ALL THE TREMENDOUSLY CRAFTED SFX AND ULTIMATE ANIMATED MOVIES U'LL SEE IN 2008!!!

"Madagascar 2: The Crate Escape"
First Look
In Theaters November 7, 2008



"Madagascar 2" - In "Madagascar 2: The Crate Escape," all the loveable characters are back -- Alex the lion, Marty the zebra, Melman the giraffe and Gloria the hippo, King Julien, Maurice and the penguins. Left marooned on the distant shores of Madagascar, the New Yorkers have hatched a plan so crazy it just might work. With military precision, the penguins have repaired an old crashed plane - sort of. Once aloft, this unlikely crew stays airborne just long enough to make it to the wildest place of all - the vast plains of Africa itself -- where our zoo-raised crew encounters species of their own kind for the very first time. While discovering their roots, they quickly realize the differences between the concrete jungle and the heart of Africa. Despite long-lost relatives, romantic rivals and scheming hunters, Africa seems like a "crack-a-lackin" great place...but is it better than their Central Park home? And, as you know, especially if you sat through the first "Madagascar" with your kids, Alex is voiced by Ben Stiller.

The original "Madagascar" was released in theaters in 2005.

STARRING The Voices of: Ben Stiller, Chris Rock, Jada Pinkett Smith, David Schwimmer, Sacha Baron Cohen, Cedric the Entertainer, Andy Richter, Raven Symone, John Goodman

DIRECTORS: Eric Darnell and Tom McGrath

STUDIO: Dreamworks Animation
RATING: PG (For mild crude humor)
THEATER COUNT (Opening Weekend): TBD
RUNNING TIME: TBD
TOTAL DOMESTIC BOX OFFICE: TBD
U.S. DVD RELEASE DATE: TBD

"Meet The Spartans"
First Look
In Theaters February 1, 2008



"Meet The Spartans" - "Meet the Spartans" is a comedy spoof written and directed by Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer - those guys who brought you the box office bomb "Epic Movie." (How and why, other than the film stars a bunch of has-beens and no-ones, and cost next to nothing to make, we know not why it was given the green light by 20th Century Fox.) What movies does "Meet The Spartans" spoof? Well, for starters, "300." "Meet The Spartans" also pokes fun at "Pirates Of The Caribbean," "Superman Returns," "Troy," "Alexander," "Stomp The Yard" and "The Sixth Sense."

"Meet The Spartans" also parodies George W. Bush, Lindsay Lohan, American Idol's Sanjaya Malakar, Ryan Seacrest, Kevin Federline, and Britney Spears.

STARRING: Diedrich Bader, Kevin Sorbo, Method Man, Jim Piddock, Sean Maguire
DIRECTORS: Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer
STUDIO: Fox Atomic
RATING: PG-13 (For language, mock violence, mild nudity)
THEATER COUNT (Opening Weekend): TBD
RUNNING TIME: TBD
TOTAL DOMESTIC BOX OFFICE: TBD
U.S. DVD RELEASE DATE: TBD

"Terminator 4"
First Look
In Theaters Summer 2009

Warner Bros. is planning to reinvent the "Terminator" cyborg saga with a storyline to be told over a three-picture span. "Terminator 4" will be the first in a new trilogy of the "Terminator" franchise. According to inside Wild About Movies sources, Christian Bale will star, and McG will direct "Terminator 4." Arnold Schwarzenegger is not reprising his role as "The Terminator" in "T4" but he may make a cameo appearance in the movie.

STARRING: Christian Bale
DIRECTOR: McG
STUDIO: Warner Bros.
RATING: Likely PG-13 (For violence, language, partial nudity)





"Rambo 4"
First Look
In Theaters January 25, 2008

R-Rated, Ultraviolent "Rambo 4 Trailer" Below

"Rambo 4," AKA "John Rambo" - In Thailand, a group of Christian aid workers recruit "John Rambo" to guide them up the Salween River to deliver medical supplies to the Karen tribe of neighboring Burma (aka Myanmar). When the missionaries fail to return, Rambo is persuaded to take a group of mercenaries back into the war-torn border region to find them. What follows is a descent into hell on earth - in "Rambo 4."

