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Norman Jewison

Yes, he directed “Moonstruck” and two unforgettable musicals, but Jewison is also responsible for a trilogy of films focusing on racial-injustice, a whacky Cold War comedy and a signature film of Steve McQueen’s showing that he is one of the most versatile directors since Robert Wise.

This blueprint for good investigation dramas tells the story of a black Philadelphia detective investigating a murder in Mississippi who matches wits with a redneck sheriff. Groundbreaking for it’s time, this Oscar winning film is still relevant today and offers a gripping mystery with terrific dramatic performances by a complete cast of fully realized characters.

This is an amazingly funny and entertaining irreverent "Cold War" comedy about a Russian submarine stranded outside an isolated New England town, which throws the locals into a panic. Jewison does a delightful job of utilizing his all-star cast to their fullest, deftly mixing Capra-esq characters with Mel Brooks’s type situations (and vise-versa).

A bored millionaire (Steve McQueen in his prime) masterminds a flawless bank job as Faye Dunaway (an insurance investigator out to get him) identifies him as the mastermind and falls in love along the way. This is the original and the best, with all the arch stylized movie techniques of the ‘60s (including split-screen and fuzzy shallow focus) and the most erotic chess game ever captured on screen.

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The Early Report for December 16, 2009: Part Two

December 16th, 2009

This second part of the Early Report highlights the newest release date changes and additions, title changes and MPAA ratings, as well as estimated screen counts for all films scheduled for release between late January 2010 and 2013


Most Recent Release Date Changes and Additions
Bobbie Sue (Warner Brothers Pictures): Out February 11, 2011
The Expendables (Lionsgate): Out August 22, 2010. In August 13, 2010
Friday the 13th Part 2 3D (Warner Brothers Pictures): Out August 13, 2010
Hoodwinked 2 (The Weinstein Company): Out January 15, 2010. In Spring 2010 TBD
Real Steel (Walt Disney Pictures): In November 18, 2011
Saint John of Las Vegas (IndieVest Pictures): In January 29, 2010
Saw VII 3D (Lionsgate): In October 22, 2010
The Social Network (Columbia Pictures): In October 15, 2010


Most Recent MPAA Ratings
Control Alt Delete (E1 Entertainment): R for strong sexual content, some aberrant behavior and language
Crush (Phase 4 Films): R for some sexual content and violence
D.C. Sniper (Barnholtz Entertainment): R for bloody shootings and brief nudity
Defendor (Worldwide SPE Acquisitions): R for drug use and language throughout, violence and sexual content
The Final Storm (Phase 4 Films): R for some sexuality, violence and brief language
Formosa Betrayed (Screen Media Ventures): R for some violent content
From Paris With Love (Lionsgate): R for strong bloody violence throughout, drug content, pervasive language and brief sexuality
High Life (Image Entertainment): R for drug use, pervasive language and some violence
Justice League: Crisis On Two Earths (Warner Premiere): PG-13 for action violence
No Boundaries (Breaking Glass Pictures): R for some language
Remarkable Power (MTI Home Video): R for language, sexuality, violence and drug use
Splinterheads (Monarch Home Video): R for for language including sexual references, and brief drug use
Trailer Park Boys: Countdown To Liquor Day (Screen Media Ventures): R for pervasive language and drug content
The Wolfman (Universal Studios): R for bloody horror violence and gore


Future U.S. Theatrical Release Calendar (all location counts are FilmJerk.com estimates unless specific playdates are mentioned)

Friday, January 22, 2010

Extraordinary Measures (CBS Films): 1750 plus playdates
Legion (Columbia Pictures): 2750 plus playdates
The Paranoids (Oscilloscope Laboratories): Exclusive to the Cinema Village in New York City
To Save a Life (Samuel Goldwyn Films): Select markets
The Tooth Fairy (Twentieth Century-Fox): 3000 plus playdates

