Beowulf - 2007

Trailer for the upcoming film “Beowulf” by director Robert Zemeckis and starring Angelina Jolie, Ray Winstone, Brendan Gleeson, John Malkovich and Anthony Hopkins.

Synopsis: The warrior Beowulf must fight and defeat the monster Grendel who is terrorizing towns, and later, Grendel’s mother, who begins killing out of revenge.

Release Date:
November 16, 2007

Rush Hour 3 - 2007

Chris Tucker returns to the big screen after a six-year absence as he reunites with the all-star team of co-star Jackie Chan, director Brett Ratner (Rush Hour, Rush Hour 2, X-Men: The Last Stand, Hannibal), and writer Jeff Nathanson (Rush Hour 2, Catch Me If You Can) to deliver the third installment of the blockbuster Rush Hour franchise. Arriving in theaters on August 10, 2007, Rush Hour 3 sees the beloved action comedy duo of Tucker and Chan reprising their roles as LAPD Detective James Carter and Chinese Chief Inspector Lee respectively. This time around, the two must travel to Paris to battle a wing of the Chinese organized crime family, the Triads.

In Theatres: August 10th, 2007

Action and Adventure
Rating: PG-13

Brett Ratner (dir.)
Jackie Chan
Chris Tucker
Hiroyuki Sanada
Youki Kudoh
Max Von Sydow

Halloween - 2007

From acclaimed musician and filmmaker Rob Zombie (The Devil's Rejects, House of 1000 Corpses) comes an entirely new take on the highly successful film and terrifying Halloween legacy that began in 1978. While revealing a new chapter in the established Michael Myers saga, the film will surprise both classic and modern horror fans with a departure from prior films in the Halloween franchise. Audiences should brace themselves for unprecendented fear as Zombie turns back time to uncover the making of a pathologically disturbed, even cursed child named Michael Myers.

Director:
Rob Zombie

Writers:
Rob Zombie
John Carpenter

Release Date:
31 August 2007

Cast:
Malcolm McDowell (Dr. Loomis)
Brad Dourif (Sheriff Leigh Brackett)
Scout Taylor-Compton (Laurie Strode)

Mr. Woodcock - 2007

Synopsis

For students at Forest Meadow Middle School, P.E. class is not playtime, but rather an exercise in mental and physical humiliation administered by the tough as gristle Mr. Woodcock (Billy Bob Thornton). For John Farley (Seann William Scott), author of the national bestseller Letting Go: Getting Past Your Past, the painful memories of being in Mr. Woodcock's class have since been replaced by the self confidence gained from becoming a successful writer and motivational speaker. When a last minute cancellation on his book tour gives him an unexpected day off, John returns home to surprise his mother, Beverly, with the news that he will be awarded the small town's prestigious "Corn Cob Key" during its annual Cornival Festival. John's jubilation quickly turns to angst when he discovers his mother has fallen in love with Mr. Woodcock. John extends his visit in an effort to disrupt the relationship between his mother (Susan Sarandon) and Woodcock.

Director:
Craig Gillespie

Writers:
Michael Carnes
Josh Gilbert

Release Date:
14 September 2007 (USA)

Cast:
Billy Bob Thornton (Mr. Woodcock)
Seann William Scott (John Farley)
Susan Sarandon (Beverly Farley)

Hitman - 2007

Synopsis

The narrative of The Hitman unfolds following the assassination of a sleazy Japanese businessman in Hong Kong. Various groups come together at a meeting held by the administrators of the dead man's Revenge Fund, which offers a $100 million reward to find the killer. Fu (Jet Li), a penniless mainlander, walks into the meeting by accident and is taken under the wing of Ngok Lo, a smooth-talking agent for professional hit men who proposes Fu help him track down the killer. Some of the funniest scenes are when Ngok Lo buys Fu new clothes and coaches him in Hong Kong ways. Ngok's daughter, a young lawyer who is unhappy with her father's background, seems to fancy Fu. Fu and Ngok are busy trying to stay one step ahead of the psychotic son of the murdered man, who is also after the assassin -- a reputed mythical Killing Angel. A genre film reflecting the current zeitgeist in Hong Kong following the Chinese take over, The Hitman was screened as part of the International Forum of New Cinema section of the 49th Berlin Film Festival, 1999.

Director:
Xavier Gens

Writer:
Skip Woods

Release Date:
21 November 2007 (USA)

Cast:
Timothy Olyphant (Agent 47)
Dougray Scott (Mike)
Olga Kurylenko (Nika)

D-War (Dragon War) 2007

SYNOPSIS:

In a small Korean village, five hundred years ago, a girl named Narin was born carrying the coveted Yeouijoo inside her. The Heavens sent the protector Bochun and his protégé Haram, to ensure that when it came time, Narin was peacefully sacrificed to the pre-determined Good Imoogi. Bochun vigorously trained Haram as a knight, to be prepared for the eventual day when Narin would be delivered to the Good Imoogi. The day the Dark Imoogi, Buraki, and his army destroyed Narin's village looking for the Yeouijoo, Bochun instructed Haram to take her to the Good Imoogi.

