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COMING SOON Villella, David Bruckner, Glenn McQuaid, Joe Swanberg, Adam Wingard, Ti West SCREENWRITERS Simon Barrett, Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, David Bruckner, Tyler Gillett, Justin Martinez, Glenn McQuaid, Nicholas Tecosky, Chad Villella, Ti West PRODUCERS Roxanne Benjamin, Gary Binkow, Brad Miska GENRE Horror RATING R for bloody violence, strong sexuality, graphic nudity, pervasive language and some drug use RUNNING TIME 116 min. RELEASE DATE Oct. 5 ltd. GAYBY HE’S HAVING MY BABY San Jose-based indie distributor Wolfe Releasing focuses on small-niche LGBT content, and the majority of its releases are destined for homeviewing platforms. But Gayby was such a huge hit on the festival circuit, the company just had to make a splash with it. Two college friends, Matt and Jenn, fulfill an old promise to have a kid together if the rest of their options haven’t panned out. But Matt’s gay, so doing it the oldfashioned way is out of the question. Ultimately, this story is about choosing—and making—your family, a theme that’s important to everyone. DISTRIBUTOR Wolfe CAST Jenn Harris, Matthew Wilkas, Samantha Black, Louis Cancelmi, Charlie Barnett DIRECTOR/ SCREENWRITER Jonathan Lisecki PRODUC- ERS Amy Hobby, Anne Hubbell GENRE Comedy RATING TBD RUNNING TIME 89 min. RELEASE DATE Oct. 12 ltd. HERE COMES THE BOOM LIKE WARRIOR, BUT FUNNY First, can we all stop and applaud how good Kevin James looks? His exercise efforts should not go unrecognized. And in this comedy by regular partner-in-crime Frank Coraci, they take center stage when he plays a biology teacher trying to become a successful mixed martial artist in order to win enough money that his school can keep its extra curricular programs. This comedy may seem made for kids, but moms will attend in spades. DISTRIBUTOR Sony CAST Kevin James, Salma Hayek, Melissa Peterman, Henry Winkler. Reggie Lee DIRECTOR Frank Coraci SCREENWRITERS Kevin James, Rock Reuben, Allan Loeb PRODUCERS Todd Garner, Kevin James GENRE Comedy RAT- ING TBA RUNNING TIME TBA RELEASE DATE Oct. 12, 2012 NOBODY WALKS BUT EVERYONE STUMBLES Lena Dunham made a such splash with her debut film Tiny Furniture—a story about being an artist adrift after college—that producer Judd Apatow backed a TV show for her HBO’s Girls. But she’s still writing films like this one, an elegantly cast drama about a couple who take in a young filmmaker (Olivia Thirlby) and get derailed by her energy. What’s nuanced about this simple story is that it recognizes that an already tenuous marriage can be shaken by chemistry between even platonic strangers—and that it’s the moments when we’re most in awe that we’re vulnerable and irresponsible. DISTRIBUTOR Magnolia CAST Olivia Thirlby, John Krasinski, Rosemarie DeWitt, Jane Levy, Dylan McDermott, Justin Kirk DI- RECTOR Ry Russo-Young SCREENWRITERS Lena Dunham, Ry Russo-Young GENRE Drama RATING R for sexuality, language and some drug use RUNNING TIME 83 min. RELEASE DATE Oct. 12 ltd. ATLAS SHRUGGED PART II WILL THE AUDIENCE SHRUG ... AGAIN? Self-distributed by its makers, this drama is the second part of 2010’s adaptation of the titular novel by Ayn Rand (a favorite of vice presidential hopeful Paul Ryan), though if it’s anything like the first installment, this objectivist tale of capitalism über alles risks being so poorly produced that it will convince people to not even bother reading the book, much less finishing the film series. Hey, Paul Ryan—can you help? DISTRIBUTOR Atlas Distribution CAST Samantha Mathis, Jason Beghe, John Rubinstein, Diedrich Bader, Esai Morales DIRECTOR John Putch SCREENWRITER Duke Sandefur GENRE Drama/Mystery/Science Fiction RATING TBD RUNNING TIME TBD RELEASE DATE Oct. 12, 2012 46 BOXOFFICE PRO OCTOBER 2012