Friday, January 29, 2010

After Dark Horrorfest 2009 (After Dark Films): Select markets
Edge Of Darkness (Warner Brothers Pictures): 2500 plus playdates
Saint John of Las Vegas (IndieVest Pictures): Los Angeles and New York City
When in Rome (Touchstone Pictures): 2500 plus playdates

Friday, February 5, 2010

Dear John (New Line Cinema): 2650 plus playdates
District B13: Ultimatum (Magnolia Pictures): Select markets
From Paris With Love (Lionsgate): 1950 plus playdates
I Love You, Phillip Morris (Freestyle Releasing): 500 plus playdates

Friday, February 12, 2010

My Name Is Khan (Fox Searchlight Pictures): Major markets
Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief (Twentieth Century-Fox): 3000 plus playdates
Valentine’s Day (Warner Brothers Pictures): 3000 plus playdates
The Wolfman (Universal Studios): 3250 plus playdates

Friday, February 19, 2010

Shutter Island (Paramount Pictures): 2650 plus playdates

Friday, February 26, 2010

A Couple of Cops (Warner Brothers Pictures): 2500 plus playdates
The Crazies (Overture Films): 2000 plus playdates
A Prophet (Sony Pictures Classics): Los Angeles and New York City
The Red Canvas (Freestyle Releasing): 500 plus playdates
Takers (Screen Gems): 2000 plus playdates

Undated February 2010

Night of the Demons (Seven Arts Films): 1000 plus playdates

Friday, March 5, 2010

Alice in Wonderland 3D (Walt Disney Pictures): 2750 plus Digital 3D playdates
Brooklyn's Finest (Overture Films): 2000 plus playdates

Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Harlan: In the Shadow of Jew Süss (Zeitgeist Films): Exclusive to the Film Forum in New York City
Hubble 3D (Warner Brothers Pictures): 100 plus IMAX 3D playdates

Friday, March 12, 2010

The Backup Plan (CBS Films): 750 plus playdates
Green Zone (Universal Studios): 3000 plus playdates
The Lightkeepers (New Films International): Select markets
Mother (Magnolia Pictures): Select markets
Remember Me (Summit Entertainment): 2000 plus playdates
She's Out of My League (Paramount Pictures): 2500 plus playdates

Friday, March 19, 2010

The Bounty Hunter (Columbia Pictures): 2500 plus playdates
Hot Tub Time Machine (MGM): 1500 plus playdates
Last Night (Miramax Films): Select markets
Our Family Wedding (Fox Searchlight Pictures): Major markets
Piranha 3D (Dimension Films): 2750 plus Digital 3D playdates

Friday, March 26, 2010

Clash of the Titans (Warner Brothers Pictures): 3650 plus playdates
The Eclipse (Magnolia Pictures): Select markets
Grown Ups (Columbia Pictures): 2500 plus playdates
How to Train Your Dragon (Paramount Pictures): 3000 plus Digital 3D playdates

Undated Spring 2010

Hoodwinked 2 (The Weinstein Company): 2500 plus playdates

Friday, April 2, 2010

Diary of a Wimpy Kid (Twentieth Century-Fox): 2650 plus playdates
Furry Vengeance (Summit Entertainment): 2000 plus playdates
The Last Song (Walt Disney Pictures): 3150 plus playdates
Tyler Perry's Why Did I Get Married Too (Lionsgate): 2100 plus playdates
Warlords (Magnolia Pictures): Major markets

Friday, April 9, 2010

Date Night (Twentieth Century-Fox): 2850 plus playdates
The Losers (Warner Brothers Pictures): 3150 plus playdates
The Square (Apparition): Major markets

Friday, April 16, 2010

Death At A Funeral (Screen Gems): 2000 plus playdates
Kick Ass (Lionsgate): 2500 plus playdates
Nerveracker (Dimension Films): 3250 plus playdates

Thursday, April 22, 2010

Oceans (DisneyNature): 1850 plus playdates

Friday, April 23, 2010

MacGruber (Universal Studios): 2750 plus playdates
Wall Street 2 (Twentieth Century-Fox): 2000 plus playdates