STARRING: Sylvester Stallone, Julie Benz, Sam Elliott, Matthew Marsden, Paul Schulze, Sai Mawng
DIRECTOR: Sylvester Stallone
STUDIO: Lionsgate
RATING: R (For extreme and graphic violence, language, adult situations)

"Avatar Movie" in 3D
"Avatar Trailer" First Look
"Avatar Movie" - In Theaters May 22, 2009

Oscar winning director James Cameron's return to the big screen with "Avatar Movie," will be twelve years, yes, 12 years, in the making. James Cameron who was responsible for the biggest box office - and (almost) Oscar winning film in history, "Titanic," is hard at work on a CG animated film as his follow up to "Titanic."

"Avatar Movie " - "Avatar" is the story of a wounded ex-marine, thrust unwillingly into an effort to settle and exploit an exotic planet rich in bio-diversity, who eventually crosses over to lead the indigenous race in a battle for survival.

Stay tuned to Wild About Movies for constant updates about "James Cameron's Avatar Movie."

STARRING: Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Sigourney Weaver, Wes Studi, Lola Herrera, Peter Mensah, Joel David Moore, CCH Pounder, Laz Alonso
DIRECTOR: James Cameron
STUDIO: 20th Century Fox
RATING: PG-13 (For language, violence and sexual situations)




"Angels And Demons Movie"
"Angels & Demons Trailer" First Look
"Angels & Demons" - In Theaters May 15, 2009

In 2003, Sony Pictures acquired rights to the "Angels and Demons Movie" along with "The Da Vinci Code" in a deal with author Dan Brown. In May 2006, following the film release of "The Da Vinci Code," Sony hired Oscar winning screenwriter Akiva Goldsman, who wrote the film adaptation of "The Da Vinci Code," to adapt "Angels and Demons" into a movie. In November 2006, a teaser trailer of the "Angels And Demons Movie" was shown on the "The Da Vinci Code" DVD. On April 11, 2007 it was revealed that Tom Hanks would reprise his role as Robert Langdon and that he will reportedly receive the highest salary ever for an actor - $75,000,000? Pre-production on the "Angels And Demons Movie" began in July 2007.

It should be noted that the "Angels And Demons Movie" is the PREQUEL to "The DaVinci Code."

The "Angels and Demons Movie" tells the story of Robert (Tom Hanks) Langdon's brush with a shadowy secret society, the Illuminati, and his frantic quest for the world's most powerful energy source, in the company of a beautiful Italian physicist whose father, a brilliant physicist, has been murdered.

STARRING: Tom Hanks, Gisele Bundchen
DIRECTOR: Ron Howard
STUDIO: Columbia Pictures
RATING: PG-13 (For language, violence and adult situations)

"Bond 22"
Title TBD
"Bond 22 Trailer" - First Look
"Bond 22" - In Theaters November 2008

In the still as of yet untitled "Bond 22," while taking a relaxing vacation James Bond -- 007 -- is attacked. Thought to be dead and never seen again, Bond recovers from this attack as he now has to go out for revenge - ultimately leading up to a surprise twist that'll leave audiences choking for air as they're stunned. So the studio, Columbia Pictures, which is releasing "Bond 22" in the U.S and Canada, tells Wild About Movies. Stay tuned for the official title for "Bond 22."

Also, according to a Executive VP at Sony/Columbia Pictures, the "Bond 22" poster below - and its title, which has been floating around the internet for months, is "a complete fabrication." (If you're a WAM devotee, you'll know we brought you that story months ago in our daily BLOG.)

Stay tuned for the official "Bond 22" poster.

STARRING: Daniel Craig, Giancarlo Giannini, Judi Dench, Goran Visnjic
DIRECTOR: Marc Forster
STUDIO: MGM/Columbia Pictures
RATING: PG-13 (For language, violence, adult situations)

"The Mummy 3" aka
"The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor"
First Look
In Theaters August 1, 2008

In "The Mummy 3," Jet Li plays a despotic Emperor in 50 B.C. whose evil is punished by a terrible curse laid on him by wizardress Michelle Yeoh: he and his army are turned into to terra cotta for all time; that is, unless he is re-awakened which, of course, is where the O'Connells come back into it. The story moves to the year 1946. When we find them, Rick (Brendan Fraser) and Evelyn (Maria Bello) are retired to Oxfordshire, England, having been spies for the British during World War II. They are bored silly and welcome the offer of "one last mission" from the Foreign Office. Their assignment: courier a precious artifact back to the museum in Shanghai, China from which it was stolen.

