Tyler Perry stars as James Patterson‘s psychologist turned homicide detective Alex Cross in this adaptation of the series’ twelfth novel which finds Cross matching wits against a hitman (Matthew Fox) known for particularly gruesome murders. Rachel Nichols, Edward Burns, Jean Reno, and Giancarlo Esposito also star. Alex Cross opens in theaters on October 19th.
You know you’ve really got to make an effort to set out and make the worst Dungeons & Dragons movie yet, but Hollywood seems to have found a way. Check out the trailer for Dungeons & Dragons: The Book of Vile Darkness (named after one of the role-playing game‘s many supplemental sourebooks) which stars Meagan Good, Anthony Howell, Eleanor Gecks, Beau Brasseaux, and Jack Derges. Apparently SyFy has owned the rights to the movie for some time but just can’t pull the trigger to show it to audiences. Yeah, it’s so bad SyFy is in no hurry to air it. Wow.
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.
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