Friday, April 30, 2010

A Nightmare on Elm Street (New Line Cinema): 3500 plus playdates

Friday, May 7, 2010

Iron Man 2 (Paramount Pictures): 4250 plus playdates
Letters To Juliet (Summit Entertainment): 2500 plus playdates

Friday, May 14, 2010

Untitled Robin Hood Project (Universal Studios): 3500 plus playdates

Friday, May 21, 2010

Shrek Forever After (DreamWorks Animation/Paramount Pictures): 4250 plus playdates, including 2750 plus Digital 3D playdates

Friday, May 28, 2010

Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (Walt Disney Pictures): 3750 plus playdates
Sex and the City 2 (New Line Cinema): 3250 plus playdates

Friday, June 4, 2010

Killers (Lionsgate): 2750 plus playdates
Marmaduke (Twentieth Century-Fox): 3500 plus playdates

Friday, June 11, 2010

The A-Team (Twentieth Century-Fox): 3250 plus playdates
Get Him to the Greek (Universal Studios): 2800 plus playdates
The Karate Kid (Columbia Pictures): 3500 plus playdates

Friday, June 18, 2010

Footloose (Paramount Pictures): 3000 plus playdates
Jonah Hex (Warner Brothers Pictures): 3250 plus playdates
Toy Story 3 (Walt Disney Pictures): 4000 plus Digital 3D playdates

Friday, June 25, 2010

Grown Ups (Columbia Pictures): 3500 plus playdates

Wednesday, June 30, 2010

Twilight Saga: Eclipse (Summit Entertainment): 3500 plus playdates

Friday, July 2, 2010

The Last Airbender (Paramount Pictures): 3850 plus playdates
Untitled Tom Cruise/Cameron Diaz Movie (Twentieth Century-Fox): 3500 plus playdates

Wednesday, July 7, 2010

Robert Rodriguez's Predators (Twentieth Century-Fox): 3650 plus playdates

Friday, July 9, 2010

Despicable Me (Universal Studios): 2500 plus Digital 3D playdates

Friday, July 16, 2010

Inception (Warner Brothers Pictures): 3000 plus playdates
The Sorcerer's Apprentice (Walt Disney Pictures): 4000 plus playdates

Friday, July 23, 2010

Dinner for Schmucks (Paramount Pictures): 2850 plus playdates
Salt (Columbia Pictures): 2850 plus playdates
The Zookeeper (MGM): 2500 plus playdates

Friday, July 30, 2010

Beastly (CBS Films): 2000 plus playdates
Cats & Dogs: Revenge of Kitty Galore (Warner Brothers Pictures): 3000 plus Digital 3D playdates
Morning Glory (Paramount Pictures): 3000 plus playdates
Untitled Meet the Fockers Sequel (Universal Pictures): 3750 plus playdates

Friday, August 6, 2010

The Other Guys (Columbia Pictures): 3750 plus playdates
Step Up 3-D (Touchstone Pictures): 2750 plus Digital 3D playdates

Friday, August 13, 2010

The Expendables (Lionsgate): 2750 plus playdates
Ramona and Beezus (Twentieth Century-Fox): 3000 plus playdates

Friday, August 27, 2010

Lottery Ticket (Warner Brothers Pictures): 2500 plus playdates
Priest (Columbia Pictures): 2850 plus playdates

Undated Summer 2010

Should Not (First Run Features): Major markets

Friday, September 3, 2010

Born to Be a Star (Columbia Pictures): 2850 plus playdates

Friday, September 10, 2010

The Town (Warner Brothers Pictures): 2650 plus playdates

Friday, September 17, 2010

Flipped (Warner Brothers Pictures): 2500 plus playdates
The Roommate (Screen Gems): 2650 plus playdates
Warrior (Lionsgate): 2500 plus playdates