HOLY MOTORS AN AUTEUR RESTARTS HIS ENGINE Leos Carax made the mini masterpiece The Lovers on the Bridge, and all of French film bowed and gave him nicknames like “L’enfant terrible,” a moniker not given lightly. But then he followed it up with the underwhelming Pola X and was just as quickly cast aside as a lesser talent—a flash in the pan. Holy Motors isn’t his first film after Pola, but it is his first highly praised one. A Cannes Palme d’Or winner with an unlikely but impressive cast that includes pop star Kylie Minogue, this tricky drama about parallel lives is precisely the sort of provocation that’ll get the world chanting “Carax”—or at least get more people pronouncing it right. DISTRIBUTOR Indomina CAST Denis Lavant, Edith Scob, Eva Mendes, Kylie Minogue, Michel Piccoli, Jeanne Disson DIRECTOR/ SCREENWRITER Leos Carax PRODUCERS Maurice Tinchant, Albert Prévost, Martine Marignac GENRE Drama; French- and Chinese-languages, subtitled RATING TBD RUNNING TIME 115 min. RELEASE DATE Oct. 19 NY PARANORMAL ACTIVITY 4 SPOOKED BY SKYPE The premise for this franchise is straightforward ghouls haunted two girls in the ’80s, and they’ve never left. We’ve seen them through security cameras and then VHS. In this latest, the heroines are in social-media-fueled peril— the ghosts are most visible when the Skype cam is on. It’s a logical development for the guys in charge who made their name with the invasive doc Catfish. Do we turn into something scary when the camera’s on us? Maybe, but I’d hardly blame the webcam. DISTRIBUTOR Paramount CAST Katie Featherston, Matt Shively, Brady Allen DIRECTORS Henry Joost, Ariel Schulman SCREENWRITER Zack Estrin PRODUCERS Jason Blum, Oren Peli GENRE Horror RATING TBD RUNNING TIME 95 min. RELEASE DATE Oct. 19, 2012 KILLING THEM SOFTLY BRAD PITT TAKES NO PRISONERS Andrew Dominik, a New Zealand native with a penchant for intelligently stylized violence and stories about complex male bonds, directed Brad Pitt in The Assassination of Jesse James and now drags the movie star to the ’70s to play a mob enforcer who investigates a heist gone wrong. The high pedigree on this title was enormous when it hit Cannes, which only suggests this is one of the early Oscar-bait titles in the Weinsteins’ reliably heavy list of considerables. DISTRIBUTOR The Weinstein Company CAST Brad Pitt, Ray Liotta, James Gandolfini, Richard Jenkins DIRECTOR/ SCREENWRITER Andrew Dominik PRODUC- ERS Dede Gardner, Anthony Katagas, Brad Pitt, Paula Mae Schwartz, Steve Schwartz GENRE Crime/Thriller RATING R for violence, sexual references, pervasive language, and some drug use RUNNING TIME 95 min. RELEASE DATE Oct. 19, 2012 CHASING MAVERICKS KARATE KID IN THE SURF Gerard Butler plays a rogue surfer worshiped by young Jonny Weston—he claims the man saved him from drowning when he was eight. Now a teen, Jonny is even more reliant on turning the guy into a father figure, and like him, he’s determined to surf the occasionally fatal major waves, or Mavericks, coming in when the weather changes. Butler’s beach dweller takes pity and plays Mr. Miyagi to Weston’s Ralph Macchio. This one was in distribution limbo for months, but its final location on the calendar suggests the support of Fox. DISTRIBUTOR Twentieth Century Fox CAST Jonny Weston, Gerard Butler, Abigail Spencer, Elisabeth Shue DIRECTORS Michael Apted, Curtis Hanson SCREENWRIT- ER Kario Salem PRODUCERS Curtis Hanson, Brandon Hooper, Jim Meenaghan GENRE Drama/Sports RATING PG for thematic elements and some perilous action RUN- NING TIME TBD RELEASE DATE Oct. 26, 2012 FUN SIZE HE’S GOT BUTTERFINGERS If you read only “Chelsea Handler” and “Johnny Knoxville” among the credits, you’d think this teen comedy was pure R, but this Paramount/Nickelodeon co-production instead flings a beautiful (if eerily shiny) cast of up-and-comers into a basically G-rated premise, albeit with a few naughty jokes. Wren (Victoria Justice) was just invited to the Halloween party of the year, hosted by the hottest boy in high school. Mom (Chelsea Handler) has her own party to attend so she assigns Wren’s younger brother to play chaperone. 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