UNIVERSAL 2008 Preview – Part 1
12/27/2007
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BABY MAMA
April 18, 2008
Genre: Comedy
Cast: Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, Greg Kinnear, Dax Shepard, Romany Malco, Maura Tierney, Holland Taylor and Sigourney Weaver
Directed by: Michael McCullers
Written by: Michael McCullers
Producers: Lorne Michaels, John Goldwyn
Executive Producer: Jill Messick
In a comedy that brings together some of today’s sharpest talent, Tina Fey and Amy Poehler team with writer/director Michael McCullers and producers Lorne Michaels and John Goldwyn to tell the story of two women, one apartment and the nine months that will change their lives: Baby Mama.
Successful and single businesswoman Kate Holbrook (Tina Fey) has long put her career ahead of a personal life. Now 37, she’s finally determined to have a kid on her own. But her plan is thrown a curve ball after she discovers she has only a million-to-one chance of getting pregnant. Undaunted, the driven Kate allows South Philly working girl Angie Ostrowiski (Amy Poehler) to become her unlikely surrogate. Simple enough…
After learning from the steely head (Sigourney Weaver) of their surrogacy center that Angie is pregnant, Kate goes into precision nesting mode: reading childcare books, baby-proofing the apartment and researching top pre-schools. But the executive’s well-organized strategy is turned upside down when her Baby Mama shows up at her doorstep with no place to live.
An unstoppable force meets an immovable object as structured Kate tries to turn vibrant Angie into the perfect expectant mom. In a comic battle of wills, they will struggle their way through preparation for the baby’s arrival. And in the middle of this tug-of-war, they’ll discover two kinds of family: the one you’re born to and the one you make.
FORGETTING SARAH MARSHALL
May 30, 2008
Genre: Romantic Disaster Comedy
Cast: Jason Segel, Kristen Bell, Mila Kunis, Russell Brand
Directed by: Nick Stoller
Writers: Jason Segel, Judd Apatow
Producers: Judd Apatow, Shauna Robertson
Executive Producer: Richard Vane
From the producers of The 40-Year-Old Virgin and Knocked Up comes a comic look at one guy’s arduous quest to grow up and get over the heartbreak of being dumped—if he can only make himself start Forgetting Sarah Marshall.
Struggling musician Peter Bretter (Jason Segel, Knocked Up, How I Met Your Mother) has spent six years idolizing his girlfriend, television star Sarah Marshall (Kristen Bell, Veronica Mars). He’s the guy left holding her purse in paparazzi photos and accidentally omitted from acceptance award speeches. But his world is rocked when she dumps him and Peter finds himself alone. After an unsuccessful bout of womanizing and an on-the-job nervous breakdown, he sees that not having Sarah may just ruin his life.
To clear his head, Peter takes an impulsive trip to Oahu, where he is confronted by his worst nightmare: his ex and her tragically hip new British-rocker boyfriend, Aldous (Russell Brand), are sharing his hotel. But as he torments himself with the reality of Sarah’s new life, he finds relief in a flirtation with Rachel (Mila Kunis), a beautiful resort employee whose laid-back approach tempts him to rejoin the world. He also finds relief in several hundred embarrassing, fruity cocktails.
For anyone who has ever had their heart ripped out and cut into a billion pieces comes a hilarious, heartfelt look at relationships—featuring Paul Rudd, Jonah Hill, Bill Hader and Jack McBrayer. Part romantic comedy, part disaster film, Forgetting Sarah Marshall is the world’s first romantic disaster comedy.
THE INCREDIBLE HULK
June 13, 2008
Genre: Action-Thriller
Cast: Edward Norton, Liv Tyler, Tim Roth and William Hurt
Directed by: Louis Leterrier
Writers: Edward Norton, Zak Penn
Based on Characters Created by: Stan Lee & Jack Kirby
Producers: Avi Arad, Gale Anne Hurd, Kevin Feige
Executive Producers: Jim Van Wyck, David Maisel, Ari Arad, Stan Lee
THE INCREDIBLE HULK kicks off an all-new, explosive and action-packed epic of one of the most popular superheroes of all time. In this new beginning, scientist Bruce Banner (Edward Norton) desperately hunts for a cure to the gamma radiation that poisoned his cells and unleashes the unbridled force of rage within him: The Hulk.
Living in the shadows—cut off from a life he knew and the woman he loves, Betty Ross (Liv Tyler)—Banner struggles to avoid the obsessive pursuit of his nemesis, General Thunderbolt Ross (William Hurt), and the military machinery that seeks to capture him and brutally exploit his power.
WANTED
June 27, 2008
Genre: Fantasy-Thriller
Cast: James McAvoy, Morgan Freeman, Terence Stamp, Thomas Kretschmann, Common and Angelina Jolie
Directed by: Timur Bekmambetov
Screenplay by: Michael Brandt & Derek Haas and Chris Morgan
Story by: Michael Brandt & Derek Haas
Based upon Mark Millar’s explosive graphic novel series and helmed by stunning visualist director Timur Bekmambetov—creator of the most successful Russian film franchise in history, the Night Watch series—Wanted tells the tale of one apathetic nobody’s transformation into an unparalleled enforcer of justice. In 2008, the world will be introduced to a hero for a new generation: Wesley Gibson.
25-year-old Wes (James McAvoy) was the most disaffected, cube-dwelling drone the planet had ever known. His boss chewed him out hourly, his girlfriend ignored him routinely and his life plodded on interminably. Everyone was certain this disengaged slacker would amount to nothing. There was little else for Wes to do but wile away the days and die in his slow, clock-punching rut.
Until he met a woman named Fox (Angelina Jolie).
After his estranged father is murdered, the deadly sexy Fox recruits Wes into the Fraternity, a secret society that trains Wes to avenge his dad’s death by unlocking his dormant powers. As she teaches him how to develop lightning-quick reflexes and phenomenal agility, Wes discovers this team lives by an ancient, unbreakable code: carry out the death orders given by fate itself.
With wickedly brilliant tutors—including the Fraternity’s enigmatic leader, Sloan (Morgan Freeman)—Wes grows to enjoy all the strength he ever wanted. But, slowly, he begins to realize there is more to his dangerous associates than meets the eye. And as he wavers between newfound heroism and vengeance, Wes will come to learn what no one could ever teach him: he alone controls his destiny.
HELLBOY II: THE GOLDEN ARMY
July 11, 2008
Genre: Action-Thriller
Cast: Ron Perlman, Selma Blair, Doug Jones, Luke Goss
Directed by: Guillermo del Toro
Screenplay by: Guillermo del Toro
Story by: Guillermo del Toro & Mike Mignola
Based Upon the Dark Horse Comic by: Mike Mignola
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 II: The Golden
Army. 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, Hellboy).
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 Defense—
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, a
creature of two worlds who’s accepted by neither, must choose between the life he knows
and an unknown destiny that beckons him.
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