Back to Asia: China is in turmoil but Jonathan (John Hannah) owns an Egyptian-themed bar in Shanghai. Unbeknownst to his parents, now grown-up Alex O'Connell (Luke Ford) is following in the family business as a young archaeologist on a dig in north-central China. He makes the discovery of a lifetime: the tomb of the Dragon Emperor, which has been buried for millennia. A beautiful assassin (Isabella Leong) tries to kill him to keep the location secret but Alex prevails. The Emperor's monument is transported back to Shanghai where another plot is in motion: military zealot Anthony Wong intends to awaken the Emperor and aid him in the re-conquest of China and the raising of his terra cotta army of ten thousand clay warriors. The family is reunited and high adventure ensues: crash landings, treks thru the Himalayas, Yeti, avalanches, Shangri-la, three-headed dragons, pools of eternal life, epic battles, a shape-shifting Jet Li... in "The Mummy 3."

STARRING: Brendan Fraser, Jet Li, Luke Ford, Maria Bello, Michelle Yeoh
DIRECTOR: Rob Cohen
STUDIO: Universal Pictures
RATING: PG-13 (For violence, language)

"The Chronicles Of Narnia 2: Prince Caspian"
"Narnia 2 Trailer" - First Look
"Prince Caspian" - In Theaters May 16, 2008

In "The Chronicles Of Narnia 2: Prince Caspian," the enchanted characters of C.S. Lewis's timeless fantasy come to dazzling life again in this second installment of the seven book series, in which the Pevensie siblings - Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy - are magically and mysteriously transported back from World War II England to Narnia, where a thrilling, perilous new adventure and an even greater test of their faith and courage awaits them.

One year after the incredible events of "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe," the Kings and Queens of Narnia find themselves back in that faraway wondrous realm, only to discover that more than 1300 years have passed in Narnian time. During their absence, the Golden Age of Narnia has become extinct, Narnia has been conquered by the Telmarines and is now under the control of the evil King Miraz, who rules the land without mercy.

The four children will soon meet an intriguing new character: Narnia's rightful heir to the throne, the young Prince Caspian, who has been forced into hiding as his uncle Miraz plots to kill him in order to place his own newborn son on the throne. With the help of the kindly dwarf, a courageous talking mouse named Reepicheep, a badger named Trufflehunter and a Black Dwarf, Nikabrik, the Narnians, led by the mighty knights Peter and Caspian, embark on a remarkable journey to find Aslan, rescue Narnia from Miraz's tyrannical hold, and restore magic and glory to the land.

"The Chronicles Of Narnia 2" inhabits a wardrobe near you Summer 2008!

STARRING: Georgie Henley, Skandar Keynes, William Moseley, Anna Popplewell, Liam Neeson, Ben Barnes, Alicia Borrachero, Peter Dinklage, Vincent Grass, Warwick Davis, Ken Stott, Shane Rangi, Pierfrancesco Favino, Sergio Castellitto, Damián Alcázar, Simón Andreu, Cornell John
DIRECTOR: Andrew Adamson
STUDIO: Walt Disney Pictures and Walden Media
RATING: PG (Fantasy violence)

"Walt Disney's Bolt Movie 3D"
"Bolt Trailer" - First Look
"Bolt" - In Theaters November 26, 2008

"Walt Disney's Bolt Movie 3D" - A TV star dog drinks martinis with starlets and showboats on sets until he is suddenly abandoned in his trailer in the Nevada desert where he meets up with a radioactive rabbit and a one-eyed cat who are trying to find new homes. "Disney's Bolt Movie 3D" has been renamed. The original title was "American Dog." Perhaps they didn't want it confused with their bomb of Summer 2007, "Underdog."

STARRING The Voices of: John Travolta, Thomas Hayden Church, Woody Harrelson, Bernie Mac, Bruce Greenwood
DIRECTOR: Chris Williams
STUDIO: Walt Disney Pictures
RATING: PG (For mild crude humor)
THEATER COUNT (Opening Weekend): TBD
RUNNING TIME: TBD
TOTAL DOMESTIC BOX OFFICE: TBD
U.S. DVD RELEASE DATE: TBD

"One Missed Call"
First Look
In Theaters January 4, 2008

What will it sound like when you die?

