If and when the WGA writer’s strike comes to an end, and if the DGA and SAG negotiations are completed without delay, then 2008 looks to be another exciting year for SF and genre-related films.
Some studios have released their SF/fantasy/horror docket for 2008 and here are some of the films we can expect to stand in line at the theaters to see in the coming year.
Twentieth Century Fox:
“Jumper” — February 14 — Samuel L. Jackson, Hayden Christensen
“Dr. Seuss’ Horton Hears a Who!” — March 14 — Jim Carrey
“Shutter” — March 21 — Joshua Jackson & Rachael Taylor
“The List” — April 25 — Ewan McGregor, Hugh Jackman, Michelle Williams & Maggie Q
“Starship Dave” — May 30 — Eddie Murphy
“The Happening” — June 13 — Mark Wahlberg, Zooey Deschanel & John Leguizamo
“Space Chimps” — July 18 — Jeff Daniels, Stanley Tucci, Patrick Warburton & Cheryl Hines
“The X-Files: 2” — July 25 — David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Xzibit & Amanda Peet
“Dragonball” — August 15 — Justin Chatwin, James Marsters Emmy Rossum & Chow Yun-Fat
“Babylon A.D.” — August 29 — Vin Diesel, Gérard Depardieu, Michelle Yeoh & Charlotte Rampling
“The Day the Earth Stood Still” — December 12 — Keanu Reeves, Jennifer Connelly & Kathy Bates
Walt Disney Pictures/Buena Vista/Walden/Pixar:
“The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian” — May 16 — Georgie Henley, Skandar Keynes, William Moseley, Anna Popplewell, Ben Barnes & Peter Dinklage
“Wall*E” — June 27 — Fred Willard
“South of the Border” — August 8 — Drew Barrymore, Jamie Lee Curtis, Andy Garcia, Salma Hayek, George Lopez, Cheech Marin, Paul Rodriguez, Placido Domingo & Edward James Olmos
“Bolt” — November 26 — John Travolta, Susie Essman, Thomas Haden Church, Woody Harrelson, Bernie Mac & Bruce Greenwood
“Bedtime Stories” — December 25 — Adam Sandler & Keri Russell
Warner Bros:
“One Missed Call” — January 4 — Shannyn Sossamon & Ed Burns
“10,000 B.C.” — March 7 — Steven Strait, Camilla Belle, Cliff Curtis & Omar Sharif
“Funny Games” — March 14 — Naomi Watts, Tim Roth & Michael Pitt
“Speed Racer” — May 9 — Emile Hirsch, Christina Ricci, John Goodman, Susan Sarandon, Matthew Fox, Hiroyuki Sanada & Richard Roundtree
“Get Smart” — June 20 — Steve Carell, Anne Hathaway, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, Alan Arkin & Terence Stamp
“The Dark Knight” — July 18 — Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Aaron Eckhart, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Gary Oldman, Michael Caine & Morgan Freeman
“Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” — November 21 — Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Helena Bonham Carter & the rest of the familiar cast
“Yes Man” — December 19 — Jim Carrey, Zooey Deschanel & Terrance Stamp
Sony/Screen Gems:
“Prom Night” — April 11 — Brittany Snow
“Quarantine” — October 17 — Jennifer Carpenter, Steve Harris & Jay Hernandez
Universal/Marvel:
“The Pirates Who Don’t Do Anything – A VeggieTales Movie” — January 11 — Mike Nawrocki
“The Incredible Hulk” — June 13 — Edward Norton, Liv Tyler, Tim Roth, William Hurt, Tim Blake Nelson, Christina Cabot & Lou Ferrigno
“Wanted” — June 27 — James McAvoy, Morgan Freeman, Angelina Jolie & Terrence Stamp
“Hellboy II: The Golden Army” — July 11 — Screenwriter: Guillermo del Toro
Starring: Ron Perlman, Selma Blair, Luke Goss, Doug Jones & John Hurt
“The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor” — August 1 — Brendan Fraser, Maria Bello, Jet Li & Luke Ford
“Death Race” — September 26 — Jason Statham, Tyrese Gibson, Joan Allen & Ian McShane
“The Tale of Despereaux” — December 19 — Robbie Coltrane, Ciaran Hinds, Dustin Hoffman, Kevin Kline, Christopher Lloyd, Justin Long, William H. Macy, Stanley Tucci, Tracey Ullman & Sigourney Weaver
Paramount/DreamWorks/Marvel:
“Cloverfield” — January 18 — Michael Stahl-David
“The Spiderwick Chronicles” — February 15 — Freddie Highmore, Mary-Louise Parker, Nick Nolte & Martin Short
“The Ruins” — April 4 — Jonathan Tucker
