From the Life of Pi, to Hitchcock, Die Hard, Lincoln, Wolverine and Epic 20th Century Fox’s unveiled a very exciting line up for 2013.
LIFE OF PI (3D)
Cast: Suraj Sharma, Irrfan Khan, Rafe Spall, Gerard Depardieu
Director: Ang Lee
Playdate: January 9, 2013
Based upon the bestselling book by Yann Martel, LIFE OF PI tells the story of a young man’s incredible survival at sea against impossible odds. A remarkable technological breakthrough in 3D epic adventure, PI is an emotionally captivating experience that will inspire, touch and transport audiences to a place of discovery that they will never forget. Winner of the pretigious Literary Awards Hugh Maclennan Prize for fiction in 2001 and the Man Booker Prize in 2002, Yann Martel’s “Life of Pi” is now a movie adaptation by 20th Century Fox helmed by filmmaker Ang Lee and is starred by newcomer Suraj Sharma as the titular character Pi Patel.
When Pi Patel, a son of a zookeeper turned sixteen, his family emigrate from India to North America aboard a Japanese cargo ship due to the prevalence of political unrest. An extraordinary God-loving boy whose passion for stories is unmatched, has an encyclopedic knowledge of animal behavior and practices his native Hinduism along with Christianity and Islam.
PARENTAL GUIDANCE
Cast: Billy Crystal, Bette Midler, Marisa Tomei
Director: Andy Fickman
Playdate: January 16, 2013
Old school meets modern-day style parenting when comedy legends Billy Crystal and Bette Midler play Artie and Diane Decker, who are called in by their daughter (Marisa Tomei) to help care for their three grandkids. When their parenting methods collide with their daughter’s new-school of thought, the once-orderly household spins out of control.
February 2013
HITCHCOCK
Cast: Anthony Hopkins, Helen Mirren, Scarlett Johannson, Toni Collette, Jessica Biel
Director: Sacha Gervasi
Playdate: February 6, 2013
Lurking behind Alfred Hitchcock, cinema’s “master of suspense” — the extraordinary film icon known for orchestrating some of the most intense experiences of menace and intrigue audiences have ever seen, was a hidden side: his creatively explosive romance with his steadfast wife and filmmaking collaborator, Alma Reville.
Now, for the first time, Sacha Gervasi’s HITCHCOCK lays bare their captivating and complex love story. It does so through the sly, shadowy lens of their most daring filmmaking adventure: the making of the spine-tingling 1960 thriller, PSYCHO, which would become the director’s most controversial and legendary film. When the tumultuous, against-the-odds production was over, nothing about movies would ever be the same – but few realized that it took two to pull it off.
DIE HARD 5
Cast: Bruce Willis, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Jai Courtney, Amaury Nolasco
Director: John Moore
Playdate: February 13, 2013
Bruce Willis reprises his role as John McClane in one of the most successful action franchise in history. In “Die Hard 5,” a typical bad day for McClane turns into an international adversarial chase when he learns that his son is being held hostage by Russian terrorists intent on war.
LINCOLN
Cast: Daniel Day-Lewis, Steven Spielberg, Sally Field, Tommy Lee Jones, Joseph Gordon
Levitt
Director: Steven Spielberg
Playdate: February 20, 2013
In the final four months of Abraham Lincoln’s life and presidency, the full measure of the man—his passion and his humanity—came to bear on his defining battle: to plot a forward path for a shattered nation, against overwhelming odds and extreme public and personal pressure. Steven Spielberg’s “Lincoln” provides an intimate immersion into the American leader’s most perilous and revealing moments, at a time when the dark shadow of slavery lifts and a country torn by war must be made whole.
March 2013
STOKER
Cast: Nicole Kidman, Matthew Goode, Mia Wasikowska
Director: Chan Wook-Park
Playdate: March 1, 2013
India Stoker (Mia Wasikowska) was not prepared to lose her father and best friend Richard (Dermot Mulroney) in a tragic auto accident. The solitude of her woodsy family estate, the peace of her tranquil town, and the unspoken somberness of her home life are suddenly upended by not only this mysterious accident, but by the sudden arrival of her Uncle Charlie (Matthew Goode), whom she never knew existed. When Charlie moves in with her and her emotionally unstable mother Evie (Nicole Kidman), India thinks the void left by her father’s death is finally being filled by his closet bloodline. Soon after his arrival, India comes to suspect that this mysterious, charming man has ulterior motives. Yet instead of feeling outrage or horror, this friendless young woman becomes increasingly infatuated with him.
