| LJM |
| SEPTEMBER 2009 |
| 04/09/2009 GAMER Set in a future-world where humans can control other humans in mass-scale, multiplayer online gaming environments, a star player (Gerard Butler) from a game called "Slayers" looks to regain his independence while taking down the game's mastermind (Michael C. Hall). |
| 11/09/2009 ADVENTURELAND A comedy set in the summer of 1987 and centered around a recent college grad (Jesse Eisenberg) who takes a nowhere job at his local amusement park, only to find it's the perfect course to get him prepared for the real world. Featureed players include Ryan "DEFINITELY, MAYBE" Reynolds and Kristen "JUMPER" Stewart. |
| /11/2009 PANDORUM A pair of crew members aboard a spaceship wake up with no knowledge of their mission or their identities. Sci-fi/Horror film is directed by German thespian Christian ("ANTIBODIES") Alvart. |
| 11/09/2009 JULIE & JULIA A woman verging on thirty and frustrated in a temp secretary job takes on a yearlong culinary quest: cook all 524 recipes in Julia Child's "Mastering the Art of French Cooking." She chronicles her trials and tribulations in a blog that catches on with the food crowd. Amy ("ENCHANTED") Adams plays Julie, and Meryl Streep plays Julia Child. Nora ("SLEEPLESS IN SEATTLE") Ephron directs from her screen adaptation of Julie Powell's book "JULIE AND JULIA: 365 DAYS, 524 RECIPES, 1 TINY APARTMENT KITCHEN." |
| 18/09/2009 3-D CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE... SON In this animated feature, a scientist tries to solve world hunger only to see things go awry as food falls from the sky in abundance. 18/09/2009 AWAY WE GO E1 A contemporary comedy directed by Academy Award winner Sam ("AMERICAN BEAUTY:" Mendes from an original screenplay by Dave Eggers and Vendela Vida. The movie follows the journey of an expectant couple (John Krasinski (TV's "The Office") and Maya Rudolph (TV's "Saturday Night Live"), as they travel the U.S. in roots and raise a family. |
| 18/09/2009 DORIAN GRAY A corrupt young man somehow keeps his youthful beauty eternally, but a special painting gradually reveals his inner ugliness to all. Based on the novel by Oscar Wilde enitled "The Picture of Dorian Gray" and was originally made into a movie in 1945 starring George Sanders and Donna Reed |
| 25/09/2009 CREATION What happens when a world-renowned scientist, crushed by the loss of his eldest daughter, conceives a book which will prove the non-existence of God. This is the story of Charles Darwin and his master-work "The Origin of Species". It tells of a global revolution played out the confines of a small English village; a passionate marriage torn apart by the most dangerous idea in history; and a theory saved from extinction by the logic of a child. |
| 18/09/2009 THE 4TH KIND A fact-based thriller involving an ongoing unsolved mystery in Alaska, where one town has seen an extraordinary number of unexplained disappearances during the past 40 years and there are accusations of a federal cover-up. 25/09/2009 CASE 39 PAR A social worker (Renee "COLD MOUNTAIN" Zellweger) fights to save a girl from her abusive parents, only to discover that the situation is more dangerous than she ever anticipated. Ian (TV's "Deadwood") McShane also stars. |
| 25/09/2009 FAME ENT An updated version of the 1980 musical, which centered on the students of the New York Academy of Performing Arts. |
| 25/09/2009 SURROGATES DIS Set in a futuristic world where humans live in isolation and interact vicariously through surrogate robots. |
| 25/09/2009 THE SOLOIST Jamie Foxx stars in "THE SOLOIST," a biographical drama about real life musical prodigy Nathaniel Ayers. He dropped out of Julliard after developing schizophrenia and became a homeless musician on the streets of Los Angeles. Robert Downey Jr. plays a Los Angeles Times reporter who developed a close relationship with him Joe ("ATONEMENT") Wright directs with a script from Susannah Grant |
| 04/09/2009 500 DAYS OF SUMMER Joseph ("BRICK") Gordon-Levitt plays a man who falls hopelessly in love with a woman who doesn't believe in love. Feature directorial debut for Marc Webb Shown at Sundance Film Festival (Premieres) January 15-25, 2009. |
| 25/09/2009 THE FIRM Loosely adapted from Alan Clarke's 1989 classic TV film, Nick Love's film is set in the early 1980's and retells a similar story to the original - but from a different character's point-of-view. The film centers on Dom, a young wannabe football player who gets drawn into the charismatic but dangerous world of teh firm's top man, Bex. Accepted for his fast mouth and humor, Dom soon becomes |
| 11/09/2009 MORNING LIGHT Documentary. Fifteen young sailors, six months of intense training, one chance at the brass ring. A group of intrepid and determined young men and women, on the cusp of adulthood, embark on life's first great adventure. Racing a high-performance 52-foot sloop in the TRANSPAC, the most revered of open-ocean sailing competitions, the crew of "Morning Light" matches wits and skills in a 2300 mile showdown against top professionals. From their earliest training sessions in Hawaii conducted by world-class teachers through their test of endurance on the high seas, singular team that is greater than the sum of its parts. |
| 04/09/2009 DISTRICT 9 A live action sci-fier. Feature directorial debut for commercial director Neill Blomkamp. Peter Jackson will produce through his WingNut Films production banner. |