“Iron Man” — May 2 — Robert Downey Jr., Terrence Howard, Gwyneth Paltrow & Jeff Bridges
“Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull” — May 22 — Harrison Ford, Shia LaBeouf, Cate Blanchett, Ray Winstone, Karen Allen, John Hurt & Jim Broadbent
“Kung Fu Panda” — June 6 — Jack Black, Angelina Jolie, Lucy Liu, Dustin Hoffman, Jackie Chan & Ian McShane
“The Love Guru” — June 20 — Mike Myers, Jessica Alba, Justin Timberlake & Ben Kingsley
“Tropic Thunder” — July 11 — Ben Stiller, Jack Black, Robert Downey Jr. & Nick Nolte
“Case 39” — August 22 — Renée Zellweger, Jodelle Ferland & Ian McShane
“Nowhereland” — September 26 — Eddie Murphy, Thomas Haden Church & Vanessa Williams
“Madagascar: The Crate Escape” — November 7 — Ben Stiller, Chris Rock, Jada Pinkett Smith, David Schwimmer, Sacha Baron Cohen, Cedric the Entertainer, Andy Richter & Alec Baldwin
“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” — November 26 — Brad Pitt & Cate Blanchett
“Star Trek” — December 25 — Leonard Nimoy & Zachary Quinto, Eric Bana, Chris Pine, Karl Urban, Simon Pegg, Anton Yelchin, Zoe Saldana, John Cho, Bruce Greenwood, Winona Ryder, Rachel Nichols, Jennifer Morrison, Chris Hemsworth & Ben Cross
Lionsgate:
“Rambo” — January 25 — Sylvester Stallone
“The Eye” — Feburary 1 — Jessica Alba
“The Forbidden Kingdom” — April 18 — Jet Li & Jackie Chan
“Midnight Meat Train” — May 16 — Bradley Cooper, Brooke Shields & Vinnie Jones
“Punisher: War Zone” — September 12 — Ray Stevenson
“Saw V” — October 24 — More of the same
New Line:
“Inkheart” — March 19 — Brendan Fraser, Paul Bettany, Helen Mirren, Jim Broadbent, Andy Serkis & Eliza Hope Bennett
“Journey 3-D” — August 8 — Brendan Fraser, Josh Hutcherson & Anita Briem
MGM:
“The Poughkeepsie Tapes” — February 8 — Stacy Chbosky
“Hellraiser” — September 5 — Updated remake from Clive Barker
“Scanners” — October 17 — An updated remake from the pen of David Goyer
“Motel Hell” — October 31 — A remake of the 1980’s horror classic
Columbia Pictures:
“Vantage Point” — February 22 — Forest Whitaker, William Hurt, Dennis Quaid, Sigourney Weaver & Matthew Fox
“Hancock” — July 2 — Will Smith, Charlize Theron, Jason Bateman & Johnny Galecki
“Bond 22” — November 7 — Daniel Craig returns as Agent 007 James Bond
Independent Studios:
“In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale” — January 11 — Jason Statham
“Seed” — January 25 — Will Sanderson
“George A. Romero’s Diary of the Dead” — February 15 — Nick Alachiotis
“Possession” — February 22 — Sarah Michelle Geller
“The Signal” — February 22 — Anessa Ramsey
“Penelope” — February 29 — Christina Ricci & James McAvoy
“Superhero” — March 28 — Drake Bell, Sara Paxton, Christopher McDonald & Leslie Nielsen
“The Warlords” — March 2008 (TBA) — Jet Li
“The Flight of the Red Balloon” — April 2 — Juliette Binoche
“Nim’s Island” — April 4 — Jodie Foster & Abigail Breslin
“Amusement” — April 25 — Keir O’Donnell
“Blindness” — August 8 — Mark Ruffalo, Julianne Moore & Danny Glover
“Fly Me to the Moon – 3D” — August 22 — Kelly Ripa, Christopher Lloyd, Nicollette Sheridan, Tim Curry, Ed Begley Jr., Adrienne Barbeau, Robert Patrick & astronaut Buzz Aldrin
“City of Ember” — October 10 — Bill Murray, Tim Robbins & Martin Landau
“Igor” — October 24 — John Cusack, Steve Buscemi, John Cleese, Eddie Izzard, Jay Leno & Molly Shannon
“Twilight” — December 12 — Kristen Stewart & Robert Pattinson
We have already talked about some of these films on our show and will, no doubt, be giving you all the highlights about the others and any not yet listed here.
city of ember was a great book!! but a movie with those actors in it??? thats ok, i’ll stick with the book.
darcy
Really? Sounds promising to me. I mena, Robin Williams is kind of hit or miss, but when he hits, he HITS. And I love Tim Robbins, and Martin Landau is also a great actor (although like any actor he’s had his share of bad roles too).
“If and when the WGA writer’s strike comes to an end, and if the DGA and SAG negotiations are completed without delay”
Well…one can dream I suppose.