Friday, September 24, 2010

Guardians Of Ga’Hoole (Warner Brothers Pictures): 3000 plus Digital 3D playdates
You Again (Walt Disney Pictures): 2800 plus playdates

Friday, October 1, 2010

Alpha and Omega (Lionsgate): 2750 plus Digital 3D playdates
Your Highness (Universal Pictures): 2850 plus playdates

Friday, October 8, 2010

Going the Distance (Warner Brothers Pictures): 2950 plus playdates
Secretariat (Walt Disney Pictures): 2800 plus playdates
The Zookeeper (MGM): 2500 plus playdates

Friday, October 15, 2010

The Social Network (Columbia Pictures): 2750 plus playdates
Your Highness (CBS Films): 2000 plus playdates

Friday, October 22, 2010

The Prisoners (Warner Brothers Pictures): 3500 plus playdates
Saw VII 3D (Lionsgate): 3000 plus Digital 3D playdates

Friday, November 5, 2010

Due Date (Warner Brothers Pictures): 3250 plus playdates
Megamind (DreamWorks Pictures/Paramount Pictures): 3500 plus Digital 3D playdates

Wednesday, November 10, 2010

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part One (Warner Brothers Pictures): 4000 plus playdates

Friday, November 12, 2010

Unstoppable (Twentieth Century-Fox): 3250 plus playdates

Wednesday, November 24, 2010

Burlesque (Screen Gems): 2500 plus playdates
Love and Other Drugs (Twentieth Century-Fox): 2650 plus playdates
Rapunzel (Walt Disney Pictures): 3850 plus playdates
Red Dawn (MGM): 2500 plus playdates

Undated November 2010

Untitled James Bond 23 (Columbia Pictures): 3750 plus playdates
Tron Legacy (Walt Disney Pictures): In December 10, 2010

Friday, December 17, 2010

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (Twentieth Century-Fox): 3750 plus playdates
Tron: Legacy (Walt Disney Pictures): 3000 plus playdates
Untitled James L. Brooks Movie (Columbia Pictures): 2500 plus playdates
Yogi Bear (Warner Brothers Pictures): 3000 plus playdates

Wednesday, December 22, 2010

The Green Hornet (Columbia Pictures): 3000 plus playdates
Gulliver's Travels (Twentieth Century-Fox): 3750 plus playdates
Life as We Know It (Warner Brothers Pictures): 2750 plus playdates

Undated 2010

Let the Right One In (Overture Films): 2000 plus playdates
Mardi Gras (Screen Gems): 1750 plus playdates
Robocop (MGM): 3000 plus playdates
The Three Stooges (MGM): 2650 plus playdates
A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas (Warner Brothers Pictures): 2500 plus playdates

2011

Friday, January 14, 2011

The Cabin In The Woods (MGM): 3000 plus Digital 3D playdates
Resident Evil: Afterlife (Screen Gems): 2850 plus Digital 3D playdates

Friday, January 21, 2011

Underworld 4 (Screen Gems): 3000 plus Digital 3D playdates

Friday, January 28, 2011

The Factory (Warner Brothers Pictures): 2850 plus playdates

Friday, February 11, 2011

Battle: Los Angeles (Columbia Pictures): 3500 plus playdates

Friday, February 25, 2011

Straw Dogs (Screen Gems): 2500 plus playdates

Friday, March 4, 2011

I HOP (Universal Studios): 3000 plus playdates

Friday, March 11, 2011

Beautiful Girl (Screen Gems): 2000 plus playdates

Friday, March 18, 2011

Rango (Paramount Pictures): 3650 plus playdates

Friday, March 25, 2011

Sucker Punch (Warner Brothers Pictures): 3500 plus playdates

Friday, April 8, 2011

Rio 3D (Twentieth Century-Fox): 3650 plus Digital 3D playdates

Friday, April 15, 2011

Stretch Armstrong (Universal Studios): 3250 plus playdates

Friday, April 22, 2011

Hidden Beauty (DisneyNature): 1850 plus playdates

Friday, May 6, 2011

Spider-Man 4 (Columbia Pictures): 4200 plus playdates

Friday, May 20, 2011

Thor (Paramount Pictures): 4000 plus playdates

Friday May 27, 2011

The Hangover 2 (Warner Brothers Pictures): 3650 plus playdates

Friday, June 3, 2011

Kung Pu Panda: The Kaboom of Doom (DreamWorks Animation/Paramount Pictures): 4000 plus Digital 3D playdates

