Here’s the List of Upcoming Fall Releases
By Jeff Vice Deseret News
Here is a listing of this year’s fall film releases, though these dates are subject to change:
SEPT. 12
BURN AFTER READING — The Coen brothers get less serious with this cheeky crime caper starring Brad Pitt and George Clooney.
THE FLYBOYS — The locally produced adventure film follows two young boys who accidentally stow aboard a mobster’s plane.
RIGHTEOUS KILL — Aging New York cops Al Pacino and Robert De Niro try to stop a vigilante killer in this thriller.
TAKE — Utah locations figure prominently in this dramatic thriller, starring Minnie Driver as the mother of a special-needs student.
TYLER PERRY’S THE FAMILY THAT PREYS — The playwright-turned- filmmaker returns with this comedy-drama about infidelity.
THE WOMEN — Meg Ryan stars as a scorned socialite in this remake of the 1939 George Cukor classic.
SEPT. 19
GHOST TOWN — Greg Kinnear gives love advice from beyond the grave — to Ricky Gervais — in this fantasy-comedy.
IGOR — John Cusack voices the title character in this animated feature about the loyal lab assistant.
LAKEVIEW TERRACE — Thriller about an interracial couple (Patrick Wilson and Kerry Washington) confronted with prejudice.
MY BEST FRIEND’S GIRL — Romantic comedy starring Jason Biggs and Dane Cook as friends in love with the same woman.
SEPT. 26
EAGLE EYE — Shia LaBeouf and Michelle Monaghan are menaced by a cell-phone caller in this thriller.
FOREVER STRONG — Ryan Little’s rugby drama, starring Gary Cole and Sean Astin, is based on a true story.
THE LUCKY ONES — Another Iraq War drama, this one starring Rachel McAdams and Tim Robbins.
MIRACLE AT ST. ANNA’S — Spike Lee’s racially charged, World War II drama follows U.S. Army soldiers stuck behind enemy lines.
NIGHTS IN THE RODAN — This adaptation of the Nicholas Sparks best-seller reteams Richard Gere and Diane Lane.
TOWELHEAD — “Six Feet Under” creator Alan Ball adapts the controversial bestseller about the misadventures of an Arab- American teen.
OCT. 3
BEVERLY HILLS CHIHUAHUA — Drew Barrymore voices a pampered pooch that may be canine “royalty” in this live-action comedy.
THE DUCHESS — Costume drama starring Keira Knightley as conniving aristocrat Georgiana Cavendish.
FLASH OF GENIUS — Fact-based drama starring Greg Kinnear as an inventor who sued the Detroit auto makers.
HOW TO LOSE FRIENDS AND ALIENATE PEOPLE — Simon Pegg is a British journalist adrift in New York City in this comedy.
NICK AND NORAH’S INFINITE PLAYLIST — Romantic comedy starring Michael Cera and Kat Dennings as lovelorn teens.
OCT. 10
BODY OF LIES — Leonardo Di Caprio and Russell Crowe play a cat- and-mouse spy game in Ridley Scott’s latest thriller.
CITY OF EMBER — The creators of “Monster House” return with this fantasy, based on Jeanne Duprau’s best-selling book series.
THE EXPRESS — Football drama starring Rob Brown as Heisman Trophy-winning football star Ernie Davis.
QUARANTINE — A television crew is among those people locked inside a quarantined apartment building in this thriller.
OCT. 17
MAX PAYNE — Revenge-thriller based on the hit video game, starring Mark Wahlberg as a DEA agent.
MORNING LIGHT — Documentary feature examining an open-ocean race, from the perspective of the sailors-in-training.
OCT. 24
THE BROTHERS BLOOM — This dark comedy follows con men (Adrien Brody and Mark Ruffalo) whose partnership is tested by a woman.
CHANGELING — Angelina Jolie stars in Clint Eastwood’s latest, a period thriller about a possibly unbalanced mother.
HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL 3: SENIOR YEAR — The singing and dancing teens face an uncertain future in this big-screen musical.
THE PASSENGERS — Anne Hathaway and Patrick Wilson are plane- crash survivors who are still in danger in this thriller.
PRIDE AND GLORY — Crime thriller about a cop (Edward Norton) who uncovers a police corruption scandal.
SAW V — The latest installment in this grisly, hit movie series sees more people falling victim to the Jigsaw killer.
OCT. 31
THE HAUNTING OF MOLLY HARTLEY — Horror film starring Haley Bennett as a teen who’s hoping to make it to her 18th birthday.
ZACK AND MIRI MAKE A PORNO — Seth Rogen and Elizabeth Banks play would-be, adult-film stars in Kevin Smith’s latest.
NOV. 7
MADAGASCAR: ESCAPE 2 AFRICA — Ben Stiller and David Schwimmer reprise their voice roles in this sequel to the 2005 animated hit.
ROLE MODELS — Comedy starring Paul Rudd and Seann William Scott as irresponsible and reluctant “Big Brothers.”
NOV. 14
QUANTUM OF SOLACE — Daniel Craig returns as in this spy thriller, with 007 trying to stop an environmental terrorist.
COMING SOON (BUT WITHOUT SPECIFIC RELEASE DATES)
APPALOOSA — Ed Harris directed and stars in this Western, based on the well-regarded Robert Parker novel.
ASSASSINATION OF A HIGH SCHOOL PRESIDENT — The Sundance Film Festival hit stars Mischa Barton as a teen who uncovers a conspiracy.
BLINDNESS — Filmmaker Fernando Meirelles returns with this science-fiction about a sight-impairing “epidemic.”
CHOKE — Adaptation of author Chuck Palahniuk’s darkly comic novel, about a con artist (Sam Rockwell) with serious intimacy issues.
CROSSING OVER — Harrison Ford and Sean Penn head up the ensemble cast of this drama dealing with illegal immigration.
FANBOYS — Devoted Star War-
riors try to “steal” a print of one of George Lucas’s “prequel” movies in this road comedy.
RACHEL GETTING MARRIED — Drama starring Anne Hathaway as a drug addict who disrupts her sister’s wedding.
RELIGULOUS — “Borat” director Larry Charles and Bill Maher team up for this documentary examining organized religion.
ROCKNROLLA — Guy Richie’s long-awaited return to form is a gangster thriller/comedy starring Gerard Butler.
THE SECRET LIFE OF BEES — Dakota Fanning finds refuge with three bee keepers in this adaptation of the best-selling novel.
SEX DRIVE — This raunchy comedy follows a teenager who becomes obsessed with losing his virginity.
W. — Josh Brolin plays George W. Bush in Oliver Stone’s film about the current commander-in-chief.
WHAT JUST HAPPENED? — The cast of Barry Levinson’s Hollywood satire includes Robert De Niro and Bruce Willis.
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