Funny People is an upcoming 2009 American comedy-drama film, written, co-produced, and directed by Judd Apatow, starring Adam Sandler and Seth Rogen as stand up comedians. According to Apatow, the movie is due out July 31st, 2009. Similar to Apatow's previous films, the film would use both comedic and dramatic elements, though it will contain more of the latter. Funny People is in post-production as of January 2009. The film is a co-production between Happy Madison Productions and Apatow Productions. Universal Pictures and Columbia Pictures will co-finance the film, while Universal will distribute worldwide.
A story about identical twins, in early twenties, hoping to leave the squalor behind and move into a life of prosperity and dignity. But the similarity ends here. Intercut between the parallel stories of the brothers as they run to protect themselves, their dreams and their love. Until a point where it converges and the brothers meet to realize that they only have each other.
WINNER: Penelope Cruz - Vicky Cristina Barcelona Nominees: Amy Adams - Doubt Viola Davis - Doubt Taraji P. Henson - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Marisa Tomei - The Wrestler
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
WINNER: Dustin Lance Black - Milk Nominees: Courtney Hunt - Frozen River Mike Leigh - Happy-Go-Lucky Martin McDonagh - In Bruges Andrew Stanton - WALL-E
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
WINNER: Simon Beaufoy - Slumdog Millionaire Nominees: Eric Roth and Robin Swicord - Benjamin Button John Patrick Shanley - Doubt Peter Morgan - Frost/Nixon David Hare - The Reader
ANIMATED FEATURE
WINNER: WALL-E Nominees: Bolt Kung Fu Panda
BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM
WINNER: La Maison En Petits Cubes Nominees: Lavatory Lovestory Oktapodi Presto This Way Up BEST ART DIRECTION
WINNER: Benjamin Button Nominees: The Duchess Dark Knight The Changeling Revolutionary Road
COSTUME DESIGN
WINNER: The Duchess Nominees: Australia Benjamin Button Milk Revolutionary Road
BEST MAKEUP
WINNER: Benjamin Button Nominees: The Dark Knight Hellboy II: The Golden Army
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Winner: Slumdog Millionaire Nominees: Changeling Benjamin Button The Dark Knight The Reader
BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM
WINNER: Toyland Nominees: On The Line (Not the Lance bass one) Manon on Asphalt New Boy The Pig
SUPPORTING ACTOR
Winner: Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight Nominees: Josh Brolin - Milk Robert Downey Jr. - Tropic Thunder Philip Seymour Hoffman - Doubt Michael Shannon - Revolutionary Road
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Winner: Man on Wire Nominees: The Betrayal Encounters at the End of the World The Garden Trouble the Water
BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT
Winner: Smile Pinki Nominees: The Conscience of Nehm En The Final Inch The Witness: From the Balcony of Room 306
VISUAL EFFECTS
Winner: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Nominees: The Dark Knight Iron Man
SOUND EDITING
Winner: The Dark Knight Nominees: Iron Man Slumdog Millionaire WALL-E Wanted
SOUND MIXING
Winner: Slumdog Millionaire Nominees: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button The Dark Knight WALL-E Wanted
FILM EDITING
Winner: Slumdog Millionaire Nominees: Frost/Nixon The Dark Knight Milk The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
ORIGINAL SCORE
Wiineer: Slumdog Millionaire Nominees: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Defiance Milk WALL-E
Winner: Departures Nominees: The Baader Meinhof Complex The Class Revanche Waltz with Bashir
DIRECTING
Winner: Slumdog Millionaire — Danny Boyle Nominees: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button — David Fincher Frost/Nixon — Ron Howard Milk — Gus Van Sant The Reader — Stephen Daldry
ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Winner:Kate Winslet — The Reader Nominees: Anne Hathaway — Rachel Getting Married Angelina Jolie — Changeling Melissa Leo — Frozen River Meryl Streep — Doubt
ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Winner: Sean Penn — Milk Nominees: Richard Jenkins — The Visitor Frank Langella — Frost/Nixon Brad Pitt — The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Mickey Rourke — The Wrestler
BEST PICTURE
Winner: Slumdog Millionaire Nominees: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Frost/Nixon Milk The Reader
A.R. RAHMAN OSCAR 2009 [ Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score]
TASVEER, is a story of Jai, a young man in his 30's that has a supernatural gift of being able to delve in the past of dead people by touching an object belonging to them. His family, friends and even he at times is skeptical of this said power but Jai manages to eke out a living in this land so steeped in belief of the supernatural.
