 2008 (wide)
MPAA Rating:
PG-13 for drug and sexual references, nudity and language.
Distributors:
20th Century Fox
Production Co.:
21 Laps Entertainment
Studios:
Fox Atomic
Filming Locations:
Toronto, Ontario Canada
Produced in:
United States

The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (2008)

Explorer Rick O'Connell to combat the resurrected Han Emperor in an epic that races from the catacombs of ancient China high into the frigid Himalayas. Rick is joined in this all-new adventure by son Alex, wife Evelyn and her brother, Jonathan. And this time, the O'Connells must stop a mummy awoken from a 2,000-year-old curse who threatens to plunge the world into his merciless, unending service. Doomed by a double-crossing sorceress to spend eternity in suspended animation, China's ruthless Dragon Emperor and his 10,000 warriors have laid forgotten for eons, entombed in clay as a vast, silent terra cotta army. But when dashing adventurer Alex O'Connell is tricked into awakening the ruler from eternal slumber, the reckless young archaeologist must seek the help of the only people who know more than he does about taking down the undead: his parents. As the monarch roars back to life, our heroes find his quest for world domination has only intensified over the millennia. Striding the Far East with unimaginable supernatural powers, the Emperor Mummy will rouse his legion as an unstoppable, otherworldly force... unless the O'Connells can stop him first.
Also Known As:
The Curse of the Dragon
The Mummy 3
The Mummy III
The Mummy Returns sequel
Production Status:
In Production/Awaiting Release
Genres:
Action/Adventure and Sequel
Release Date:
August 1st, 2008 (wide)
MPAA Rating:
PG-13 for adventure action and violence.
Distributors:
Universal Pictures Distribution
Production Co.:
The Sean Daniel Company, Sommers Company
Studios:
Universal Pictures
Filming Locations:
China
Montreal, Quebec Canada
Produced in:
United States

American Teen (2008)

Documentary following the lives of four teenagers--a jock, the popular girl, the artsy girl and the geek--in one small town in Indiana through their senior year of high school. We see the insecurities, the cliques, the jealousies, the first loves and heartbreaks, and the struggle to make profound decisions about the future. Filming daily for ten months, filmmaker Nanette Burstein developed a deep understanding of her subjects. The result is a film that goes beyond the enduring stereotypes of high school to render complex young people trying to find their way into adulthood. Hannah Bailey is smart and beautiful, but a misfit in her high school. She is a liberal, atheist living in a traditional, Christian, conservative town and dreams of moving to California after graduation. Colin Clemens is the star of the high school basketball team--and in Indiana, basketball is everything. Colin is under enormous pressure this year playing not only to make his town, his school, and his father proud, but for a college scholarship. Jake Tusing is considered to be a nerd in high school. Though quite funny and charming one-on-one, he is painfully shy in group situations and crushed with self-doubt. In his senior year he vows that nothing will stand in the way of him finding a girlfriend. Megan Krizmanich is the student council Vice President and the youngest daughter of a prominent local surgeon, anxiously awaiting word from Notre Dame University admissions. Wealthy, pretty, smart and popular, she rules her high school--just don't get on her bad side. When Megan's peers challenge her authority, she can't help but take action, even if it means risking her future. Mitch Reinholdt is an attractive and charming Varsity basketball jock with a soft side. When he puts his social status on the line, avoiding his popular friends for dates with artsy Hannah Bailey, he strains to maintain his reputation while discovering a new side of himself.
Production Status:
In Production/Awaiting Release
Genres:
Documentary and Teen
Running Time:
1 hr. 40 min.
Release Date:
July 25th, 2008 (limited)
MPAA Rating:
PG-13 for some strong language, sexual material, some drinking and brief smoking--all involving teens.
Distributors:
Paramount Vantage
Production Co.:
QuasiWorld Entertainment, Firehouse Films, A&E IndieFilms, 57th & Irving Productions LLC
Filming Locations:
Warsaw, Indiana, United States
Warsaw, Indiana, USA
Produced in:
United States

Boy A (2008)

Jack has spent most of his young life in juvenile institutions for the murder of another child. He is released into the world, with only his care worker to guide him. Jack is given a new name, a new job, a new home and a new life. But anonymity is both a blessing and a curse as Jack has to contend with keeping his past and the monstrous crime he committed as a minor, from the people he meets.

Production Status: In Production/Awaiting Release

Genres: Art/Foreign, Drama, Crime/Gangster and Adaptation

Running Time: 1 hr. 39 min.

Release Date: July 23rd, 2008 (limited)

MPAA Rating: R

Distributors: The Weinstein Company

Production Co.: Cuba Pictures, Channel Four

Produced in: United Kingdom

The X-Files: I Want to Believe (2008)




In grand "X-Files" manner, the film's storyline is being kept under wraps. This much can be revealed: It is a stand-alone story in the tradition of some of the show's most acclaimed and beloved episodes, and takes the complicated relationship between Fox Mulder and Dana Scully in unexpected directions. Mulder continues his unshakable quest for the truth, and Scully, the passionate, ferociously intelligent physician, remains inextricably tied to Mulder's pursuits.
Also Known As:
The X-Files (sequel)
X-Files 2
X-Files II
X-Files: Done One
Production Status:
In Production/Awaiting Release
Genres:
Science Fiction/Fantasy, Thriller, Adaptation and Sequel
Release Date:
July 25th, 2008 (wide)
MPAA Rating:
PG-13 for violent and disturbing content and thematic material.
Distributors:
20th Century Fox Distribution
Production Co.:
Big Light Productions
Studios:
20th Century Fox
Filming Locations:
Vancouver, Canada
Produced in:
United States

