Posted August 20, 200618 yr Friday 1st September The Wicker Man Nicolas Cage is the uptight copper, Neil LaBute is in the director's (hopefully not wicker) chair and the match is lit for his remake of the masterful 1976 horror. The Sentinel Michael Douglas is a disgraced Special Agent who must foil a plot to assassinate the President of the United States. Kim Basinger, Kiefer Sutherland and Eva Longoria help out. Little Man The Wayans brothers (White Chicks, Scary Movie) are it again with a 'comedy' about a dad who mistakes a criminal dwarf for his newly adopted son. Oh lord. Crank Think Speed but in one man's body as Jason Statham plays a poisoned hitman who'll die if his heartrate drops. Who said high concept can't be fun? Adrift Six friends in the sea, a luxury yacht and one problem: their swanky boat hasn't got a ladder and they've left a baby on board. Rather comic plot aside, it's meant to be a horror. Gypo Improvised Brit film told from the perspectives of three people: despairing housewife (Father Ted's Pauline McLynn), bigoted husband (Paul McGann) and a Romany Czech refugee who encounters the working class family. Friday 8th September Snow Cake Sigourney Weaver is an autistic mother, Alan Rickman her new carer in Brit director Marc Evans surprisingly funny drama. Beerfest Lager-fuelled comedy from the director of ahem, The Dukes Of Hazzard about two Yanks who discover ancient drinking games at the Munich booze fest. Idlewild OutKast duo Big Boi and André Benjamin star in a musical set in a speakeasy in Prohibition-era America. Pulse This time it's a bit of software that's infected in the latest Yank remake of a Japanese spooker. Little Miss Sunshine Steve Carell, Toni Collette and Greg Kinnear headline a darkly delicious comedy about the Hoover family and their efforts to ensure their daughter wins a surreal beauty pageant. Right At Your Door A dirty bomb goes off in LA in this disaster movie with a difference. Mary McCormack and Rory Cochrane are the ones trying to avoid the fallout. Driving Lessons Rupert Grint - aka Ron Weasley - takes time out from Hogwarts to play a kid whose life changes when he starts work for Julie Walters' retired actress. Friday 15th September Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby Will Ferrell is a rebel NASCAR driver with competition from new teammate Sacha Baron Cohen - aka Ali G - in the latest comedy from Anchorman helmer Adam McKay. DOA: Dead Or Alive The Transporter helmer Cory Yuen brings the videogame to the big screen with a cast that includes Corrie actor Matthew Marsden and er, Holly Valance. Expect lots of girls with swords. The Black Dahlia Brian De Palma directs James Ellroy's noir tale about two LA detectives (Josh Hartnett and Aaron Eckhart) on the trail of the murderer of a wannabe actress. Scarlett Johansson tries out her femme fatale routine. The Night Listener Robin Williams is a radio show host who becomes embroiled in the life of one of his callers, whose identity is not what it seems. Toni Collette and Rory Culkin co-star. The Queen Helen Mirren is Elizabeth II and Michael Sheen Tony Blair in Stephen Frears' portrait of just what went on in Buckingham Palace following the death of Diana. An Inconvenient Truth Former US Vice President Al Gore's absorbing doc about the reality of global warming. Not George W's favourite film, then. Friday 22nd September Children Of Men Prisoner Of Azkaban helmer Alfonso Cuarón goes sci-fi with a tale about a woman whose unborn child is the only hope left for the human race as it faces extinction. Julianne Moore, Michael Caine, Clive Owen and Chiwetel Ejiofor lead the cast. Clerks II 12 years after they hit the screen, Kevin Smith's convenience store bums are back and they're flipping burgers. Now that's what we call progress. Dirty Sanchez The Welsh version of the Jackass boys get their own big-screen treatment. Lucky You Curtis Hanson directs Eric Bana as a hotshot poker player whose personal problems follow him to a Las Vegas tournament. Trust The Man A New York-set comedy drama about two couples: David Duchovy and Julianne Moore, and Billy Cudrup and Maggie Gyllenhaal. Friday 29th September World Trade Center Oliver Stone's 9/11 drama starring Nicolas Cage and Michael Pena as two