In "One Missed Call," a chain of people receive terrifying cell phone messages of their own final fatal moments. Though the messages can be deleted, their number is up. Beth Raymond (Shannyn Sossamon) is traumatized when she witnesses the gruesome deaths of two friends just days apart. Even more disturbing, she knows that both of them had received chilling cell phone messages-actual recordings of their own horrifying last moments. Impossibly, the calls were received days before they died, but each death occurred precisely when and how the messages foretold. The police think Beth is delusional-except for Detective Jack Andrews (Edward Burns) whose own sister was killed in a freak accident that bears a strange similarity to the deaths of Beth's friends. Together, Jack and Beth work feverishly to unravel the mystery behind the ominous calls. But even as they get closer to the truth, Beth's cell phone begins to ring with an eerie tune, and the readout says "One Missed Call"...

STARRING: Ed Burns, Shannyn Sossamon, Ana Claudia Talancon, Ray Wise, Azura Skye, Johnny Lewis, Jason Beghe, Margaret Cho
DIRECTOR: Eric Valette
STUDIO: Warner Bros.
RATING: PG-13 (For intense sequences of violence and terror, frightening images, some sexual material and thematic elements)

"The Eye"
"The Eye Trailer" - First Look
"The Eye" - In Theaters February 1, 2008



"The Eye" - Sydney Wells (Jessica Alba) is an accomplished, independent, Los Angeles-based concert violinist. She is also blind, and has been so since a childhood tragedy. As our story opens, Sydney undergoes a double corneal transplant, a surgery she has waited her whole life to have, and her sight is restored. After the surgery, neural ophthalmologist Dr. Paul Faulkner (Alessandro Nivola) helps Sydney with the difficult adjustment, and with the support of her older sister Helen (Parker Posey), Sydney learns to see again. But Sydney's happiness is short-lived as unexplainable shadowy and frightening images start to haunt her. Are they a passing aftermath of her surgery, Sydney's mind adjusting to sight, a product of her imagination, or something horrifyingly real? As Sydney's family and friends begin to doubt her sanity, Sydney is soon convinced that her anonymous eye donor has somehow opened the door to a terrifying world only she can now see.



"The Eye" is a bone-chilling supernatural thriller that tests the boundaries of perception and reality.

STARRING: Jessica Alba, Alessandro Nivola, Parker Posey, Francois Chau, Tamlyn Tomita
DIRECTORS: David Moreau, Xavier Palud
STUDIO: Lionsgate
RATING: R (For violence, language, adult situations)

"Cloverfield"
"Cloverfield Trailer" - First Look
"Cloverfield" - In Theaters "01-18-08"

Watch 5 Minutes of "CLOVERFIELD" Below

The storyline of "Cloverfield" aka "01-18-08" is about a giant monster movie which was shot using home video cameras from the point of view of real people who are experiencing the attack on New York City, kind of like, um, "The Blair Witch Project." We're betting our bottom dollar that "Cloverfield" is a huge box office bomb, Hiroshima style. Why? Especially because "Cloverfield" is rated PG-13. However, for months, if not a year, "Cloverfield" promised to be a full-fledged horror/shock film - which it obviously is NOT.

"Star Trek 11" director JJ Abrams produced this B-movie, "Cloverfield."

STARRING: Michael Stahl-David, Odet Jasmin, Mike Vogel, Lizzy Kaplan
DIRECTOR: Matt Reeves
STUDIO: Paramount
RATING: PG-13 (For violence, language)

"The Ruins"
"The Ruins Trailer" - First Look
In Theaters April 4, 2008

Watch "The Ruins Trailer" - Below



"The Ruins" - In the movie "The Ruins," six twenty-something friends on vacation in Cancun go on an excursion to visit an archaeological dig near Coba. The friends include Jeff (Jonathan Tucker), a type A guy who is set to begin medical school in the fall; Amy, Jeff's girlfriend, who is also set to begin medical school, and who is smart and emotional; Stacy, Amy's best friend, an aspiring social worker whose nickname is "Spacy" and who is irresponsible and promiscuous; Eric, Stacy's boyfriend, who is immature, and set to become a high school teacher; a fun-loving Greek guy who everyone calls "Pablo," but who lacks a common language with any of the others; and Mathias, an intense, thoughtful German tourist. Mathias' brother, Henrich, vanished shortly before the Americans and Greeks met Mathias--he met a beautiful Dutch archaeologist and decided to meet her at her dig, leaving a hastily drawn map for Mathias to follow in case he wanted to join him. The five others decide to accompany Mathias in his search for his brother, and take a bus to Coba for the day. Things immediately start to go wrong, as the group isn't well prepared for the heat and insects, and the journey becomes creepy. The poorly drawn map leads them to a Mayan village, where the grievously poor inhabitants appear hostile to the foreigners. Further searching leads them to an almost-hidden trail that they follow to the ruins.

