Tuesday, December 23, 2008

2009 Preview

So 2009 look likes it's going to be an amazing year, movie-wise. My last blog already showcased what will most likely be my favorite movie for 2009, but here are some other great films scheduled for release in 2009. MERRY CHRISTMAS, and a happy New Year!! Woo hooo...
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Most Notable of the following is the movie 9, check it out here

1/9/2009 - Bride Wars (link)
1/23/2009 - Inkheart (link)
1/28/2009 - Blessed is the Match (link)
2/6/2009 - Coraline (link)
2/20/2009 - Fired Up (link)
2/27/2009 - Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li
first I've heard of it was making this list but Kristin Kreuk is playing Chun-Li, here are two pages where you can check out the movie http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Street_Fighter:_The_Legend_of_Chun-Li
http://streetfightermovie.net/

3/6/2009 - Watchmen (link)
3/13/2009 - Race to Witch Mountain (link)
3/20/2009 - Knowing (link)
3/27/2009 - Monsters vs. Aliens (Dreamworks) (link)
4/3/2009 - The Ugly Truth (link)
4/17/2009 - State of Play (link)
5/1/2009 - X-Men Origins: Wolverine (link)
5/8/2009 - Star Trek (link)
5/15/2009 - Angels & Demons (link)
5/22/2009 - Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (link)
5/22/2009 - Terminator: Salvation (link)
5/29/2009 - Up (link) (Pixar/Disney)
6/5/2009 - Land of the Lost (link) (starring Will Ferrell, who knows?)
6/12/2009 - The Proposal (link)
6/26/2009 - Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
7/10/2009 - 2012 (link)
7/17/2009 - Harry Potter & The Half-Blood Prince (link)
8/7/2009 - GI Joe: Rise of the Cobra
9/9/2009 - 9 (Tim Burton and Timur Bekmambetov,
dir. of Wanted; this looks way interesting) (link)
9/18/2009 - The Informant

Other Mentionables:

-The Elfstones of Shannara!!! Rights to the Shannara series have been optioned to Warner Brothers studios until 2010. Elfstones is the first planned movie and even has a director names: Mike Newell (known for such films as: Four Weddings & A Funeral, Donnie Brasco, Mona Lisa Smile, and Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire). It was supposed to start filming this year and finish production in 2009, though what's going on with it now, I could not find out. (link) (link)

-Witchblade. The comic/anime series has a live movie planned for 2009 release. The director working on it is Michael Rymer (Queen of the Damned, and various episodes of Battlestar Gallactica)

- Metal Gear Solid. This has been rumored to be in production for release in 2009, but no apparent progress is being made, we'll see if it comes out or not... (link)

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3 comments:

Erik said...

What, were you raised in a closet? Why isn't G.I.Joe: Rise of Cobra on this list? Sure, it's probably going to stink on ice, but so did Transformers, and you included THAT on this list! And it's got Ray Park as Snake Eyes, so we're guaranteed at least a minute or two of ninja awesome.

Scott H. said...

alright, I'll modify it, GI Joe is now included...

Scott H. said...

Oh, and I really liked the first transformers too...