Saturday, November 28, 2009

2010 Hollywood movie release schedule -- Not Scheduled (A-L)

If you're serious about selling a spec script to a Hwood movie studio, you're well advised to keep up with what stories they're buying and what movies they're releasing. For the former, GITS posts every spec script and original pitch that sells as they occur. Re the latter, over the next four days, I'll post the 2010 movie release schedule, one quarter per day.

Movie Release Schedule

2010 – Not Scheduled (A-L)


127 Hours (Fox Searchlight): Ryan Gosling

Drama, True Story

The story of mountaineer Aron Ralston, whose right forearm got pinned for nearly five days under a boulder during a climb in Utah in May 2003. He used a dull knife to amputate the limb, then scaled a 65-foot sheer wall and hiked out before running into a family that gave him water and food.


Agora (Newmarket): Rachel Weisz, Oscar Issac

Drama, Historical

A historical drama set in Roman Egypt, concerning a slave who turns to the rising tide of Christianity in the hopes of pursuing freedom while also falling in love with his master, the famous female philosophy professor and atheist Hypatia of Alexandria.


Bluebeard (Strand): Daphne Baiwir, Lola Creton

Fantasy, Fairy Tale

An adaptation of the classic tale of a wealthy aristocrat with a blue beard.


Conan (Lionsgate)

Action, Adventure


Cracks (IFC): Eva Green, Juno Template

Drama

A look at the lives and relationships among girls at an elite British boarding school.


The Fighter (Paramount): Mark Wahlberg, Christian Bale

Drama, Bio, Sports

Boxer "Irish" Micky Ward's unlikely road to the world light welterweight title. His Rocky-like rise was shepherded by half-brother Dicky, a boxer-turned-trainer who rebounded in life after nearly being KO'd by drugs and crime.


For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf (Lionsgate): Tyler Perry

Drama

A drama about existence from the perspective of 20 nameless black females.


The Good Heart (Magnolia Pictures): Dagur Kari

Drama

A bartender takes a young homeless man in under his wing.


Happy Tears (Roadside Attractions): Demi Moore, Parker Posey

Drama

Two sisters, Jayne (Posey) and Laura (Moore), return home to deal with their ailing father Joe (Torn), only to face some surprising situations.


The King’s Speech (Weinstein Co.): Colin Firth, Geoffrey Rush

Drama, Bio

A young king -- father of Queen Elizabeth II -- reluctantly assumes the throne after his brother, Edward, abdicates. Considered unfit to rule and cursed with a nervous stammer, the unprepared monarch turns to an unorthodox speech therapist, Lionel Logue. The two men form an unlikely friendship as King George finds his voice and leads the country into war against the Germans.


Let Me In (Overture): Richard Jenkins, Chloe Moretz

Horror, Thriller

The film is about the relationship between a preteen boy and a girl who just moved to the neighborhood and happens to be a vampire.


All information from Film-Releases.


See any interesting trends?

5 comments:

Christian H. said...

Wow, only one period piece.

mr. nichols said...

These all seem to be very heavy dramas, which makes me think they'll probably be released in the fall of next year as Oscar bait.

Layne said...

I'm very much looking forward to "The Fighter" with Bale and Wahlberg. Ryan Gosling is a very interesting choice for a movie like "127 Hours". It'll be interesting to see his performance.

JD Walters said...

I suppose it was inevitable, but why oh why is Hollywood remaking "Let the right one in"? That movie got everything right: atmosphere, character dynamics, compelling plot, boundary-pushing sexuality and violence. What's the point, really?

Jim said...

JD - I am with you on that. But most Americans don't want to "read" movies.

**** Spoiler ****

And they can't handle a boy falling in love with another boy.