Winter On The Horizon

9th May 2009

I don’t know about you lot, but I’ve always been more of a winter person, much prefer to be playing in the snow and being curled up in front of a fire. Walking around in a never ending sweat and everywhere you go hearing the constant noise of flip flops doesn’t appeal to me. The only thing that saves the summer time is the blockbusters, the endless stream of big budget bonanzas is great. But let’s not forget, summer is followed by winter. And I want to take a sneak peak at some of the snow sprinkled treats that await us.

To kick things off there’s The Fantastic Mr Fox, a production that has been delayed so much that I’m surprised its all actually going ahead. The devilishly troublesome Fox is to be voiced by none of than the devilishly handsome G to the C, George Clooney and his foxy lady will have the familiar pipes of the insanely talented Meryl Streep. Expected Oct 23rd.

Roland Emmerich really has it in for us earthlings doesn’t he? Independence Day he throws aliens at us, we survive. He tries Godzilla, we survive. He even goes as far to flood and freeze the planet in The Day After Tomorrow but Dennis Quid stepped in (cheers Den). Now Roland’s having another stab at it by playing the apocalypse card, very sneaky indeed. His new film 2012 see’s planet Earth falling into a dung heap and having Mayan predictions for the end of the world coming true. Set for cinema screens Nov 13th. But if we do all die in 2012, he wont make any money from the DVD sales will he? Didn’t think that through Roland. Tut tut.

Following up on last years surprise success we have The Twilight Saga: New Moon. Being helmed by the director of The Golden Compass, Chris Weitz and not Cathrine Hardwicke who led Twilight. New Moon continues the love story between Bella and her vampire boyfriend Edward played by Kristin Stewart and Robert Pattinson respectively. But this time there’s trouble in paradise and Bella’s best friend Jacob has a big secret up his furry sleeve. “Twifans” all over the globe are counting down the days until Nov 27th for their chance to see the next installment in what should be one of the biggest films of the winter.

Next we have Mr I make a film a year, James Cameron (get it?) Its a tough life for Cameron, make the biggest, most successful film of all time, win a bunch of Oscars and then pass the time with a few documentaries about being under the sea, darling its betta down where its wetta, sorry about that had a touch of Disney tourettes. Where was I? Oh yes. Well JC himself is back where he belongs and is bringing us what promises to be like nothing we’ve ever seen before, so he says. The 3D fun fest kicks off Dec 18th.

To round things up we have Guy Ritchie’s take on a classic, Sherlock Holmes stars Robert Downey Jr. as the off beat detective along with Jude Law as Watson, but not as you’d expect. Rachel McAdams and Ritchies new best friend Mark Strong polish off the supporting cast. Not much is known about this film yet, all that’s been let on is that its got more action than previous exploits by the pipe smoker. A teaser poster has been snapped and all I can say is that I’m looking forward to seeing what Guy Ritchie comes up with, as I was a big fan of RocknRolla. Sherlock Holmes is out Dec 26th, gives you a few hours to let your Christmas turkey go down.

I know,I haven’t included some other big films, but there’s plenty of time for them to be covered.

Until next time my evil minions.

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