Gun, rifle, and bow-and-arrow wielding Mayan villagers force them to climb onto a large hill covered in vines and red flowers, and block their path off the mountain. The situation turns increasingly disturbing as they find Henrich's corpse, covered in the vine and flowers. Further investigation uncovers numerous other corpses covered in the plant, and the plant, it turns out, secretes an acidic sap that burns them all. Under the hill is a mine, and a ringing cell phone at the bottom lures Pablo, but the rope breaks and he falls, sustaining a broken back. Eric is injured slightly trying to rescue him. Gradually, the group discovers that the vine is sentient and carnivorous. It begins luring them to their deaths, one by one. It can mimic perfectly the voices of others, and uses this ability to separate the others, who are suffering from hunger and thirst. A drunk Amy is the first to go, strangled by the plant while Jeff, angry at her, ignores her struggles, which he mistakes for drunken sickness. Pablo's legs are eaten by the plant, and Jeff and Henrich then amputate them. The plant enters Eric's wound and, though they remove it, Eric insists it's still inside him, and he repeately cuts himself in an effort to get it out. Jeff is able to hold the group together to a certain extent, always with new ideas about how to conquer their challenges. But he is ultimately killed by the villagers' arrows while trying to sneak past them. Airheaded Stacy leaves Pablo unattended, and the plant kills and eats him. Eric flays himself alive trying to remove the plant, and then kills Mathias with his knife in a delusional accident. With only Eric and Stacy left, Eric begs her to kill him and put him out of his misery, which she ultimately does. Then, she decides to leave her dead body as a warning for others, and slashes her wrists on the path at the base of the hill. But the plant moves her away, just as it did other warning signs put up by other victims. The Mayans leave. Three days later, Pablo's Greek friends, with a few Brazilians, climb onto the hill ("The Ruins") to seek out their traveling companion, bringing several others with them.

"The Ruins" is based on the Scott Smith novel of the same name - a NY Times Best Seller. Scott Smith is also the author of "A Simple Plan," a 1998 Oscar nominee directed by Sam Raimi (also the director of the first three "Spiderman" films).

STARRING: Jonathan Tucker, Laura Ramsey, Jena Malone, Shawn Ashmore
DIRECTOR: Carter Smith
STUDIO: Paramount Pictures
RATING: R (For sexual situations, language, extreme violence, drug use)
THEATER COUNT (Opening Weekend): TBD
RUNNING TIME: TBD
TOTAL DOMESTIC BOX OFFICE: TBD
U.S. DVD RELEASE DATE: TBD

"Be Kind Rewind"
"Be Kind Rewind Trailer" - First Look
"Be Kind Rewind" - In Theaters January 25, 2008



In "Be Kind Rewind," Jerry (Jack Black), a junkyard worker who attempts to sabotage a power plant that he believes is melting his brain. But when his plan goes awry, the magnetic field that he creates accidentally erases all of the videotapes in a local video store where his best friend Mike works. Fearing that the mishap will cost Mike his job, the two friends team up to keep the store's only loyal customer - a little old lady (Mia Farrow) with a tenuous grasp on reality - from realizing what has happened by recreating and re-filming every movie that she decides to rent. From "Back to the Future," to "Robocop," to "Rush Hour," to "The Lion King," Jerry and Mike become the biggest stars in their neighborhood by starring in the biggest movies ever made.

"Be Kind Rewind" is brought to us by Michael Gondry, director of "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind."

STARRING: Jack Black, Mos Def, Danny Glover, Mia Farrow, Paul Dinello
DIRECTOR: Michael Gondry
STUDIO: New Line Cinema
RATING: PG-13 (For language and sexual references)

"Prom Night Movie 2008"
First Look
In Theaters April 11, 2008



"Prom Night Movie" - Donna's senior prom is supposed to be the best night of her life, one of magic, beauty, and love. Surrounded by her best friends, she should be safe from the horrors of her past. But when the night turns from magic to murder there is only one man who could be responsible... the man she thought was gone forever. Now, Donna and her friends must find a way to escape the sadistic rampage of an obsessed killer, and survive their "Prom Night Movie".