The young girl and her knight would then fulfill the giant's serpent's destiny by giving it the power to save the world and become a heavenly dragon. By this time, after spending several years together, Haram and Narin had fallen in love. Unable to sacrifice their love to the benevolent Imoogi, they jumped to their deaths together in each other's arms. The Good Imoogi's destiny was unfulfilled and he would have to wait another five hundred years until the next Yeouijoo appears.

It is now five hundred years later in present day Los Angeles and the quest for the Imoogi is reborn. Haram and Narin have been reincarnated as Ethan Kendrick and Sarah Daniels whose bond of love remains unsevered. Ethan is an investigative reporter for the local news. He is closely following a series of unexplainable disasters occurring in the area. When a young woman named Sarah is linked to those occurrences, Ethan remembers that an ancient man he met many years before had predicted all of these events . Ethan finds Sarah and helps her escape the wrath of Buraki and his army. Aware that Sarah must sacrifice herself in order to save the city from the Buraki and ensure that the Good Imoogi becomes the Dragon, Ethan tries to convince Sarah that there is another way to battle the Imoogies. Meanwhile, the FBI agent on the case, Frank Campbell, has uncovered the Imoogies' intentions through his own investigations. Campbell is ready to sacrifice Sarah to the demonic animals to save Los Angeles. In the face of chaos and destruction, Ethan and Sarah must decide their own fate - whether to defy the will of heaven once again and let the city be destroyed or deliver Sarah to the Good Imoogi. "

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( obtained from Younggu-Art by media liaison, Irene Nakano , in Seoul , Korea / e-mail: yonsei @ mac.com )

Director:
Hyung-rae Shim

Release Date:
14 September 2007 (USA)

Cast:
Jason Behr (Ethan)
Amanda Brooks (Sarah)
Robert Forster (Jack)

The Dark Knight 2008

Official teaser trailer for "THE DARK KNIGHT" - the sequel to BATMAN BEGINS. Batman (Christian Bale) raises the stakes in his war on crime in Christopher Nolan's "The Dark Knight." With the help of Lieutenant Jim Gordon (Gary Oldman) and District Attorney Harvey Dent (Aaron Eckhart), Batman sets out to dismantle the remaining criminal organizations that plague the city streets. The partnership proves to be effective, but they soon find themselves prey to a reign of chaos unleashed by a rising criminal mastermind known to the terrified citizens of Gotham as The Joker (Heath Ledger).

DIRECTOR : Christopher Nolan
CAST : Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Morgan Freeman, Michael Caine, Gary Oldman, Aaron Eckhart, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Eric Roberts, Anthony Michael Hall, Nestor Carbonell ...
WRITER : Jonathan Nolan, Christopher Nolan
PRODUCER : Charles Roven, Emma Thomas
COMPOSER : James Newton Howard
STUDIO : Warner Bros.
LANGUAGE : English
GENRE : Action / Crime / Mystery

3:10 To Yuma 2007

The legendary outlaw, Ben Wade (Russell Crowe) and his gang have just robbed an armed stage coach carrying the Southern Pacific Railroads payroll. They kill everyone onboard except Pinkerton guard, Byron McElroy (Peter Fonda) whom Wade shoots in the belly. A poor rancher Dan Evans (Christian Bale) and his two sons find McElroy and take him to Bisbee, Arizona to find a doctor. Ben Wade is in town without his gang and the sheriff immediately surrounds the hotel. Dan distracts Ben Wade, who is captured without a shot being fired. Railroad representative Grayson Butterfield (Dallas Roberts) asks for paid volunteers to join McElroy's posse to take Wade to the train station in the town of Contention three days away. The train is due at 3:10, and they must put Wade on the train's prison car bound for Yuma. Once Wade arrives in Yuma, he will receive a quick trial in Federal Court and be hanged. Dan Evans, desperately needing money to save his farm, agrees to help transport Wade to Contention but he must be paid $200. The other paid volunteers who join the posse are Tucker (Kevin Durand) and Doc Potter (Alan Tudyk), the town's veterinarian. Unfortunately for the posse, Charlie Prince (Ben Foster), Wade's right hand man, sees what has happened to Wade, and he goes after the rest of the gang to help liberate Wade.

Despite a deception to fool the gang, the odds move in their favour, and in the end it's Dan's desire to impress his sons that means getting him on the train becomes a personal battle of wills.

Director: James Mangold

Writers: Stuart Beattie, Michael Brandt

Release Date: 5 October 2007 (USA)

Cast:
Christian Bale (Dan Evans)
Russell Crowe (Ben Wade)
Ben Foster (Charlie Prince)
Alan Tudyk (Doc Potter)

Saw 4 - 2007

Jigsaw (Tobin Bell) and his apprentice Amanda (Shawnee Smith) are dead.

Upon the news of Detective Kerry (Dina Meyer)'s murder, two seasoned FBI profilers, Agent Strahm (Scott Patterson) and Agent Perez (Athena Karkanis), arrive at the depleted police precinct and help veteran Detective Hoffman (Costas Mandylor) sift through Jigsaw's latest grizzly game of victims and piece together the puzzle. However, when SWAT Commander Rigg (Lyriq Bent), the last officer untouched by Jigsaw, is suddenly abducted and thrust into the madman's harrowing game, the officer has but ninety minutes to overcome a series of interconnected traps... or face the deadly consequences.