THE CROODS
Cast: Nicolas Cage, Ryan Reynolds, Emma Stone, Catherine Keener
Director: Kirk De Micco, Chris Sanders
Playdate: March 30, 2013
In a previously undiscovered era known as the Croodacious – we find the Crood family when Mother Nature was still experimenting and the flora and fauna we know today hasn’t evolved yet is where the story all began. At the center of this world is the Crood family, led by Grug (voiced by Academy Award® winner Nicolas Cage), an over-protective father who, like all dads, is doing all he can to hold his family together at a time when cataclysmic changes are happening. Together with his wife (Catherine Keener), kids (Emma Stone and Clark Duke) and ornery mother-in-law (Cloris Leachman) in tow, Grug guides his family through this spectacular environment, full of amazing creatures, to find a new cave to call home. Along the way, they encounter Guy (Ryan Reynolds), an imaginative and resourceful newcomer who takes risks and wholeheartedly embraces the promise of tomorrow.
April 2013
THE HEAT
Cast: Sandra Bullock, Melissa McCarthyDirector: Paul Feig
Playdate: April 5, 2013
Uptight FBI special agent Sarah Ashburn is paired with testy Boston cop Shannon Mullins in order to take down a ruthless drug lord. The hitch: neither woman has ever had a partner — or a friend for that matter.
May 2013
EPIC
Cast: Josh Hutcherson, Amanda Seyfried, Colin Farrell, Beyonce Knowles, Steven Tyler, Pitbull
Director: Chris Wedge
Playdate: May 24, 2013
The creators of ICE AGE and RIO will reveal a hidden world unlike any other in an all new 3D CG action-adventure comedy. EPIC tells the story of a battle raging all around us between the forces of good, who protect nature, and the forces of evil, who wish to see it destroyed. When a teen age girl finds herself magically transported into this secret universe, she must band together with a rag-tag team of fun and unique characters to save their world…and ours.
July 2013
TURBO 3D
Cast: Ryan Reynolds, Paul Giamatti, Snoop Dogg
Director: David Soren
Playdate: July 19, 2013
Turbo is a snail who dreams of being the greatest racer in the world, just like his hero, 5-time Indianapolis 500 champ, Guy Gagne. His obsession with speed and all things fast has made him an oddity and outsider in the slow and cautious snail community, and a constant embarrassment to his careful older brother, Chet. Turbo desperately wishes he could escape the slow-paced life he’s living. As luck would have it, he gets that chance one fateful day after a freak accident when he suddenly finds himself vested with the power of incredible speed. Turbo embarks on an extraordinary journey to achieve the impossible: racing against the best that IndyCar has to offer. Turbo is the ultimate underdog who achieves the impossible by refusing to let his limitations get in the way of his dreams.
THE WOLVERINE
Cast: Hugh Jackman
Director: James Mangold
Playdate: July 25, 2013
Based on the celebrated comic book arc, THE WOLVERINE finds Logan, the eternal warrior and outsider, in Japan. There, samurai steel will clash with adamantium claw as Logan confronts a mysterious figure from his past in an epic battle that will leave him forever changed.
August 2013
PERCY JACKSON: SEA OF MONSTERS
Cast: Logan Lerman, Alexandra Daddario, Brandon T. Jackson
Director: Thor Freudenthal
Playdate: August 15, 2013
Based on the huge best-selling series by Rick Riordan, Percy Jackson, the son of Poseidon, continues his epic journey to fulfill his destiny, as he teams with his demigod friends to retrieve the Golden Fleece, which has the power to save their home and training ground, Camp Half-Blood.
THE INTERNSHIP
Cast: Vince Vaughn, Owen Wilson
Director: Shawn Levy
Playdate: August 28, 2013
Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson portray two old school salesmen who, finding themselves suddenly unemployed and passed-by in the digital world, try to reinvent themselves by becoming interns at a major tech company.
September 2013
RUNNER, RUNNER
Cast: Justin Timberlake, Ben Affleck, Gemma Arterton
Director: Brad Furman
Playdate: September 26, 2013
In the sexy, sultry thriller RUNNER RUNNER, Richie (Justin Timberlake), a Princeton college student who pays for school with on-line gambling, bottoms out and travels to Costa Rica to confront the on-line mastermind, Ivan (Ben Affleck), whom he believes has swindled him. Ivan sees a kindred spirit in Richie and brings the younger man into his operation. When the stakes get incredibly high and dangerous, and Richie comes to fully understand the deviousness of his new boss, he tries to turn the tables on him.