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Focus Features Announces Release Dates

Krystal Clark — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:50:05 +0000

Several movies that were on the pending release slate for Focus Features have been given the go ahead. According to Variety, the fate of six films have been made public so we now know when to expect The Eagle of the Ninth, The American, Babies, Somewhere, Greenberg, and It’s Kind of a Funny Story.

Check out the release dates below…

The first quarter of the year will start out with Noah Baumbach’s film Greenberg, which is headlined by Ben Stiller on March 12th in a limited run. That will be followed by Thomas Balmes’ Babies, which opens in select theaters on April 16th. The American, which has George Clooney playing a highly killed assassin will hit theaters nationwide on September 1st, while Kevin Macdonald’s Roman epic The Eagle of the Ninth will open in the third quarter.

Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck’s It’s Kind of a Funny Story is slated for sometime in November and last but not least, Sofia Coppola’s drama Somewhere has yet to be placed in a specific quarter, so at the moment it’s in limbo.

Out of all of these films the most anticipated would probably be The American or Eagle of the Ninth. It’s odd that something of that caliber hasn’t been given a specific date yet. Granted Channing Tatum‘s acting isn’t the best in the world but the subject matter of the film and his fan base should be enough to make it a hit.

What do you think about the Focus Features release slate?

Photos From The Fighter, The American, and More

Krystal Clark — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:04:22 +0000

A few photos and story details have been released for some of the most highly anticipated films of 2010. Over at Collider, they’ve premiered images from The Fighter, Eagle of the Ninth, The American, and Somewhere. We’ve also got a couple of shots of Nicolas Cage and Jay Baruchel in their upcoming fantasy film The Sorcerer’s Apprentice, there’s so much to take in!

Check out the photos and synopses below…

Here’s the rundown on each film:

The American

George Clooney plays Jack, an assassin held up in Europe awaiting his next big gig. Instead of staying put and following orders, he seeks out the friendship of local priest Father Benedetto and pursues a romance with local woman Clara. But by stepping out of the shadows, Jack may be tempting fate.

The Fighter

The Fighter is a boxing film that stars Christian Bale as Dicky Eklund, the brother of Mark Wahlberg’s ”Irish” Mickey Ward. After kicking a bad drug habit, Eklund turns his life around and helps his brother train and win the world lightweight boxing championship.

Eagle of the Ninth

The Eagle of the Ninth is set in the dangerous world of second-century Britain. In 140 AD, twenty years after the unexplained disappearance of the entire Ninth Legion in the mountains of Scotland, young centurion Marcus Aquila (Channing Tatum) arrives from Rome to solve the mystery and restore the reputation of his father, the commander of the Ninth.

Somewhere

Johnny Marco (Stephen Dorff) is a bad-boy A-List actor stumbling through a life of excess while living at Hollywood’s legendary Chateau Marmont Hotel. His days are a haze of drinks, girls, fast cars and fawning fans. Cocooned in this celebrity-induced artificial world, Johnny has lost all sense of his true self. Until, that is, his 11-year-old daughter Cleo (Elle Fanning) unexpectedly shows up and unwittingly begins to anchor him. Johnny’s fragile connection to real life slowly revives in her presence.

The Sorcerer’s Apprentice

Even though the film is loosely based on the Disney classic Fantasia, The Sorcerer’s Apprentice takes place in present day Manhattan. In the film Nicolas Cage plays a contemporary sorcerer who leaves everything in the hands of his apprentice (Jay Barachel) when he goes on a trip. The novice is given several chores and tasks to perform in his absence but uses magic to get a broomstick to do them for him. Things go from good to bad when the inanimate object begins to develop a mind of it’s own.

What do you think of the first photos?

Source: Fanboyz.net

Eagle of the Ninth Begins Production

Mali Elfman — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 17:15:12 +0000

How did this little film starring Channing Tatum, Jamie Bell, Donald Sutherland, and Mark Strong, written by BAFTA Award-winning screenwriter Jeremy Brock (The Last King of Scotland) and directed by Academy Award winner Kevin Macdonald slip by us for so long? We didn’t even hear about them casting Eagle of the Ninth, but everything is set and the crew is currently on location in Hungary and Scotland, and they have begun filming!

The film was adapted for the screen by Brock, off of Rosemary Sutcliff’s classic novel of the same name. For more on the story keep reading…

The Eagle of the Ninth is set in the dangerous world of second-century Britain. In 140 AD, twenty years after the unexplained disappearance of the entire Ninth Legion in the mountains of Scotland, young centurion Marcus Aquila (played by Mr. Tatum) arrives from Rome to solve the mystery and restore the reputation of his father, the commander of the Ninth.

Accompanied only by his British slave Esca (Mr. Bell), Marcus sets out across Hadrian’s Wall into the uncharted highlands of Caledonia – to confront its savage tribes, make peace with his father’s memory, and retrieve the lost legion’s golden emblem, the Eagle of the Ninth. Mr. Sutherland portrays Marcus’ uncle Aquila, who has retired in Britain; Mr. Strong is cast as Guern, an ex-soldier who holds crucial information about the Ninth.

Sounds kind of Lord of the Rings-ish, but with it’s own twist. Personally, with all the impressive talent behind the film, I don’t need to know what it’s about, just when it will be in theaters.

How about you? Are you excited for Eagle of the Ninth?

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