Posted on: December 6th, 2009 2010 Film Guide – Pt. 2
Welcome to the second and final half of our 2010 Film Guide. Click here for part one.
The A-Team
Who directs: Joe Carnahan
Who’s in it: Liam Neeson, Bradley Cooper, Quinton “Rampage” Jackson, Sharlto Copley, Jessica Biel, Patrick Wilson.
What’s it about: A remake of the 90’s television series about a group of former special operatives now working as soldiers of fortune while on the run for a crime they didn’t commit.
When is it: June 11.
Jonah Hex
Who directs: Jimmy Hayward
Who’s in it: Josh Brolin, Megan Fox, John Malkovich.
What’s it about: An adaptation of the long-running DC comics series about a 19th century bounty hunter who must stop an undead-army-making voodoo man.
When is it: June 18.
Toy Story 3
Who directs: Lee Unkrich
Who’s in it: Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Joan Cusack, John ratzenberger, Wallace Shawn.
What’s it about: Andy goes off to college and the toys find themselves in a pre-school. Will be released in Disney 3D.
When is it: June 18.
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The Last Airbender
Who directs: M. Nigh Shyamalan
Who’s in it: Noah Ringer, Nicola Peltz, Dev Patel.
What’s it about: M Night takes on the popular animated series Avatar: The Last Airbender, some Japanese-like martial arts cartoon that isn’t Dragonball.
When is it: July 2.
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Predators
Who directs: Nimrod Antal
Who’s in it: Adrien Brody, Topher Grace, Danny Trejo.
What’s it about: Apparently, Predators takes a bunch of human-folk and plops them down on the predator home planet.
When is it: July 9.
The Karate Kid
Who directs: Harald Zwart.
Who’s in it: Jackie Chan, Jaden Smith.
What’s it about: A needless remake of the 80’s classic, this time with Jackie Chan and Will Smith’s unwatchable kid. Talent. Does not exist. In this dojo.
When is it: July 16.
Inception
Who directs: Christopher Nolan
Who’s in it: Leonardo DiCaprio, Ken Watanabe, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ellen Page, Cillian Murphy.
What’s it about: Not much really is known about this one, except that it’s a sci-fi cerebral action thriller. Can’t wait.
When is it: July 16.
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The Sorcerer’s Apprentice
Who directs: Jon Turteltaub
Who’s in it: Nicholas Cage, Monica Bellucci, Jay Baruchel.
What’s it about: A film based on the Disney segment from Fantasia? With Nic Cage? Weird. Not quite sure what to make of this one.
When is it: July 16.
Friday the 13th part 2 in 3d
Who directs: N/A
Who’s in it: N/A
What’s it about: Titties. Jason. Weed. Jason. Titties. Death scenes. Jason. 3D.
When is it: N/A
The Expendables
Who directs: Sylvester Stallone
Who’s in it: Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Jet Li, Dolph Lundgren, Randy Couture, Terry Crews, Eric Roberts, Steve Austin, Mickey Rourke, Bruce Willis, Arnold Schwarzenegger.
What’s it about: Does it even matter? Look at that cast!
When is it: August 20.
Resident Evil: Afterlife
Who directs: Paul Anderson
Who’s in it: Milla Jovovich, Ali Larter, Wentworth Miller.
What’s it about: The fourth installment in the RE series takes Alice to a prison in zombie-infested LA.
When is it: August 27.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows part I
Who directs: David Yates
Who’s in it: Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Ralph Fiennes.
What’s it about: The final book in the mega-successful series is split into two parts. There’s wizards and hormones and shit.
When is it: November 19.
Red Dawn
Who directs: Dan Bradley
Who’s in it: Chris Hemsworth, Josh Peck, Adrianne Palicki, Jeffrey Dean Morgan.
What’s it about: Another 80’s remake. Chinese forces invade a small town. Kids band together to stop them. Yay America.
When is it: November 24.
Chronicles of Narnia: Voyage of the Dawn Treader
Who directs: Michael Apted
Who’s in it: Christopher Markus, Stephen McFeely, Steven Knight.
What’s it about: Does anyone still care about this franchise? The first flick was passable, the second put me to sleep. This one has a couple of kids all over the fantasy world to find a bunch of swords.
When is it: December 9.
Tron Legacy
Who directs: Joseph Kosinski
Who’s in it: Jeff Bridges, Michael Sheen, John Hurt.
What’s it about: It’s a sequel to Tron. With Jeff Bridges. And Daft Punk is scoring the flick. Expect this to be big.
When is it: December 17.
Green Hornet
Who directs: Michel Gondry
Who’s in it: Seth Rogen, Jay Chou, Christoph Waltz, Cameron Diaz, Tom Wilkinson.
What’s it about: The idea of a Green Hornet film, directed by Michel Gondry and written by and starring Seth Rogen as the masked crime fighter, makes my brain hurt. In a good way?
When is it: December 22.
That pretty much does it, kids. Lots to see next year, so happy viewing.
3 Responses to “2010 Film Guide – Pt. 2”
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Metallicat79 Says:
December 8th, 2009 at 8:10 pmI really only have one beef with pn;y pnr film on this list, Harry Potter, I seriosly can’t wrap my mind around just how greedy the SOB’s are at WB. The Bullshit excuse that there is far too much in the source material to possibly contain into one film is lame. Any writer or director that has adapted a novel has had this problem and yet were able to make a pretty good adaptation. This is just sad attempt to drag the whole Harry Potter saga longer then it should. Harry lives and kills Voldermourt, how hard is it to put into One film??? Honestly. Unfortunetly I will probably still shell out $$$ to see both conclusions.
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Ryan Ferrier Says:
December 9th, 2009 at 12:15 pmI’m gonna have to disagree completely with you on that one. Obviously the creative team felt they could not justifiably tell the story at its best in one film, so they are taking the time to do it right. If anything, that is something we need to see MORE of when it comes to book-to-film adaptation. Take Dune for example. The Deathly Hallows is a pretty massive book cocking in at around 760 pages. So you pay another $12 to see a well-paced, competent adaptation. Granted the studio will make a mammoth profit no doubt, the concept of splitting a film into two parts is not a decision easily made. I highly, highly doubt the decision was made only to drag the saga longer and make $$$.
If anything more similar properties should be given ample time to tell a story.
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Ryan Ferrier Says:
December 9th, 2009 at 12:15 pmHA! I meant to say “CLOCKING in”…