X-Men Origins - Wolverine (May)
Hugh Jackman, Anna Paquin and Danny Huston [break]
Hugh Jackman is back for X-Men prequel set 17 years before the action of the first movie. The film traces the early career of Logan, the indestructible mutant who will one day be X-Man Wolverine. Cameos from future X-Men and the chance to see how Logan acquired his deadly claws and curious hairdo give the film a geek power that will set the internet buzzing ahead of the premiere. It will be interesting to see how this performs after the third X-Men movie was seen by many to be something of a mis-step in the X-franchise.
Terminator Salvation (June)
Christian Bale, Anton Yelchin and Helena Bonham-Carter
In the highly anticipated new installment of "The Terminator" film franchise, set in post-apocalyptic 2018, Christian Bale stars as John Connor, the man fated to lead the human resistance against Skynet and its army of Terminators. As Skynet prepares its final onslaught, Connor embarks on an odyssey that takes him into the heart of Skynet’s operations.
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (July)
Ray Romano, John Leguizamo, Denis Leary
Playing fast and loose with the accepted chronology of the age of the dinosaurs this third installment of the CGI school holiday favorite has the primitive mammal heroes of the first two films somehow getting mixed up with a ´lost world’ of surviving dinosaurs trapped beneath a glacier. John Leguizamo, Queen Latifah, and Denis Leary provide voices for the computer created critters. Certain to both entertain undemanding under-fives and infuriate paleontologists in equal measure; this has the air of being the last film in the series.
Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince (July)
Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint and Emma Watson
Harry Potter fans will already have a fairly good idea of what happens in this, the sixth film in the hugely popular boy wizard film adapted from JK Rowling’s all-conquering books. It was an early script draft of this film that prompted Rowling to ´out’ Dumbledore while promoting the final Potter book.
Angels & Demons (May)
Tom Hanks, Ayelet Zurer Ewan and McGregor
In the wake of the Da Vinci Code, another recklessly improbable Dan Brown adventure gets the Tom Hanks treatment. Ewan McGregor comes on board this time for a breakneck chase around Vatican City in search of some antimatter, the Illuminati and a decent haircut. The critics will snigger, and Dan Brown fans (of whom there are many) will ignore them and make May one of the busiest months at the box office.
Public Enemies (July)
Johnny Depp, Christian Bale and Marion Cotillard
Creator of Miami Vice Michael Mann guides the apparently tireless Christian Bale (who appears to be in every movie of any note these days) and Johnny Depp in a period gangster romp about the FBI’s search for John Dillinger, Baby Face Nelson and Pretty Boy Floyd that is perfectly timed to chime with the new Great Depression.
Dragonball Evolution (August)
Justin Chatwin, Emmy Rossum and Chow Yun-Fat
The motion picture "Dragonball: Evolution" features a cast of rising young stars and veteran acclaimed actors. Justin Chatwin, who portrayed Tom Cruise’s son in Steven Spielberg’s "War of the Worlds," takes on the role of the heroic Goku, a powerful warrior who protects the Earth from an endless stream of rogues bent on dominating the Universe and controlling the mystical objects from which the film takes its name.
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (May)
Ben Stiller, Hank Azaria and Robin Williams
The centerpiece of the film will be bringing to life the Smithsonian Institution, which houses the world’s largest museum complex with more than 136 million items in its collections, ranging from the plane Amelia Earhart flew on her nonstop solo flight across the Atlantic and Al Capone’s rap sheet and mug shot to Dorothy’s ruby red slippers and Archie Bunker’s lounge chair.
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