Friday, June 17, 2011

Green Lantern (Warner Brothers Pictures): 3500 plus playdates

Friday, June 24, 2011

Cars 2 (Walt Disney Pictures): 4000 plus Digital 3D playdates

Friday, July 1, 2011

Battleship (Universal Studios): 3650 plus playdates

Friday, July 15, 2011

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part Two (Warner Brothers Pictures): 4000 plus playdates

Friday, July 22, 2011

The First Avenger: Captain America (Paramount Pictures): 4000 plus playdates

Friday, July 29, 2011

Smurfs (Columbia Pictures): 3850 plus Digital 3D playdates

Friday, August 19, 2011

The Mistaken (Screen Gems): 2250 plus playdates

Friday, September 16, 2011

The Intruder (Screen Gems): 2250 plus playdates

Friday, October 7, 2011

Marvin the Martian (Warner Brothers Pictures): 3500 plus playdates

Friday, November 4, 2011

Puss in Boots (Paramount Pictures): 4000 plus Digital 3D playdates

Friday, November 11, 2011

Arthur Christmas (Columbia Pictures): 3000 plus Digital 3D playdates

Friday, November 18, 2011

Happy Feet 2 (Warner Brothers Pictures): 3850 plus Digital 3D playdates
Real Steel (Walt Disney Pictures): 3500 plus playdates

Undated December 2011 TBD

The Hobbit: Part One (Warner Brothers Pictures): 4150 plus playdates

Undated Winter 2011 TBD

The Bear and the Bow (Walt Disney Pictures): 4000 plus Digital 3D playdates

Undated 2011 TBD

Beauty and the Beast 3D (Walt Disney Pictures): 2500 plus Digital 3D playdates
Frankenweenie (Walt Disney Pictures): 3000 plus playdates
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (Walt Disney Pictures): 4150 plus playdates
Poltergeist (MGM): 2500 plus playdates

2012

Friday, February 17, 2012

Hotel Transylvania (Columbia Pictures): 3850 plus Digital 3D playdates

Friday, March 2, 2012

The Lorax (Universal Studios): 4000 plus Digital 3D playdates

Friday, March 30, 2012

The Croods (Paramount Pictures): 4000 plus DIgital 3D playdates

Undated Spring 2012 TBD

Kings of the Elves (Walt Disney Pictures): 4000 plus playdates

Sunday, April 22, 2012

African Cats: Kingdom of Courage (DisneyNature): 1850 plus playdates

Friday, May 4, 2012

The Avengers (Paramount Pictures): 4000 plus playdates

Friday, May 25, 2012

Madagascar 3 (Paramount Pictures): 4000 plus Digital 3D playdates

Undated Summer 2012 TBD

newt (Walt Disney Pictures): 4000 plus Digital 3D playdates

Friday, September 21, 2012

Pirates! (Columbia Pictures): 3750 plus playdates

Friday, November 2, 2012

The Guardians (Paramount Pictures): 3750 plus Digital 3D playdates

Undated December 2012 TBD

The Hobbit: Part Two (Warner Brothers Pictures): 4150 plus playdates

Undated 2012 TBD

John Carter of Mars (Walt Disney Pictures): 3500 plus playdates

2013

Monday, April 22, 2012

Chimpanzee (DisneyNature): 1850 plus playdates

Undated 2013 TBD

Shrek 5 (DreamWorks Pictures/Paramount Pictures): 4000 plus Digital 3D playdates

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