2008 IN FILM

'2008 in film' is expected to feature another battle of the sequels, as many properties release new installments, including: '', ''Indiana Jones 4'', ''The Incredible Hulk'', ''The Mummy 3'', ''The Dark Knight'', ''Jurassic Park 4'', '', ''Bond 22'', '', ''Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince'', ''Star Trek'', '', ''Sin City 2'', ''High School Musical 3'', ''Angels & Demons'', and ''Hood vs. Evil''.

Contents

Events

Scheduled 2008 Releases

January - March

April - June

July - September

October - December

Unscheduled 2008 Releases

Sources

Events

'Month'	'Day'	'Event'
'January'	''13''	65th Golden Globe Awards
	''17 - 27''	30th 2008 Sundance Film Festival
	''23 - 3''	37th Rotterdam International Film Festival
	''27''	14th Screen Actors Guild Awards
'February'	''7 - 17''	58th Berlin International Film Festival
	''10''	61st BAFTA Awards
	''24''	80th Academy Awards
'March'	''13 - 21''	7th Tiburon International Film Festival
	''? - ?''	23rd Mar del Plata International Film Festival
'April'	''? - ?''	7th Tribeca Film Festival
	''? - ?''	51st San Francisco International Film Festival
'May'	''? - ?''	8th Silver Lake Film Festival
	''? - ?''	61st Cannes Film Festival
	''? - ?''	34th Seattle International Film Festival
'June'	''?''	17th MTV Movie Awards
	''? - ?''	11th Shanghai International Film Festival
'August'	''? – ?''	61st Locarno International Film Festival
	''? - ?''	62nd Edinburgh International Film Festival
	''? - ?''	32nd Montreal World Film Festival
	''? - ?''	65th Venice International Film Festival
'September'	''? - ?''	33rd Toronto International Film Festival
	''? - ?''	56th San Sebastián International Film Festival
	''? - ?''	16th Raindance Film Festival
'October'	''? - ?''	52nd London Film Festival
	''? - ?''	21st Tokyo International Film Festival
'November'	''? - ?''	32nd Cairo International Film Festival

Scheduled 2008 Releases

Films scheduled to be released in 2008 include:

★ LR: Limited release in select cities

★ WR: Wide-release to theaters

★ IMAX: Release to IMAX theaters

January - March

''‡ Films that achieved wide-release status after initial release.''

'Month'	'Day'	'Title'	'Studio'	'Notable Cast'
'J A N U A R Y'	'4'
		''One Missed Call''	Warner Bros. Pictures	Edward Burns, Jack Andrews, Shannyn Sossamon, Azura Skye
	'11'
		''27 Dresses''	20th Century Fox	Katherine Heigl, James Marsden, Malin Akerman
		''	Universal Pictures
		''	Freestyle Releasing	Jason Statham, John Rhys-Davies, Ray Liotta
		''First Sunday''	Sony (Screen Gems)	Ice Cube
	'18'
		''Fanboys''	MGM (Weinstein)	Chris Marquette, Kristen Bell
		''Cloverfield'' (Working title: 01.18.08)	Paramount	J.J. Abrams (Producer)
	'25'
		''Untraceable''	Sony (Screen Gems)
		''How She Movie''	Paramount Vantage
		''Mad Money''	Overture Films	Diane Keaton, Queen Latifah, Katie Holmes
'F E B R U A R Y'
	'1'
		''The Eye''	Lionsgate	Jessica Alba
		Charlie Bartlett	MGM	Robert Downey, Jr., Hope Davis, Anton Yelchin
		''Strange Wilderness''	Paramount	Justin Long, Steve Zahn
	'8'
		''The Better Man''	Universal Pictures	Martin Lawrence, Cedric the Entertainer, James Earl Jones
		''Case 39''	Paramount Pictures	Renée Zellweger
		''Fool's Gold''	Warner Bros. Pictures	Kate Hudson, Matthew McConaughey, Donald Sutherland, Tiffany Grant
	'14'
		''Definitely, Maybe''	Universal Pictures	Ryan Reynolds, Isla Fisher, Derek Luke
		''Step Up 2 the Streets''	Buena Vista Pictures	Robert Hoffman, Briana Evigan
	'15'
		''Jumper''	20th Century Fox	Hayden Christensen, Samuel L. Jackson, Rachel Bilson
		''The Spiderwick Chronicles''	Paramount Pictures	Freddie Highmore, Sarah Bolger, David Strathairn
		''Vantage Point''	Sony (Columbia Pictures)	Dennis Quaid, Matthew Fox, Forest Whitaker
	'29'
		''Addicted''	Yari Film Group	Sarah Michelle Gellar
		''Babylon A.D.''	20th Century Fox	Vin Diesel, Michelle Yeoh
		''Semi-Pro''	New Line Cinema	Will Ferrell, Woody Harrelson, Andre Benjamin
		''The Fox and the Child''	New Line (Picturehouse)
'M A R C H'	'7'
		''10,000 BC''	Warner Bros. Pictures	Steven Strait, Camilla Belle
		''The Ruins''	Paramount (DreamWorks)	Vin Diesel
	'14'
		''College''	Lions Gate Films	Drake Bell, Kevin Covais, Andrew Caldwell
		''Horton Hears a Who!''	20th Century Fox	Jim Carrey, Steve Carell
		''Pride & Glory''	New Line Cinema	Edward Norton, Colin Farrell, Jon Voight
		''Spring Breakdown''	Warner Bros. Pictures	Rachel Dratch, Amy Poehler, Parker Posey
	'19'
		''Inkheart''	New Line Cinema	Paul Bettany, Brendan Fraser
	'21'
		''21''	Sony (Columbia Pictures)	Kate Bosworth, Kevin Spacey, Laurence Fishburne
		''Drillbit Taylor''	Paramount Pictures	Owen Wilson
		''Superhero Movie''	Weinstein (Dimension Films)
		''They Came from Upstairs''	20th Century Fox
	'28'
		''Wanted''	Universal Pictures	Morgan Freeman, James McAvoy, Angelina Jolie

