Here is a list of some future movie releases I’m looking forward to. Hopefully with more to come.
Enjoy!
1. The Rum Diary
Due to be Released: October 2011
Director: Bruce Robinson
Starring: Johnny Depp, Aaron Eckhart, Giovanni Ribisi, Richard Jenkins
Synopsis: “Paul Kemp is a freelance journalist who finds himself at a critical turning point in his life while writing for a run-down newspaper in the Caribbean.”
2. Martha Marcy May Marlene
Due to be Released: July-October 2011
Director: Sean Durkin
Starring: Elizabeth Olsen, Sarah Paulson, John Hawkes
Synopsis: “Haunted by painful memories and increasing paranoia, a damaged woman struggles to re-assimilate with her family after fleeing an abusive cult.”
3. We Bought a Zoo
Due to be Released: December 2011
Director: Cameron Crowe
Starring: Matt Damon, Elle Fanning, Scarlett Johansson
Synopsis: “Set in Southern California, a father moves his young family to the countryside to renovate and re-open a struggling zoo.”
4. Pearl Jam Twenty
Due to be Released: Sept. 2011
Director: Cameron Crowe
Starring: Pearl Jam, Chris Cornell, Layne Staley
Synopsis: “A documentary on the band Pearl Jam that marks their 20th anniversary in the year 2011.”
5. Anonymous
Due to be Released: Sept. 2011
Director: Roland Emmerich
Starring: Rhys Ifans , Vanessa Redgrave, David Thewlis
Synopsis: “A political thriller about who actually wrote the plays of William Shakespeare– Edward De Vere, Earl of Oxford– set against the backdrop of the succession of Queen Elizabeth I, and the Essex Rebellion against her.”
6. Dream House
Due to be Released: Sept. 2011
Director: Jim Sheridan
Starring: Daniel Craig, Rachel Weisz, Naomi Watts
Synopsis: “Soon after moving into their seemingly idyllic new home, a family learns of a brutal crime committed against former residents of the dwelling.”
7. The Way
Due to be Released: Sept. 2011
Director: Emilio Estevez
Starring: Emilio Estevez, Martin Sheen,
Synopsis: “An American father travels to France to recover the body of his estranged son who died while traveling “El camino de Santiago” from France to Santiago de Compostela (Spain).”
8. Take Shelter
Due to be Released: Oct. 2011
Director: Jeff Nichols
Starring: Michael Shannon, Jessica Chastain, Kathy Baker
Synopsis: “Plagued by a series of apocalyptic visions, a young husband and father questions whether to shelter his family from a coming storm, or from himself.”
9. Red State
Due to be Released: Oct. 2011
Director: Kevin Smith
Starring: Melissa Leo, Michael Parks, John Goodman
Synopsis: “Set in Middle America, a group of teens receive an online invitation for sex, though they soon encounter fundamentalists with a much more sinister agenda.”
10. The Skin I Live In
Due to be Released: August 2011
Director: Pedro Almod³var
Starring: Antonio Banderas , Elena Anaya, Marisa Paredes
Synopsis: “Based on Thierry Jonquet’s novel “Mygale”, this revenge tale tells the story of a plastic surgeon on the hunt for the men who raped his daughter.”
11. This Must Be the Place
Due to be Released: 2011
Director: Paolo Sorrentino
Starring: Sean Penn, Frances McDormand, Judd Hirsch
Synopsis: “A bored, retired rock star sets out to find his father’s executioner, an ex-Nazi war criminal who is a refugee in the U.S.”
12. Prettyface
Due to be Released: 2011
Director: Jessica Janos
Starring: Daveigh Chase, Lorraine Nicholson, Flea
Synopsis: “In the summer of 1969, Jenna, a rebellious sixteen-year old girl, abandoned by her deadbeat mom, steals a horse named Prettyface from her best friend’s family and plans to ride across the United States. When Marlena, her naive and very square best friend follows her on her pony, what follows alters their lives forever.”
13. M
Due to be Released: 2011
Director: David Michaels
Starring: Woody Harrelson, Jason Lee, Kieran Culkin, Alanis Morissette
Synopsis: “It’s an otherworldly comedy juxtaposing the touching and human with wacky characters and irreverent humor; an intoxicating elixir of Tim Burton’s ‘Beetlejuice’, Lewis Carroll’s ‘Alice in Wonderland’, and Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s ‘Amelie’ and ‘Micmacs’.” — Dave Matthews is reportedly composing the soundtrack.
*All Synopsis Quotes from IMDB
