Sony (a.k.a. Columbia) Pictures has just sent over a nice portion of new pics from their upcoming fall slate, movies such as All the King’s Men, The Exorcism of Emily Rose, The Fog, Fun with Dick and Jane, The Legend of Zorro, Memoirs of a Geisha, Oliver Twist, Rent and Zathura are all previewed below, so sit back relax and enjoy.
Are they looking for an Oscar with this one? Columbia Pictures is remaking the 1949 Oscar-winning film All the King’s Men with such names as Sean Penn, Jude Law, Anthony Hopkins, Patricia Clarkson, James Gandolfini, Kate Winslet and Mark Ruffalo headlining… Yeah, I would say Oscar nods may be in the future. This is the story of absolute power and how it corrupts as All the King’s Men charts the spectacular rise and fall of a charismatic Southern politician, “Boss” Willie Stark (Penn). Law co-stars as Jack Burden, the once idealistic, now embittered ex-reporter who unwittingly fuels Stark’s corrupt political ambitions. Click the pic above to get your first looks at the film.
Step into the courtroom of the damned as The Exorcism of Emily Rose goes literal on the word “exorcism.” In an extremely rare decision, the Catholic Church officially recognized the demonic possession of a 19 year-old college freshman. Told in terrifying flashbacks, “The Exorcism of Emily Rose” chronicles the haunting trial of the priest accused of negligence resulting in the death of the young girl believed to be possessed. Inspired by true events, the film stars Laura Linney as the lawyer who takes on the task of defending the priest (Tom Wilkinson) who performed the controversial exorcism. Click on the pic above to find pics and the trailer.
Spooky mist is the story here as Rupert Wainwright is directing the remake of the John Carpenter classic. Set in a Northern California town where, about 100 years ago, a ship sank under mysterious circumstances in a thick, eerie fog. The ghosts of the deceased mariners return from their watery graves to seek their revenge. Welling will play a local boat owner who never left the town, and Grace will portray a college girl who is back in her hometown for the summer. Click on the pic above to journey into… The Fog. Okay, that wasn’t too creepy.
Well, on December 21st you will no longer have to ask, “Where the hell is Jim Carrey?” He is here along with Téa Leoni in the remake of Fun with Dick and Jane. Dick (Jim Carrey) and Jane (Téa Leoni) are in love and living the American dream – until one day it becomes an American nightmare. When the company Dick works for becomes involved in an Enron-like scandal and he is confronted with the prospect of losing everything, Dick and Jane are forced to bag, borrow and steal to get it all back. Click the pic above for more “fun.”
Into the Blue
is a high-stakes thriller set in the deep, shark-infested waters of the Bahamas. When young divers discover the wreckage of a cargo plane at the bottom of the sea, they believe their dream of buried treasure has come true. What they don’t realize is that millions of dollars of illegal goods are in that sunken plane and a group of dangerous criminals are already desperately searching for it. As tensions mount and the friends begin to fight about what to do with their find, others get closer to discovering their secret – and the treasure hunters quickly become the hunted.
Legends never die and this time Zorro is back for more as Antonio Banderas reprises his role as the masked savior and Catherine Zeta-Jones is along for the ride. The Legend of Zorro is set to open on October 28th and finds Zorro in 1850, after fighting to help California become the 31st state of the Union, Zorro (Banderas) must live up to the promise he made his wife Elena (Zeta-Jones) – to give up his secret identity and live a normal life as Alejandro de la Vega. When he hesitates, it threatens to tear them apart. Click the pic above for more goodies.
Based on the internationally acclaimed novel by Arthur Golden, Memoirs of a Geisha is a sweeping romantic epic set in a mysterious and exotic world that still casts a potent spell today. The film stars big named international stars Ken Watanabe, Zhang Ziyi and Michelle Yeoh and is set to open on December 9th, click the pic above for some breathtaking photos.
Polanksi is back and this time he is bringing us the timeless tale from Charles Dickens, Oiver Twist. Opening on September 23rd, this film focuses on its title character, abandoned at an early age, Oliver Twist (Barney Clark) is forced to live in a workhouse lorded over by the awful Mr. Bumble, who cheats the boys of their meager rations. Desperate yet determined, Oliver makes his escape to the streets of London. Penniless and alone, he is lured into a world of crime by the sinister Fagin (Sir Ben Kingsley) – the mastermind of a gang of pint-sized pickpockets. Oliver’s rescue by the kindly Mr. Brownlow is only the beginning of a series of adventures that lead him to the promise of a better life. Click the pic above for more goodies.
Based on Puccini’s classic opera La Boheme, Jonathan Larson’s revolutionary rock opera “Rent” tells the story of a group of Bohemians struggling to live and pay their rent in the gritty background of New York’s East Village. Rent opens in theaters everywhere on November 11th, click on the pic above for new pics, and here for a large look at the one sheet.
Based on the best-selling book by the acclaimed children’s writer Chris Van Allsburg, Zathura centers around two squabbling brothers who are propelled into deepest, darkest space while playing a mysterious game they discovered in the basement of their old house. The film opens on November 11th, click on the pic above for pics and trailers.
