Here's a look at upcoming 2012 titles, and as the page is heavy with trailers & images I'm keeping it quarterly starting off with January - March 2012. If you have details on upcoming titles, especially if they are being released in Toronto feel free to contact me Shannon Ridler, the Movie Moxie by email.
Friday February 24, 2012 Film Releases
Act of Valor
Dir: Mike McCoy & Scott Waugh - feature film directorial debuts
Cast: Alex Veadov, Roselyn Sanchez, Nestor Serrano
From the Synopsis: "Conceived by former Baja 1000 champion Mike "Mouse" McCoy and former stuntman Scott Waugh, Act of Valor goes deep into the secret world of today's most elite and highly trained group of warriors.
When the rescue of a kidnapped CIA operative leads to the discovery of a deadly terrorist plot, a team of SEALs is dispatched on a global manhunt. As the men of Bandito Platoon race to stop a coordinated attack that could kill and wound thousands of innocent civilians, they must balance their commitments to country, team, and their families back home.
Based on real events, the film combines stunning combat sequences, up-to-the minute battlefield technology and heart-pumping emotion for the ultimate action adventure."
Official Film Site, IMDb Page, Trailer
Act or Valor opens nationwide on February 24th, 2012
Doppelgänger Paul (Or A Film About How Much I Hate Myself)
Dir: Kris Elgstrand and Dylan Akio Smith (The Cabin Movie)
Cast: Brad Dryborough, Tygh Runyan, Ben Cotton, Matty Finochio
From the Press Release: "Following a near death experience, Karl comes to believe that Paul, a stranger he sees on the street, is his doppelgänger. After stalking him for several weeks, Karl finally makes contact thus setting in motion a bizarre chain of events that will result in the loss of a thumb, the theft of a manuscript, rides on a miniature railroad, a trip to Portland in a 1984 Chevy VanDura and two appearances on a popular morning talk show."
Official Film Site & Trailer, IMDb Page
Doppelgänger Paul (Or A Film About How Much I Hate Myself) opens on February 24, 2012 in Toronto at The Royal and March 16, 2012 in Vancouver at the Vancity
The Flowers of War
Image: Christian Bale as John Miller and Ni Ni as Yu Mo in THE FLOWERS OF WAR, directed by Zhang Yimou Courtesy of eOne Films
Dir: Zhang Yimou (House of the Flying Daggers, Curse of the Golden Flower / Man cheng jin dai huang jin jia)
Cast: Christian Bale, Ni Ni, Zhang Xinyi
Based on a novel by Yan Geling
From the press release: "From internationally celebrated director Zhang Yimou (Ju Dou, Raise the Red Lantern, Hero, House Of Flying Daggers) comes a story of love and war – and a band of outcasts who emerge as unlikely heroes from the shadows of a city’s occupation. At once lyrical and visceral, the film enters the apocalyptic world of Nanjing in 1937 only to find a vibrant human story about the invisible people of the city and a series of unexpected relationships that lead to a resonant act of sacrifice. It begins when the danger in the streets of Nanjing throws together a group of opposites --a flock of shell-shocked school children, a dozen seductive courtesans, and a renegade American (Academy Award® winner Christian Bale, The Fighter, The Dark Knight) posing as a priest to save his own skin, or so he thinks – all seeking safety behind a walled cathedral. Trapped by marauding soldiers, over the next few days the prejudices and divides between them will fall away as they unite around a last-ditch plan to protect the children from impending catastrophe."
Official Film Site, IMDb Page, Trailer
The Flowers of War opens in Toronto, Vancouver & Montreal on February 24, 2012
Gone (2012)
Right Image: AMANDA SEYFRIED stars in GONE Photo by Saeed Adyani. Courtesy of eOne Films
Gone (2012)
Dir: Heitor Dhalia
Cast: Amanda Seyfried, Jennifer Carpenter, Daniel Sunjata, Wes Bentley
From the press release: "When her sister disappears, Jill is convinced the serial killer who kidnapped her two years ago has returned, and she sets out to once again face her abductor."