Step Brothers (2008)

Brennan Huff, a sporadically employed thirty-nine-year-old, lives with his mother, Nancy. Dale Doback, a terminally unemployed forty-year-old lives with his father, Robert. When Robert and Nancy marry and move in together, Brennan and Dale are forced to live with each other as step brothers. As their narcissism and downright aggressive laziness threaten to tear the family apart, these two middle-aged, immature, overgrown boys will orchestrate an insane, elaborate plan to bring their parents back together. To pull it off, they must form an unlikely bond that maybe, just maybe, will finally get them out of the house.
Production Status:
In Production/Awaiting Release
Genres:
Comedy
Release Date:
July 25th, 2008 (wide)
MPAA Rating:
R for crude and sexual content, and pervasive language.
Distributors:
Sony Pictures Releasing
Production Co.:
Apatow Productions, Mosaic Media Group
Studios:
Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group
Filming Locations:
Los Angeles, California USA
Produced in:
United States

Transsiberian (2008)

An American couple, Roy and Jessie, decide to take the long way home from their recent sojourn in Asia on the legendary Trans-siberian Express train from Beijing to Moscow. On their way, they meet another couple from the West, Carlos and Abby, with whom they quickly form a familiar bond that often unites fellow travellers away from home. When Roy accidentally gets separated from the group at a stopover, Jessie begins to realize that their compatriots aren't exactly who or what they seem to be. The real danger begins to surface as a deceitful Russian detective and locals terrorize Jessie in this unforgettable journey.
Also Known As:
Trans-Siberian
Transsiberian
Production Status:
In Production/Awaiting Release
Genres:
Art/Foreign, Drama, Thriller and Crime/Gangster
Running Time:
1 hr. 51 min.
Release Date:
July 18th, 2008 (limited)
MPAA Rating:
R for some violence, including torture and language.
Distributors:
First Look Studios
Production Co.:
Filmax Group, Universum Film, Studio Canal, Castelao Productions, Scout Productions, Telecinco, Future Film Group, Lithuanian Film Studios
Filming Locations:
Beijing, China
Russia
Lithuania
Produced in:
Spain

Space Chimps (2008)

Three NASA chimps are sent to a galaxy far, far away. Two have 'The Right Stuff,' and the other, a good natured goofball, has 'The Wrong Stuff.' The y find themselves on a strange, uncharted planet, where they embark on a fantastical journey to save its inhabitants from a tyrannical leader.
Production Status:
In Production/Awaiting Release
Genres:
Action/Adventure and Animation
Release Date:
July 18th, 2008 (wide)
MPAA Rating:
G
Distributors:
20th Century Fox Distribution
Production Co.:
Starz Media, Vanguard Animation
Produced in:
United States

Mamma Mia! (2008)



Raised on a Greek island by a formerly rebellious mom who never disclosed the identity of her father, a bride-to-be locates three men who might be her father and invites them to her wedding.
Also Known As:
Mama Mia!
Production Status:
In Production/Awaiting Release
Genres:
Musical/Performing Arts and Adaptation
Release Date:
July 18th, 2008 (wide)
MPAA Rating:
PG-13 for some sex-related comments.
Distributors:
Universal Pictures Distribution
Production Co.:
Littlestar Ltd., Playtone
Studios:
Universal Pictures
Filming Locations:
Greece
London, England, United Kingdom
Produced in:
United States

The Dark Knight (2008)

With the help of Lieutenant Jim Gordon and District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman sets out to destroy organized crime in Gotham for good. The triumvirate proves to be effective, but they soon find themselves prey to a rising criminal mastermind known as the Joker, who thrusts Gotham into anarchy and forces the Dark Knight ever closer to crossing the fine line between hero and vigilante.
Also Known As:
Batman Begins Sequel
The Dark Knight
Production Status:
In Production/Awaiting Release
Genres:
Action/Adventure, Crime/Gangster, Adaptation and Sequel
Release Date:
July 18th, 2008 (wide)
MPAA Rating:
PG-13 for intense sequences of violence and some menace.
Distributors:
Warner Bros. Pictures Distribution
Production Co.:
Syncopy Films
Studios:
Warner Bros. Pictures
Financiers:
Co-Financier: Legendary Pictures, Inc.
Filming Locations:
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Los Angeles, California USA
Hong Kong, China
London, England UK
Produced in:
United States

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)

In 1957, Indiana Jones is thrust back in action, venturing into the jungles of South America in a race against Soviet agents to find the mystical Crystal Skull.
Also Known As:
Indiana Jones 4
Indiana Jones IV
Indiana Jones and The City of Gods
Raiders of the Lost Ark sequel
Untitled ("Indiana Jones" Sequel)
Production Status:
Released
Genres:
Action/Adventure and Sequel
Running Time:
2 hrs. 3 min.
Release Date:
May 22nd, 2008 (wide)
MPAA Rating:
PG-13 for adventure violence and scary images.
Distributors:
Paramount Pictures
Production Co.:
Amblin Entertainment, Kennedy/Marshall Company, Lucasfilm, Ltd.
Studios:
Paramount Pictures
Filming Locations:
Los Angeles, California USA
Undisclosed locations Around the World
Produced in:
United States