April - June

''‡ Films that achieved wide-release status after initial release.''

'Month'	'Day'	'Title'	'Studio'	'Notable Cast'
'A P R I L'	'4'	''Wild Child''	Universal Pictures	Emma Roberts
	'11'	''Foodfight!''	Lions Gate Films	Charlie Sheen, Hilary Duff, Eva Longoria, Wayne Brady, Haylie Duff, Greg Ellis, Chris Kattan
		''Prom Night''	Sony (Screen Gems)	Brittany Snow
	'25'	''Repo! the Genetic Opera''	Lionsgate	Tobin Bell, Paris Hilton
	'29'	''Nim’s Island''	20th Century Fox	Jodie Foster, Abigail Breslin, Gerard Butler
'M A Y'	'2'	''Iron Man''	Paramount Pictures	Robert Downey, Jr., Terrance Howard, Jeff Bridges, Gwenyth Paltrow
		''Space Chimps''	20th Century Fox	Andy Samberg, Jeff Daniels, Cheryl Hines
		''Made of Honor''	Sony (Columbia Pictures)	Michelle Monaghan, Patrick Dempsey
	'9'	''The Day the Earth Stood Still''	20th Century Fox	Keanu Reeves
		''Speed Racer''	Warner Bros. Pictures	Emile Hirsch, John Goodman, Susan Sarandon, Christina Ricci, Matthew Fox
	'16'	''	Buena Vista (Walt Disney Pictures)	Georgie Henley, Anna Popplewell, William Moseley, Skandar Keynes
	'22'	''Indiana Jones 4''	Paramount Pictures	Harrison Ford, Shia LaBeouf, Cate Blanchett, Ray Winstone
	'30'	''Forgetting Sarah Marshall''	Universal Pictures	Jason Segel, Kristen Bell, Mila Kunis
		''Starship Dave''	20th Century Fox	Eddie Murphy
'J U N E'	'6'	''Kung Fu Panda''	Paramount (DreamWorks)	Jack Black, Dustin Hoffman, Jackie Chan, Angelina Jolie, Lucy Liu
		''Nights in Rodanthe''	Warner Bros. Pictures	Diane Lane, Daniel Craig
	'13'	''The Happening''	20th Century Fox	Mark Wahlberg
		''The Incredible Hulk''	Universal Pictures	Edward Norton, Liv Tyler, Tim Roth, William Hurt, Tim Blake Nelson
	'20'	''Get Smart''	Warner Bros. Pictures	Steve Carell, Anne Hathaway, Alan Arkin, Ken Davitian, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson
		''The Love Guru''	Paramount Pictures	Mike Myers
	'27'	''WALL-E''	Buena Vista (Walt Disney Pictures)	Ben Burtt

July - September

''‡ Films that achieved wide-release status after initial release.''