Official Film Site, IMDb Page, Trailer
Gone opens nationwide on February 24th, 2012
Goon
Right Image: Seann William Scott as Doug Glatt and Richard Clarkin as Gord Ogilvey in GOON. Photo courtesy of Alliance Films
Goon
Dir: Michael Dowse
Cast: Seann William Scott, Jay Baruchel, Alison Pill, Liev Schreiber, Marc-André Grondin, Eugene Levy
From the synopsis: "Doug Glatt, (Seann William Scott) the black sheep of an illustrious medical family is working as a bouncer when he gets roped into going to a local hockey team’s game by his hockey fanatic pal, Pat (Jay Baruchel). When Pat incites the opposing team’s enforcer to climb out of the penalty box and into the audience after him, Doug steps in and to everyone’s surprise, especially the local team’s coach, quickly puts the player down."
Official Film Site, IMDb Page
Goon opens in wide release on February 24, 2012
The Prodigies
Image: A still from the film THE PRODIGIES. Courtesy of eOne Films.
Dir: Antoine Charreyron
Voices: Jeffrey Evan Thomas, Lauren Ashley Carter, Moon Dailly
From the Synopsis: "Brilliant researcher at the head of the Foundation for Gifted Children Killian, very in love with his wife Ann, Jimbo has one goal: to find other wonders like him. He then imagines an online game extremely complex and eventually discovered that five teens decided to meet in New York."
Official Film Site, IMDb Page, Trailer
The Prodigies opens in Toronto & Montreal on February 24th, 2012
Rampart
Image: Woody Harrelson stars in RAMPART Photo by Merrick Morton Courtesy of eOne Films
Dir: Oren Moverman (The Messenger)
Cast: Woody Harrelson, Ben Foster, Sigourney Weaver
From the synopsis: "Set in 1999 Los Angeles, veteran police officer Dave Brown, the last of the renegade cops, works to take care of his family, and struggles for his own survival."
Official Film Site, IMDb Page, Trailer
Rampart opens in Toronto, Vancouver & Montreal on February 24, 2012; and March 9, 2012 in Calgary & Saskatoon.
Snow
Writer/Dir: Rohan Fernando
Cast: Sobaz Benjamin, Himaly Fernando, Mohan Fernando
From the Synopsis: "After the Asian tsunami sweeps away her family, Parvati finds herself in Canada, trying to navigate a new life while living in an unfamiliar culture, with distant relatives she had never met before. She finds work as a hotel chambermaid, but it is alien and dislocating – until she begins a doomed love affair with a guest. As Parvati's new life begins to disintegrate, she finds one of her strongest anchors in Emily, a homeless young musician with whom she travels to Cape Breton to see the ocean once again.
Shot documentary style, Snow beautifully captures the sense of dislocation and melancholy that follows tragedy – and hints at the rebirth and renewal that can grow out of it."
Official Film Site, IMDb Page, Trailer
Snow opens in Toronto on February 24th, 2012
March 16, 2012 Film ReleasesMirror Mirror (2012)
Mirror Mirror (2012)
A new take on the Snow White story (not to be confused with Snow White & The Huntsman), with a comical feel and storybook setting and keeping true to the evil queen being jealous of the new answer from her mirror of who is the fairest one of all.
Dir: Tarsem Singh (The Cell, The Fall, Immortals)
Cast: Julia Roberts, Lily Collins, Armie Hammer, Nathan Lane
Official Film Site, IMDb Page, Trailer
Mirror Mirror opens wide on March 16, 2012
March 16, 2012 Film Releases
The Hunger Games
Right Image: Jennifer Lawrence stars as 'Katniss Everdeen' in THE HUNGER GAMES.
The Hunger Games
Honourary Selection for the 2011 Movie Moxie Book to Film Club
Based on the fantastic book (first in trilogy) by Suzanne Collins and the story follows young and resourceful Katniss, a hunter who provides for her family during trying times. Set in a post-apocalyptic world where areas are sectioned off into districts and Tributes are chosen from each area for a yearly fight to the death.
Director: Gary Ross (Pleasantville, Seabiscuit)
Cast: Jennifer Lawrence, Liam Hemsworth, Josh Hutcherson, Lenny Kravitz, Woody Harrelson, Elizabeth Banks, Stanley Tucci,
Adapted from The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, the first book in a trilogy; the second book is already in the works for a film adaptation (Catching Fire) to be released November 22, 2013.
From the synopsis: "Every year in the ruins of what was once North America, the nation of Panem forces each of its twelve districts to send a teenage boy and girl to compete in the Hunger Games. Part twisted entertainment, part government intimidation tactic, the Hunger Games are a nationally televised event in which “Tributes” must fight with one another until one survivor remains."
Official Film Site, IMDb Page, Trailer
The Hunger Games opens in wide release March 16, 2011
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