STARRING: Brittany Snow, Dana Davis, Jessica Troup, Scott Porter, Jonathan Schaech
DIRECTOR: Nelson McCormick
STUDIO: Screen Gems (Sony)
RATING: PG-13 (For violence and terror, some sexual material, underage drinking, and language)
THEATER COUNT (Opening Weekend): TBD
RUNNING TIME: TBD
TOTAL DOMESTIC BOX OFFICE: TBD
U.S. DVD RELEASE DATE: TBD

"Forbidden Kingdom"
"Forbidden Kingdom Trailer" - First Look
"Forbidden Kingdom" - In Theaters April 18, 2008



"Forbidden Kingdom" - In "Forbidden Kingdom," American teenager Jason (Michael Angarano, "Black Irish"), who is obsessed with Hong Kong cinema and kungfu classics, finds an antique Chinese staff in a pawn shop: the legendary stick weapon of the Chinese sage and warrior, the Monkey King (Jet Li). With the lost relic in hand, Jason unexpectedly finds himself transported back to ancient China. There, he meets the drunken kungfu master, Lu Yan (Jackie Chan); an enigmatic and skillful Silent Monk (Jet Li); and a vengeance-bent kungfu beauty, Golden Sparrow (Crystal Liu Yi Fei), who lead him on his quest to return the staff to its rightful owner, the Monkey King - imprisoned in stone by the evil Jade Warlord (Collin Chou) for five hundred years. Along the way, while attempting to outmaneuver scores of Jade Warriors, Cult Killers and the deadly White Hair Demoness, Ni Chang (Li Bing Bing), Jason learns about honor, loyalty and friendship, and the true meaning of kungfu, and thus frees himself.

STARRING: Jet Li, Jackie Chan, Michael Angarano
DIRECTOR: Rob Minkoff
STUDIO: Lionsgate
RATING: R (For violence, language)
THEATER COUNT (Opening Weekend): TBD
RUNNING TIME: TBD
TOTAL DOMESTIC BOX OFFICE: TBD
U.S. DVD RELEASE DATE: TBD

"10000 BC"
"10,000 BC Trailer" - First Look
"10,000 B.C." - In Theaters March 7, 2008

"10000 BC Movie Trailer Premiere" Below

Originally slated for July 27, 2007, the release date for "10000 B.C." was pushed back to December 14, 2007. The film's release was postponed a second time to March 7, 2008. We're told this date is set in stone for the release of "10000 B.C."

It was a time when man and beast were untamed and the mighty mammoth roamed the earth. A time when ideas and beliefs were born that forever shaped mankind. "10000 B.C." follows a young hunter (Steven Strait) on his quest to lead an army across a vast desert, battling saber tooth tigers and prehistoric predators as he unearths a lost civilization and attempts to rescue the woman he loves (Camilla Belle) from an evil warlord determined to possess her.

STARRING: Steven Strait, Camilla Belle
DIRECTOR: Roland Emmerich
STUDIO: Warner Bros.
RATING: PG-13 (For action and violence)

"You Don't Mess With The Zohan"
First Look
In Theaters June 6, 2008

"You Don't Mess With The Zohan" - In the "Zohan Movie," Adam Sandler is a Mossad agent who fakes his own death so he can move to New York and become a hair stylist. Sounds a bit like the upcoming "Bruno," Sacha Baron Cohen's next "Borat" style movie, this time as a gay fashionista. Adam Sandler played gay in "Chuck & Larry" so why not play pretend gay again? We'll take Sacha Baron Cohen any day over Adam Sandler playing gay, especially camping it up as a queen.

STARRING: Adam Sandler, Alex Luria, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Lainie Kazan, Rob Schneider, Sayed Badreya, Shelley Berman
DIRECTOR: Dennis Dugan
STUDIO: Columbia Pictures
RATING: PG-13 (For language, adult situations)
THEATER COUNT (Opening Weekend): TBD
RUNNING TIME: TBD
TOTAL DOMESTIC BOX OFFICE: TBD
U.S. DVD RELEASE DATE: TBD

"Indiana Jones 4"
Official Title:
"Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull"
"Indiana Jones 4 Trailer" - First Look
"Indiana Jones 4" - In Theaters May 22, 2008

"Indiana Jones And The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" Behind The Scenes

"On the Set of Indiana Jones 4"

(Above: Harrsion Ford on the set of "Indiana Jones 4")

(Above: cast photo of "Indiana Jones 4")

(Above: first official photo from the set of "Indiana Jones 4")

(Above: Shia LaBeouf and Harrison Ford on the set of "Indiana Jones 4;" proof, we think, that LaBeouf is a big bottom!)