'Month'	'Day'	'Title'	'Studio'	'Notable Cast'
'J U L Y'	'1'
		''Animal Chaos''	Universal Studios	Seth Green
	'2'
		''John Hancock''	Sony (Columbia Pictures)	Will Smith
		''	Universal Pictures	Ron Perlman, Selma Blair
		''Tropic Thunder''	Paramount (DreamWorks)	Ben Stiller, Jack Black
	'18'
		''The Dark Knight''	Warner Bros. Pictures	Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Heath Ledger, Gary Oldman, Morgan Freeman, Aaron Eckhart, Maggie Gyllenhaal
		''Mamma Mia!''	Universal Pictures	Meryl Streep, Pierce Brosnan
	'25'
		''Step Brothers''	Sony (Columbia Pictures)	Will Ferrell, John C. Reilly
		''	Universal Pictures	Brendan Fraser, Jet Li, Michelle Yeoh, Maria Bello
	'8'
		''Journey 3-D''	New Line Cinema	Brendan Fraser, Josh Hutcherson
		''South of the Border''	Buena Vista (Walt Disney Pictures)	Drew Barrymore, Andy Garcia, Salma Hayek, George Lopez
		''The Pineapple Express''	Sony (Columbia Pictures)	Seth Rogen, James Franco
		''The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2''	Warner Bros. Pictures	Alexis Bledel, America Ferrera, Blake Lively
'S E P T E M B E R'	'26'	''Death Race''	Universal Pictures	Jason Statham, Joan Allen, Ian McShane, Tyrese Gibson
		''Nowhereland''	Paramount Pictures	Eddie Murphy

October - December

''‡ Films that achieved wide-release status after initial release.''

'Month'	'Day'	'Title'	'Studio'	'Notable Cast'
'O C T O B E R'	'3'
		''Where the Wild Things Are''	Warner Bros. Pictures	Benicio del Toro, Catherine O'Hara, Forest Whitaker
	'10'
		''City of Ember''	20th Century Fox	Bill Murray, Toby Jones
		''The Express''	Universal Pictures	Dennis Quaid, Rob Brown
	'24'
		''Igor''	MGM (Weinstein	John Cusack, Steve Buscemi, Molly Shannon, Pamela Anderson
		''High School Musical 3''	Walt Disney Pictures	Zac Efron, Vanessa Anne Hudgens, Ashley Tisdale, Lucas Grabeel, Corbin Bleu, Monique Coleman
'N O V E M B E R'	'7'
		''Bond 22''	Sony/MGM (Columbia Pictures)	Daniel Craig, Judi Dench, Giancarlo Giannini
		''	Paramount (DreamWorks)	Ben Stiller, Chris Rock, Jada Pinkett-Smith, Raven Symone, David Schwimmer
	'14'
		''The Wolf Man''	Universal Pictures	Benicio del Toro
	'21'
		''Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince''	Warner Bros. Pictures	Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson
	'26'
		''Bolt''	Buena Vista (Walt Disney Pictures)	John Travolta, Thomas Haden Church, Woody Harrelson, Bernie Mac, Mario Cantone
		''The Curious Case of Benjamin Button''	Paramount Pictures	Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, Tilda Swinton, Elle Fanning, Julia Ormond, Jason Flemyng
'D E C E M B E R'	'19'
		''Angels & Demons''	Sony (Columbia Pictures)	Tom Hanks
		''Revolutionary Road''	Paramount (DreamWorks)	Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Michael Shannon
		''The Tale of Despereaux''	Universal Pictures	Dustin Hoffman, William H. Macy, Christopher Lloyd, Kevin Kline
		''Opus: The Last Christmas''	The Weinstein Company
	'25'
		''Star Trek''	Paramount Pictures	Zachary Quinto Leonard Nimoy
		''Bedtime Stories''	Buena Vista Pictures	Adam Sandler
	'26'
		''9''	Focus Features	Elijah Wood, Christopher Plummer, John C. Reilly, Martin Landau, Jennifer Connelly, Crispin Glover

Unscheduled 2008 Releases

★ ''24'' - WR - 20th Century Fox - Keifer Sutherland, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Elisha Cuthbert, Kim Raver

★ ''The A-Team'' - WR - 20th Century Fox

★ ''Alice'' - July - WR - Universal Pictures - Sarah Michelle Gellar

★ ''Americanese'' - LR - IFC First Take - Chris Tashima, Joan Chen, Kelly Hu, Allison Sie

★ ''The Anarchist's Wife'' - Ivana Baquero

★ ''Battle Royale''

★ ''Black Christmas 2'' - October - WR - Dimension Films

★ ''Benighted''

★ ''Brideshead Revisited'' - WR - Miramax Films - Emma Thompson, Michael Gambon

★ ''The Brazilian Job'' - WR - Paramount Pictures - Mark Wahlberg, Charlize Theron, Jason Statham, Seth Green, Mos Def

★ '' - WR - Lions Gate - Rider Strong, Giuseppe Andrews

★ ''Caitlin'' - WR - Miranda Richardson, Michael Sheen, Kevin Zegers, Rosamund Pike, Pierce Brosnan