His father, Jatin, though, feels very strongly that his son is wasting his life away on 'mumbo jumbo' instead of managing the vast business empire he has created and this leads to a complete breakdown of relationship between the two.
Jai's mother Savitri cannot bear to be estranged from her only son and maintains a secret contact with Jai.
Jai's wife Sheela, the love of his life, is grudgingly supportive of her husband but has a 'real 'job and is the actual bread- winner of the family.
Life goes on as they know or choose it to until Jatin is killed in a boating accident and Jai feels wretched about losing his father and the times that could've been shared.
He stumbles upon the last photograph taken of the entire group of friends and family on the boat, minutes before the accident.
Jai gets pulled into the photograph and realizes that it was no accident and that father was actually murdered.
Consumed with grief and curiosity, he starts to investigate by undertaking the dangerous experience of going into the photograph to find the truth.
He finds out that every person had a motive and every person could not have committed this heinous crime.
He eventually unravels the mystery and in a nail biting finish comes up with a startling answer.
Directed by Nagesh Kukunoor, the film stars Akshay Kumar, Ayesha Takia, Sharmila Tagore, Javed Jaffery, Girish Karnad, Anant Mahadevan, Benjiman Givlani, Rushad Rana and Utara Pawkar.
Land of the Lost is an upcoming American feature film based on the 1974 TV series Land of the Lost. The film is directed by Brad Silberling and stars Will Ferrell. Production of the film began in March 2008. It was originally scheduled to be released on July 17, 2009 but the release date was pushed forward to June 5, 2009.The film follows "a disgraced paleontologist, his assistant, and a macho tour guide who find themselves in a strange, alternate world inhabited by dinosaurs, monkey people and reptilian Sleestaks.
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra is an upcoming live action film adaptation of the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero toy franchise, to be released on August 7, 2009.The film is directed by Stephen Sommers, produced by Lorenzo di Bonaventura and written by Stuart Beattie. G.I. Joe features an ensemble cast based on the various characters of the franchise. Filming took place in Downey, California and Prague's Barrandov Studios.
Set ten years in the future,the film is an origin story, showing the rise of the Cobra Organization.Stephen Sommers said, "For people who know nothing about it, it'll make sense. And to people who love this stuff, it'll show where they all came from."The film focuses on Duke (Channing Tatum) and Ripcord's (Marlon Wayans) induction into the G.I. Joe Team, providing the audience's point-of-view. Locations include the Arctic, Paris, Moscow, Washington, D.C., Australia and the Sahara The G.I. Joe Team is based in the Pit, while it was indicated Cobra Island will appear.
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra Official Teaser Trailer
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen is an upcoming science fiction film due for release on June 26, 2009. It is the sequel to 2007's Transformers, which was the first live action Transformers film. Michael Bay and Steven Spielberg return respectively as director and executive producer, while Shia LaBeouf reprises the role of Sam Witwicky, the human caught in the war between Autobots and Decepticons. The film introduces many more robots and the scope has been expanded to numerous countries, the most important of which is Egypt.
The main hurdle in getting the film produced was overcoming the 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike, as well as possible strikes by the Directors Guild of America and the Screen Actors Guild. Bay met his shooting date with the help of previsualization and a scriptment by his writers Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman, and series newcomer Ehren Kruger. Shooting from May to November 2008 predominantly took place in the United States, including the majority of scenes set in outside countries, a minimum of which was conducted in those actual nations.
Sam Witwicky (Shia LaBeouf) discovers something about the origins of the Transformers and their history on Earth. The evil Decepticons need to capture him for information. The climactic battle takes place at the Giza pyramid complex, where a temple is located within. Lorenzo di Bonaventura explained the film will show the Transformers who visited Egypt before the pyramids were built, and "all our heroes end up here because of the Decepticons' masterplan." Furthermore, Egyptian hieroglyphs resembling helicopters and other present day vehicles in real life will be explained in the film as being depictions of those Ancient Cybertronians who visited Earth.
Transformers 2 Revenge Of The Fallen Official TRAILER
