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• Title: Robot and Frank
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Set in the near future, Robot and Frank stars Frank Langella as a grumpy old man whose children (James Marsden, Liv Tyler) purchase a robot servant to look after him. However, the retired jewel thief finds another use for the robot and sets out on a new crime spree. Susan Sarandon, Peter Sarsgaard, and Jeremy Strong also star. The unconventional heist film from writer Christopher D. Ford and director Jake Schreier is set to open in limited release in select cities on August 24th.

• Title: Monsters University
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Disney has released the first teaser for Monsters University, the prequel to Monsters, Inc. set to hit theaters next summer which returns John Goodman and Billy Crystal as monsters-in-training James P. “Sulley” Sullivan and Mike Wazowski. Steve Buscemi, Ken Jeong, John Ratzenberger, Kelsey Grammer, Rob Riggle, Frank Oz, and Dave Foley also lend their voices to the project. Monsters University opens everywhere on June 21, 2013.

Movies.com shares the first look at Angelina Jolie as the title character in Maleficent, the live-action film version of Sleeping Beauty presented from the villain’s point of view due to be released next Spring

Variety is reporting that director Ivan Reitman‘s next project will be a time traveling adventure about a teacher and his students entitled Field Trip

Deadline is reporting that India-based animation house DQ Entertainment Ireland Ltd. has set their sites on a 3D stereoscopic version of Rudyard Kipling’s The Jungle Book

• Title: Pitch Perfect
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Adapted from the book by Mickey Rapkin (who spent a season covering competitive collegiate a cappella) Pitch Perfect looks to cash-in on the Glee phenomenon with a little of the self-referential humor found in films like Bring It On and Fired Up! The film follows an all female a capella group working their way to the championships. Anna Kendrick, Alexis Knapp, Brittany Snow, Elizabeth Banks, Rebel Wilson, Anna Camp, Skylar Astin, Freddie Stroma, and John Michael Higgins star. The film opens in theaters everywhere on October 5th.