"Indiana Jones 4" First Day Of Shooting - Video Footage

Steven Spielberg, whom Wild About Movies interviewed two summers ago, before the release of his version of "War of the Worlds," just began shooting the fourth, and presumably final, installment of "Indiana Jones," starring Harrison Ford. "Indiana Jones 4" will hit theaters on Memorial Day 2008, nearly twenty years after "Indiana Jones 3," "Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade" was released. Frank Darabont's script, which had been one of the earlier drafts of "Indiana Jones 4," was not chosen as the final draft. Forty-four year old David Koepp, who wrote the screenplay of Spielberg's "War of the Worlds," and first "Jurassic Park," turned in the final "Indiana Jones 4" screenplay, based on a story by Jeff Nathanson, who has previously written "Rush Hour 2" and the upcoming "Rush Hour 3." Stay tuned to Wild About Movies for "Indiana Jones 4" updates, and of course, interviews with Spielberg, Harrison Ford, and the rest of the "Indiana Jones 4" cast, closer to the film's release date - "Indiana Jones 4."

Filming of "Indiana Jones And The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" ended on October 11, 2007.

Wild About Movies has learned that Sean Connery will not be reprising his role in "Indiana Jones 4" as Indy's dad.

STARRING: Harrison Ford, Karen Allen, James Broadbent, John Rhys-Davies, Kate Capshaw, Karen Allen, Shia LaBeouf, Cate Blanchett, Ray Winstone
DIRECTOR: Steven Spielberg
STUDIO: Paramount Pictures
RATING: PG-13 (For language and violence)







"The Spiderwick Chronicles"
First Look
In Theaters February 15, 2008

Exclusive "Spiderwick Chronicles" Movie Set Photos Below

In "The Spiderwick Chronicles Movie," the three Grace children -- troubled Jared; his bookish twin, Simon; and their sister, Mallory, a fencing jock -- move to the ancient Spiderwick mansion, and are at first none-too-enchanted by the rundown Victorian ... until they discover a Brownie, an enchanted creature, living in the walls. They soon find a book -- Arthur Spiderwick's Field Guide to the Fantastical World Around You -- that will open their eyes to the invisible, odd, and sometimes dangerous world of dragons and boggarts, phookas and fairies, sprites and goblins that is all around them. When they cross paths with Mulgarath, an ogre, they realize quickly that he will stop at nothing to get his hands on the Field Guide. Based on the bestselling series of books by Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black. If "The Spiderwick Chronicles" is a hit at theaters, (and that all depends on you), expect a sequel.

STARRING: David Strathairn, Freddie Highmore, Sarah Bolger, Mary-Louise Parker, Nick Nolte, Martin Short, Joan Plowright, Izabella Miko, Andrew McCarthy
DIRECTOR: Mark Waters
STUDIO: Paramount Pictures
RATING: PG (For mild language, fantasy violence)

"Spiderwick Chronicles" Movie Set Photos and Posters

"Definitely Maybe"
"Definitely Maybe Trailer" - First Look
"Definitely Maybe" - In Theaters February 14, 2008




"Definitely Maybe" - Ryan Reynolds, (not to be confused with Ryan Gosling), stars as Will Hayes, a 30-something Manhattan dad in the midst of a divorce when his 10 year-old daughter, Maya (Abigail Breslin), starts to question him about his life before marriage. Maya wants to know absolutely everything about how her parents met and fell in love. Will's story begins in 1992, as a young, starry-eyed aspiring politician who moves to New York from Wisconsin in order to work on the Clinton campaign. For Maya, Will relives his past as an idealistic young man learning the ins and outs of big city politics, and recounts the history of his romantic relationships with three very different women.

Will hopelessly attempts a "PG" version of his story for his daughter and changes the names so Maya has to guess who is the woman her father finally married. Is her mother Will's college sweetheart, the dependable girl next-door Emily (Elizabeth Banks)? Is she his longtime best friend and confidante, the apolitical April (Isla Fisher)? Or is she the free-spirited but ambitious journalist Summer (Rachel Weisz)?

As Maya puts together the pieces of her dad's romantic puzzle, she begins to understand that love is not so simple or easy. And as Will tells her his tale, Maya helps him to understand that it's definitely never too late to go back...and maybe even possible to find a happy ending.