Rigg's citywide pursuit leaves a wake of dead bodies, and Detective Hoffman and the FBI uncover long hidden clues that lead them back to Jigsaw's ex-wife Jill (Betsy Russell). The genesis of Jigsaw's evil is unveiled, exposing the puppet master's true intentions and the sinister plan for his past, present and future victims.

Source: http://www.lionsgatepublicity.com/epk/saw4/docs/fact_sheet.doc & http://saw4.com/site.html & click on synopsis

Studio/Distributor
Lionsgate

Director
Darren Lynn Bousman

Screenwriter(s)
Patrick Melton, Marcus Dunstan

Cast
Athena Karkanis, Betsy Russell, Costas Mandylor, Justin Louis, Lyriq Bent, Marty Adams, Mike Realba, Scott Patterson, Simon Reynolds, Tobin Bell

Release Date: October 26, 2007

Release: Wide

National Treasure 2: Book of Secrets 2007

In this follow up to the box-office hit "National Treasure," treasure hunter Ben Gates (Nicolas Cage) once again sets out on an exhilarating, action-packed new global quest to unearth hidden history and treasures.

When a missing page from the diary of John Wilkes Booth surfaces, Ben's great-great grandfather is suddenly implicated as a key conspirator in Abraham Lincoln's death. Determined to prove his ancestor's innocence, Ben follows an international chain of clues that takes him on a chase from Paris to London and ultimately back to America. This journey leads Ben and his crew not only to surprising revelations – but to the trail of the world's most treasured secrets.

ScreenWriter: Gregory Poirier, Cormac Wibberley, Marianne Wibberley
Director: Jon Turteltaub
Starring: Nicolas Cage, Helen Mirren, Ed Harris, Justin Bartha, Diane Kruger, Jon Voight, Harvey Keitel, Alicia Coppola, Joel Gretsch
Genre: Action, Adventure
Company: Walt Disney Pictures
Release Date: 21 - 12 - 2007
Rating: N/A
Official WebSite: Visit Website

Resident Evil: Extinction 2007

RESIDENT EVIL: EXTINCTION FACTS

In this third and final entry of the horror franchise, Alice (Milla Jovovich) is still on the run from the diabolical Umbrella Corporation, who have turned her into a super-human fighting machine. Hiding in the Nevada desert, Alice teams up with a bunch of outcasts to once and for all get rid of the nasty virus that's turning the entire population into zombies.

Cast Milla Jovovich, Oded Fehr, Ali Larter, Iain Glen, Ashanti, Mike Epps (more)

Director(s) Russell Mulcahy

Writer(s) Paul Anderson

Status Upcoming (wide)

Genre(s) Action/Adventure

Release Date Sept. 21, 2007

MPAA Rating R - R for strong horror violence throughout and some nudity.

Web Site Official Site for Resident Evil: Extinction

Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer

Having just gotten comfortable with their newfound superpowers, Mr. Fantastic, Invisible Woman, the Human Torch and the Thing face a world-devastating threat in the form of the Silver Surfer — a strange being who travels through space on a cosmic surfboard. But while trying to subdue their silvery foe, America's first superhero family discover to their horror that the Surfer is just a herald for an even bigger menace: the planet-devouring Galactus.

Cast Michael Chiklis, Jessica Alba, Ioan Gruffudd, Chris Evans, Kerry Washington, Andre Braugher (more)

Director(s) Tim Story

Writer(s) Don Payne, Mark Frost

Status In theaters (wide)

Genre(s) Action/Adventure

Release Date June 15, 2007

DVD Release Date Oct. 2, 2007

Running Time 92 minutes

MPAA Rating PG - for sequences of action violence, some mild language and innuendo

Web Site Official Site for Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer

The Brave One 2007

Erica Bain (Jodie Foster) is a successful NYC radio host with a loving fiancé. But her world is shattered when she is brutally beaten and the love of her life is killed. When the police are unable to help her, Erica goes on a vigilante hunt on the city streets to track down and get revenge against the men who ruined her life.

Cast:Jodie Foster, Terrence Howard, Naveen Andrews, Nicky Katt, Mary Steenburgen (more)

Director(s):

Writer(s): Neil Jordan

Status: In theaters (wide)

Genre(s): Drama

Release Date: Sept. 14, 2007

Running Time: 122 minutes

MPAA Rating: R - for strong violence, language and some sexuality.

Web Site: Official Site for The Brave One

Iron Man 2008

Trailer



IRON MAN FACTS

Based on the Marvel Comics character, brilliant inventor Tony Stark (Robert Downey, Jr.) builds a suit of armor that transforms him into an invincible superhero.

Cast : Robert Downey Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, Jeff Bridges, Terrence Howard (more)

Director(s): Jon Favreau

Status: Upcoming (wide)

Genre(s): Action/Adventure

Release Date: May 2, 2008

Web Site: Official Site for Iron Man