Release date: Friday March 19, 2010
Genre: Comedy
Director: Thor Freudenthal
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Screenplay: Jackie Filgo, Jeff Filgo, Gabe Sachs, Jeff Judah
Producer(s): Nina Jacobson, Bradford Simpson
Cast: Zachary Gordon, Robert Capron, Rachael Harris, Steve Zahn, Devon Bostick, Chloë Grace Moretz, Grayson Russell
Official Site: diaryofawimpykidmovie.com
Rating: PG for For some rude humor and language.
Runtime: 2 hours
Available film art: Diary of A Wimpy Kid movie posters

Synopsis
To Greg Heffley (Zachary Gordon), middle school is the dumbest idea ever invented. It’s a place rigged with hundreds of social landmines, not the least of which are morons, wedgies, swirlies, bullies, lunchtime banishment to the cafeteria floor—and a festering piece of cheese with nuclear cooties. To survive the never-ending ordeal and attain the recognition and status he feels he so richly deserves, Greg devises an endless series of can’t-miss schemes, all of which, of course, go awry. And he’s getting it all down on paper, via a diary—”it’s NOT a diary, it’s a journal!” Greg insists, preferring the less-sissyfied designation—filled with his opinions, thoughts, tales of family trials and tribulations, and (would-be) schoolyard triumphs. “One day when I’m famous,” writes Greg, “I’ll have better things to do than answer peoples’ stupid questions all day.” So was born the Wimpy Kid’s diary.

Based on the best-selling illustrated novel “Diary of a Wimpy Kid” by Jeff Kinney.

Release date: Friday June 25, 2010
Genre: Comedy
Director: Dennis Dugan
Studio: Columbia Pictures
Screenplay: Adam Sandler, Fred Wolf
Producer(s): Jack Giarraputo, Adam Sandler
Cast: Adam Sandler, Kevin James, Chris Rock, Rob Schneider, David Spade, Salma Hayek, Maria Bello, Maya Rudolph
Official Site: grownups-movie.com
Rating: Not yet rated
Available film art: Grown Ups movie posters

Synopsis
Thirty years after graduating from high school, five former basketball teammates gather at the lake house where they celebrated their biggest victory to mourn the passing of their late coach. Over the course of the Fourth of July weekend, the five friends realize that just because they’ve all grown up and started families doesn’t mean that they’ve lost that old spark. Adulthood is what you make of it, and no one at the lake house is eager to be the grown-up of the gang. Adam Sandler, Chris Rock, Kevin James, David Spade, and Rob Schneider star in a film written by Sandler and Fred Wolf, and directed by Dennis Dugan (I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry, You Don’t Mess with the Zohan). Maria Bello, Salma Hayek, and Maya Rudolph co-star.

Release date: April 2010
Genre: Documentary, Musical
Director: Joe Thomas
Studio: Sony Pictures Releasing
Cast: Kenny Chesney
Official Site: kennychesneymovie.com
Available film art: Kenny Chesney Summer in 3D movie posters

Synopsis
THE HOT TICKET BRINGS KENNY CHESNEY TO THE MULTIPLEX WITH 3-D DIGITAL PRESENTATIONS OF KENNY CHESNEY: SUMMER IN 3D.

CULVER CITY, Calif., November 9, 2009—Kenny Chesney, the biggest ticket-seller of this century in any musical genre, has wrapped his latest concert tour, the Sun City Carnival. This coming spring, Sony Pictures Releasing’s special programming division, The Hot Ticket, will take audiences for another ride. For a limited engagement beginning in April 2010 in movie theatres nationwide, Kenny Chesney: Summer in 3D, will give fans the chance to live the fun, the friends, the songs and the moments that make Kenny Chesney the must-see concert experience to kickoff the summer season.

With Chesney taking off the summer of 2010 from his hard core touring schedule, millions of fans can still experience the magic and thrills of his high energy performance, this time up close and as never seen before in Kenny Chesney: Summer in 3D.

Commenting on the announcement, Rory Bruer, president of Worldwide Distribution for Sony Pictures Releasing, said, “Kenny Chesney is one of the most popular performers in the world, so we thought he was a great choice for a Hot Ticket presentation. If you’re a diehard Kenny Chesney fan who just couldn’t get close enough this past summer, or even if you did and want to live those songs and fun again, even closer, Kenney Chesney: Summer in 3D is the perfect way to experience the intensity even closer than the front row.”