STARRING: Ryan Reynolds, Abigail Breslin, Isla Fisher, Elizabeth Banks, Rachel Weisz
DIRECTOR: Adam Brooks
STUDIO: Universal Pictures
RATING: PG-13 (For sexual content, including some frank dialogue language)
THEATER COUNT (Opening Weekend): TBD
RUNNING TIME: TBD
TOTAL DOMESTIC BOX OFFICE: TBD
U.S. DVD RELEASE DATE: TBD

"The Happening" An M. Night Shyamalan Film
"The Happening Trailer" - First Look
"The Happening" - In Theaters June 13, 2008



"The Happening" - In M Night Shyamalan's "The Happening" Mark Wahlberg plays a man who takes his family on the run when the world turns upside and a cataclysmic natural crisis threatens to end the world. As usual, with M Night Shyamalan films, details are scarce. You'll have to wait to see "The Happening" in an actual movie theater, Friday The 13th of June 2008 to find out exactly what it's all about.

We all hope that "The Happening" will be a million times better than Shyamalan's last film, the stinker, "Lady In The Water."

20th Century Fox, also, is hoping that "The Happening" happens to be a monsterous hit at the box office. Warner Bros, who released Shyamalan's "Lady In The Water," threw him and his script for "The Happening" out to the curb.

STARRING: Mark Wahlberg, Zooey Deschanel, John Leguizamo, Spencer Breslin
DIRECTOR: M. Night Shyamalan
STUDIO: 20th Century Fox
RATING: PG-13 (For terrifying images, language)
THEATER COUNT (Opening Weekend): TBD
RUNNING TIME: TBD
TOTAL DOMESTIC BOX OFFICE: TBD
U.S. DVD RELEASE DATE: TBD

"The Pineapple Express"
First Look
In Theaters August 8, 2008



"The Pineapple Express" - Produced by Judd Apatow (director of "Knocked Up"), on their way to becoming self-actualized adults, a duo of delinquent dudes find themselves stymied by unfortunate habits. But when stuck-in-neutral process server Dale Denton (Seth Rogen) inadvertently witnesses a drug-related murder, he and his bug Saul (an ugly James Franco) find that sometimes the motivation you need to make something of your life is a mob of fugitives hunting you down. Watch an extended clip of "The Pineapple Express" movie - not in theaters until late Summer 2008.

STARRING: Seth Rogen, James Franco, Danny R. McBride, Gary Cole, Rosie Perez, Amber Heard, James Remar
DIRECTOR: David Gordon Green
STUDIO: Columbia Pictures
RATING: R (For extreme language, nudity, pervasive drug use, sexual situations)
THEATER COUNT (Opening Weekend): TBD
RUNNING TIME: TBD
TOTAL DOMESTIC BOX OFFICE: TBD
U.S. DVD RELEASE DATE: TBD "Hellboy 2"
"Hellboy 2 Trailer" - First Look
In Theaters July 11, 2008

Watch "Hellboy 2 Trailer" Below

With a signature blend of action, humor and character-based spectacle, the saga of the world's toughest, kitten-loving hero from Hell continues to unfold in "Hellboy 2" Bigger muscle, badder weapons and more ungodly villains arrive in an epic vision of imagination from Oscar-nominated director Guillermo del Toro ("Pan's Labyrinth").

In "Hellboy 2," after an ancient truce existing between humankind and the invisible realm of the fantastic is broken, hell on Earth is ready to erupt. A ruthless leader who treads the world above and the one below defies his bloodline and awakens an unstoppable army of creatures. Now, it's up to the planet's toughest, roughest superhero to battle the merciless dictator and his marauders. He may be red. He may be horned. He may be misunderstood. But when you need the job done right, it's time to call in Hellboy (Ron Perlman).

Along with his expanding team in the Bureau for Paranormal Research and Development-pyrokinetic girlfriend Liz (Selma Blair), aquatic empath Abe (Doug Jones) and protoplasmic mystic Johann-the BPRD will travel between the surface strata and the unseen magical one, where creatures of fantasy become corporeal. And Hellboy, (in "Hellboy 2") a creature of two worlds who's accepted by neither, must choose between the life he knows and an unknown destiny that beckons him.

STARRING: Ron Perlman, Selma Blair, Thomas Kretschmann, John Hurt
DIRECTOR: Guillermo del Toro
STUDIO: Universal Pictures
RATING: R (For graphic violence, language, adult situations)