firefighters trapped in the rubble of the Two Towers. Click High concept comedy alert! Adam Sandler plays a workaholic who stumbles on to a mysterious remote control with which he can rewind and forward to different parts of his life. Christopher Walken and Kate Beckinsale co-star. Life 'n' Lyrics After his impressive big-sceen debut in Bullet Boy, So Solid's Ashley Walters returns as a rapper who falls for a girl in a rival firm. Nina's Heavenly Delights A young woman returns to Glasgow to take over her dead father's curry house in this British comedy. Friday 6th October The Departed Rub your hands together with glee for Martin Scorsese's adap of the Hong Kong thriller Infernal Affairs starring Leonardo DiCaprio as an undercover cop and Matt Damon as mob mole in the police. Jack Nicholson and Martin Sheen simply add to the class. The Devil Wears Prada Meryl Streep is a fashion magazine editor from hell and Anne Hathaway her dowdy new assistant in this slickly scripted satire. Accepted High Fidelity scribe Steve Pink makes his directorial debut about a teenager whose professional approach to college applications astounds his parents. Sixty Six Helena Bonham Carter and Stephen Rea star in a Working Title flick about a boy whose barmitzvah clashes with the 1966 World Cup footie final. Friday 13th October Jackass 2 Johnny Knoxville and friends do even more extremely painful things to each other. And yep, we'll laugh. Again. Open Season Family animation about a grizzly bear and a deer who end up unusual friends. Billy Connolly, Ashton Kutcher and Jon Favreau are among the voice cast. The History Boys Alan Bennett's stage play about the state of the English education system (it's funnier that it sounds) graduates to the big screen. Hoodwinked Glenn Close and Anne Hathaway voice an animated tale that picks off where the story of Little Red Riding Hodd ended. Starter For Ten James McAvoy stars a working-class student who falls for a posh lass in the film version of David Nicholls' 80s-set novel. Texas Chainsaw: The Beginning Leatherface as a toddler? Nope, just a cash-in on the 70s horror legend which finds another group of kids encountering a slightly younger chainsaw-wielding nutjob. Stick It Jeff Bridges is the unusual name in the cast for a teen flick about a rebellious girl who is forced to enrol in a gymnastics course. And yes, we did say gymnastics. Friday 20th October Marie-Antoinette Reach for your periwig as Sofia Coppola brings the life of the famous "let them eat cake"-quoting French queen to the silver screen. Kirsten Dunst, Jason Schwartzman, Steve Coogan and Marianne Faithful are the ones donning the costumes. The Last Kiss Zach Braff, Rachel Bilson and Casey Affleck are the bright - and horribly attractive - young things in Paul Haggis' tale about a commitmentphobe struggling to come to terms with the news his girlfriend's pregnant. The Guardian Action pic starring lunkhead extraordinaire Ashton Kutcher as a rookie lifeguard - here dubbed a "rescue swimmer" - and Kevin Costner as his trainer. Barnyard: The Original Party Animals Kids' animation about a group of farm animals who live it up when the farmer's away. The Grudge 2 Sarah Michelle Gellar's back - but in a bit part - for the sequel to 2004's English-language remake of the Japanese horror. Gypo A working-class family disintegrates when a refugee enters their world in this stripped down drama. Official site Friday 27th October A Good Year Ridley Scott directs Russell Crowe in the adaptation of Peter Mayles' book about an English bloke who inherits a vineyard in France. Gone Two back-packing Brits encounter a mysterious American in the outback of Australia. Red Road British Oscar-winner Andrea Arnold makes her feature film debut with a tale about a female CCTV operator who catches sight of a man and must confront him. Step Up A ballerina teams up with a rebellious hip hop dancer in this hoofing drama. bbc
August 21, 200618 yr Author They're remaking The Wicker Man? yes its with nic cage and done by neil labute of in the company of men/shape of things fame. it was mentioned before in the remake thread here :down: http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=14331
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