Chesney added, “It was an amazing — and at times scary — experience to have cameras that close, in the air, in a blimp… cause they’re everywhere. But when you see what this film captures… well, even for me, who’s in the eye of the storm, I was taken aback! It has all the energy, all the thrills and even better focus on some of the most rocking nights I can imagine. If you see this, you’ve seen me in a way I’ve never been seen…”

Chesney is the most popular live music act of the 21st century, having sold over one million tickets in each of the past 8 summers and selling out stadiums in Boston, Seattle, Detroit, Philadelphia, Chicago, and San Francisco. The 4-time and reigning Country Music Association and 4-consecutive Academy of Country Music Entertainer of the Year has sold over 35 million records and notched 19 #1 hits, including “When the Sun Goes Down,” “Beer in Mexico,” “Living in Fast Forward,” “Summertime,” “Young,” “Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven,” “Who You’d Be Today,” “Never Wanted Nothing More,” and “Anything but Mine,” among many others. GREATEST HITS II, which debuted at #1 has already yielded the recent #1 hit “Out Last Night” and “I’m Alive,” a duet with Dave Matthews, which is currently residing in Country’s Top Ten.

The 3D footage for the movie was shot over six nights in five locations—Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Seattle, Foxboro, and Indianapolis—using a total of 22 3D camera rigs. The rigs included state-of-the-art systems from 3ality Digital, which were outfitted with Sony 1500-series professional digital cameras. 3ality Digital’s advanced, fully-automated 3D camera systems are known for their sub-pixel image alignment and ability to adjust shots dynamically, making them well-suited for live events such as concerts and sports. The high image quality also reduces time spent in post-production, making immersive, 3D filmmaking no more difficult than 2D production.

Joe Thomas, director of the film, added, “Kenny is an incredible talent, whose live shows define what the concert experience should be about. This 3D movie, its production, and the access that Kenny gave to our cameras, will give his fans an unprecedented opportunity to see, up close, the true strength of this man’s attraction to the millions that have seen him live.”

For further information and to purchase tickets for Kenny Chesney: Summer in 3D, please visit www.TheHotTicket.net.

Release date: Friday March 19, 2010
Genre: Comedy, Action
Director: Andy Tennant
Studio: Columbia Pictures
Screenplay: Columbia Pictures
Cast: Gerard Butler, Jennifer Aniston, Christine Baranski, Jason Sudeikis, Dorian Missick
Official Site: thepursuitbegins.com
Rating: PG-13 for For for sexual content including suggestive comments, language and some violence.
Available film art: The Bounty Hunter movie posters

Synopsis
Milo Boyd (Gerard Butler), a down-on-his-luck bounty hunter, gets his dream job when he is assigned to track down his bail-jumping ex-wife, reporter Nicole Hurly (Jennifer Aniston). He thinks all that’s ahead is an easy payday, but when Nicole gives him the slip so she can chase a lead on a murder cover-up, Milo realizes that nothing ever goes simply with him and Nicole. The exes continually one-up each other – until they find themselves on the run for their lives. They thought their promise to love, honor and obey was tough – staying alive is going to be a whole lot tougher. Andy Tennant (”Hitch,” “Sweet Home Alabama”) directs.

Release date: March 12th, 2010
Genre: Thriller, Drama
Director: Paul Greengrass
Studio: Universal Pictures
Screenplay: Brian Helgeland
Cast: Matt Damon, Greg Kinnear, Amy Ryan, Brendan Gleeson, Jason Isaacs, Khalid Abdalla
Official Site: greenzonemovie.com, green-zone.jp
Rating: R for violence and language
Available film art: Green Zone movie posters
Runtime: 1 hour 55 minutes

Synopsis
Matt Damon and director Paul Greengrass (The Bourne Supremacy, The Bourne Ultimatum, United 93) re-team for their latest electrifying thriller in “Green Zone,” a film set in the chaotic early days of the Iraqi War when no one could be trusted and every decision could detonate unforeseen consequences.

Release date: 2010
Genre: Thriller, Horror, Drama
Director: Dominic Sena
Studio: Alliance Films (Canada), Columbia Pictures (Sony) (US)
Screenplay: Bragi F. Schut
Producer(s): Charles Roven, Alex Gartner
Cast: Nicolas Cage, Ron Perlman, Stephen Campbell Moore, Claire Foy, Stephen Graham
Official Site: seasonofthewitchfilm.com
Rating: PG-13 for thematic elements, violence and disturbing content
Available film art: Season of the Witch movie posters

Synopsis
Lionsgate’s supernatural thriller, “Season of the Witch”, stars Nicolas Cage as medieval knight Behmen who undertakes a mission pitting him against an devious witch and making him the last hope for the world against an ancient and dark force. His faith broken by years of battle as a crusader, Behmen returns to central Europe to find his homeland decimated by the Black Plague. While searching for food and supplies at the Palace at Marburg,Behmen and his trusted companion, Felson (Ron Perlman) are apprehended and ordered by the dying Cardinal to deliver a young peasant girl believed to be the witch responsible for the Plague to a remote abbey where her powers can be destroyed. Behmen agrees to the assignment but only if the peasant girl is granted a fair trial. As he and five others set off on this dangerous journey, they realize with mounting dread that the cunning girl is no ordinary human, and that their mission will pit them against an evil that even in these dark times they never could have imagined.

