First, we have the brand-new trailer for David Fincher's The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, starring Daniel Craig and Rooney Mara. If you've read my past posts on the film, you'll probably know that this is a must-see on my list and judging by the trailer, it definitely looks like Fincher is probably going to bring a more faithful vision of the book. I'm not saying the Swedish film version wasn't faithful, but we'll see if Fincher's version gives the original a run for its money when it hits theatres December 21st.
Do you like whales? Then you'll probably like Big Miracle. Inspired by a true story, the film stars John Krasinski as a small town news reporter who teams up with a Greenpeace worker (Drew Barrymore) who's just happens to be his ex-girlfriend to rally several rival world groups like Inuit natives and American and Russian military to save a family of whales trapped by ice in the Arctic Circle. Formally titled Everybody Loves Whales, the film will hit theatres February 3rd, 2012.
Next, we have the red-band trailer for The Thing, a prequel to the 1982 John Carpenter cult classic. This movie follows a group of American and Norweigian scientists who originally discovered the shape-shifting alien that kills the the people it imitates. This remake... I'm sorry... prequel doesn't look bad. I don't know if it'll be good, but with a cast that includes Mary Elizabeth Winstead and Joel Edgerton, hopefully this doesn't go wrong. This new trailer more of the shape-shifting stuff as well as some gore in between. The film comes out October 14th.
From Antarctica, we go to the streets of New York as a man plans to commit suicide by jumping off a ledge in Man on a Ledge. Sam Worthington plays Nick Cassidy, an ex-cop and a wanted fugitive. While a NYPD negotiator (Elizabeth Banks) tries to talk Nick out of jumping, he is also helping his brother (Jamie Bell) pull off the heist of a $40 million diamond that Nick was accused of stealing. With that, it'll be the only way he can prove his innocence. Also starring Kyra Sedgwick, Anthony Mackie, Edward Burns and Ed Harris, the film hits theatres January 13th, 2012.
Next up is J. Edgar, Clint Eastwood's latest biopic, which focuses on the life and career of FBI director John Edgar Hoover. Leonardo DiCaprio plays the controversial lawman, who was also alleged of being a closeted homosexual, and joining him is Naomi Watts, Jeffrey Donovan, Josh Lucas, Armie Hammer and Judi Dench. I'm pretty excited for this, not just because of its cast, but Eastwood is one who knows how to direct a good picture. You can expect some Oscar buzz going for it, probably mostly for DiCaprio's performance. Written by Oscar-winner Dustin Lance Black, the film will hit select theatres November 9th and will open everywhere two days later on November 11th.
From there, we go to One for the Money, an adaptation of the Janet Evanovich novel of the same name and a film that's been in release date limbo since this July, which is the month it was originally scheduled to open on. It stars Katherine Heigl as Stephanie Plum, an unemployed woman who lands a job at her cousin's bail-bonding company. Her first assignment is capture a wanted cop (Jason O'Mara), who just happens to be the same guy who dated and dumped her in high school. I don't really don't know about this film at all. I've never read the book, so I'm just going to go ahead and say this. The whole "she's gotta capture a guy from her romantic past" is something I've heard before, so either this is going to be this action comedy that it's supposed to be or this is just gonna turn into another one of Heigl's crappy romantic comedies. We'll just wait and see when the film comes out January 27th, 2012.
However, Heigl's got some competition on that day and that comes from Liam Neeson, who's always a boss. He stars in The Grey, an adventure thriller that follows a group of men who end up stranded in Alaska after their plane crashes. When a pack of wolves come after them, they must use more their heads to survive. The film also stars Dermot Mulroney, Frank Grillo and James Badge Dale. The plot sounds a bit cliched, but judging by the trailer, the way it's executed looks pretty cool. Hopefully, that translates into the whole picture. I'll make it clear once more: this film comes out January 27th, same day as One for the Money.
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