★ ''The Creature from the Black Lagoon'' - WR - Universal Pictures - Brian Steele

★ ''The Curious Case of Benjamin Button'' - November 26 - WR - Paramount Pictures - Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, Tilda Swinton, Elle Fanning, Julia Ormond, Jason Flemyng

★ ''Devil May Cry'' - WR - New Line Cinema

★ ''The Evil Dead'' (Remake) - WR - Sony Pictures - Sam Raimi - Bruce Cambell (Producers)

★ ''The Few'' - June - WR - Paramount Pictures

★ ''Flashbacks of a Fool'' - Daniel Craig

★ ''The Flash'' - WR

★ ''The Forbidden Kingdom'' - WR - Lionsgate - Jackie Chan, Jet Li

★ ''Freddy vs Jason 2'' - WR - New Line Cinema

★ ''Further Adventures In Babysitting'' - WR - Walt Disney Pictures - Raven-Symoné, Miley Cyrus

★ ''Ghosts of Girlfriends Past'' - WR - New Line Cinema - Matthew McConaughey

★ ''Gnomeo and Juliet'' - WR - Walt Disney Pictures/Miramax Films - Kate Winslet, Greg Ellis

★ ''Goal 3'' - WR - Kuno Becker

★ ''Ghostbusters 3'' - WR - Columbia Pictures

★ ''Gospel According to Janis'' - WR - Zooey Deschanel

★ ''The Grudge 3'' - WR - Sony Pictures

★ ''

★ ''Hannibal the Conqueror'' - WR - Vin Diesel

★ ''Hell Ride - WR - Dimension Films - Michael Madsen, Dennis Hopper

★ ''The Hills Have Eyes 3'' - WR - New Line Cinema

★ ''Hood vs. Evil'' - WR - Weinstein Company - Anne Hathaway, Glenn Close, Patrick Warburton

★ ''Harold & Kumar 2'' - WR - New Line Cinema - John Cho, Kal Penn, Roger Bart

★ ''The Hottie and the Nottie'' - WR - Summit Entertainment - Paris Hilton

★ ''Inglorious Bastards'' - WR - Weinstein Company - Michael Madsen

★ ''Jackboots on Whitehall'' - WR - Swipe Films - Ewan McGregor, Rosamund Pike, Timothy Spall, Richard O'Brien

★ '' - WR - Takako Fuji

★ ''Jurassic Park 4'' - WR - Universal Pictures

★ ''Legacy of Kain'' - WR - Brightlight Pictures

★ ''Make it Happen'' - WR - The Weinstein Company - Mary Elizabeth Winstead

★ ''Marley & Me'' - WR - 20th Century Fox

★ ''Meg'' - WR - New Line Cinema

★ ''Mr. Nobody'' - WR - Pathé - Jared Leto, Sarah Polley

★ ''A Night in Old Mexico'' - WR - Robert Duvall

★ ''Metal Gear Solid'' - WR - Sony Pictures

★ '' - WR - New Line Cinema

★ ''The Phoenix'' - LR - Peter O'Toole

★ ''Ponyo on a Cliff'' - LR - June 21 - Studio Ghibli

★ ''The Power of the Dark Crystal'' - LR - Summit Entertainment

★ ''Scary Movie 5'' - WR - The Weinstein Company - Leslie Nielsen

★ ''Seventeen'' - WR - New Line Cinema - Zac Efron

★ ''Shantaram'' - WR - Warner Brothers - Johnny Depp

★ ''Silence'' - WR - Warner Brothers

★ ''Silent Hill 2'' - WR - TriStar Pictures

★ ''Sin City 2'' - WR - Weinstein Company - Jessica Alba, Rachel Weisz

★ ''The Smurfs'' - WR - Paramount Pictures - John Lithgow, Julia Sweeney

★ ''The Tale of Despereaux'' - December 19 WR - Universal Pictures - Dustin Hoffman, William H. Macy, Christopher Lloyd, Kevin Kline (voices)

★ ''A Tale of Two Sisters'' - WR - DreamWorks Pictures - Elizabeth Banks

★ ''Topper'' - WR - Walt Disney Pictures - Steve Martin

★ ''The Warriors'' - WR - Paramount Pictures

★ ''Watchmen'' - WR - Warner Brothers

★ ''When a Stranger Calls 2'' - WR - Screen Gems

★ ''Winged Creatures'' - WR - Columbia Pictures - Kate Beckinsale, Dakota Fanning, Forest Whitaker, Josh Hutcherson, Jennifer Hudson

★ ''Wolverine'' - WR - 20th Century Fox - Hugh Jackman

★ ''World War Z'' - WR - Paramount Pictures

Sources

★ 2008 release schedule at Box Office Mojo