Release date: Friday February 12, 2010
Genre: Drama
Director: Karan Johar
Studio: Fox Searchlight Pictures
Screenplay: Shibani Bathija
Producer(s): Gauri Khan, Hiroo Yash Johar
Cast: Shah Rukh Khan, Kajol , Jimmy Shergill, Christopher B. Duncan, Parvin Dabas, Sonya Jehan, Parvin Dabbas, Arjun Mathur
Official Site: foxsearchlight.com/mynameiskhan, mynameiskhanthefilm.com
Rating: PG-13 for Some violence, sexual content and language.
Runtime: 2 hours 25 minutes
Available film art: My Name is Khan movie posters

Synopsis
“My Name is Khan” examines how the life of a Muslim man from India (Shah Rukh Khan) living in San Francisco embarks on a remarkable journey across the United States, inspiring people and inviting debate, creating an accidental revolution.

Release date: Friday May 14, 2010
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Director: Ridley Scott
Studio: Universal Pictures
Screenplay: Ethan Reiff, Cyrus Voris, Brian Helgeland, Tom Stoppard
Producer(s): Brian Grazer, Ridley Scott, Russell Crowe
Cast: Russell Crowe, Cate Blanchett, William Hurt, Matthew Macfadyen, Mark Strong, Oscar Isaac, Léa Seydoux, Scott Grimes, Kevin Durand, Alan Doyle, Danny Huston, Max von Sydow
Official Site: robinhoodthemovie.com
Rating: Not yet rated
Available film art: Robin Hood movie posters

Synopsis
A love triangle forms between the legendary do-gooder Robin Hood, his Maid Marian and the archer’s arch nemesis, the Sheriff of Nottingham. Crowe stars as the Sheriff of Nottingham in a scenario that sees him more noble lawman than an evil king’s right-hand man and facing off with a more shadier Robin Hood in the Sherwood Forest.

Crowe stars as the Sheriff of Nottingham in a scenario that sees him more noble lawman than an evil king’s right-hand man and facing off with a more shadier Robin Hood in the Sherwood Forest.

Release date: July 2nd, 2010
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Director: M. Night Shyamalan
Studio: Paramount Pictures
Screenplay: Christopher Nolan
Producer(s): Emma Thomas
Cast: Noah Ringer, Nicola Peltz, Jackson Rathbone, Dev Patel, Jessica Jade Andres, Aasif Mandvi, Shaun Toub, Cliff Curtis, Keong Sim
Official Site: thelastairbendermovie.com
Rating: Not yet rated
Available film art: The Last Airbender movie posters

Synopsis
Adaptation of Nickelodeon’s “Avatar: The Last Airbender” which follows the adventures of the successor to a long line of Avatars who must put aside his irresponsible ways and stop the Fire Nation from enslaving the Water, Earth and Air nations.

The studios have dropped “Avatar” from the title to avoid confusion with James Cameron’s “Avatar.”

Release date: Wednesday June 30, 2010
Genre: Horror/Thriller/Drama/Fantasy
Director: David Slade
Studio: E1 Entertainment Canada
Screenplay: Melissa Rosenberg
Cast: Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart, Billy Burke, Taylor Lautner, Peter Facinelli, Nikki Reed, Elizabeth Reaser, Kellan Lutz, Ashley Greene, Jackson Rathbone, Bryce Dallas Howard
Official Site: Not available
Rating: Not yet rated
Available film art: The Twilight Saga: Eclipse movie posters

Synopsis
The third chapter in the “Twilight” franchise. As Seattle is ravaged by a string of mysterious killings and a malicious vampire continues her quest for revenge, Bella once again finds herself surrounded by danger. In the midst of it all, she is forced to choose between her love for Edward and her friendship with Jacob—knowing that her decision has the potential to ignite the ageless struggle between vampire and werewolf. With her graduation quickly approaching, Bella has one more decision to make: life or death. But which is which?