THE YEAR AHEAD 48 FILMS TO LOOK FORWARD TO IN 2014 Angelina Jolie as the Mistress of All Evil, Maleficent, opening May 30, 2014 44 BoxOffice ® <strong>Pro</strong> The Business of Movies DECEMBER <strong>2013</strong>
Matt Damon and George Clooney in The Monuments Men, opening Feb. 7, 2014 January PARANORMAL ACTIVITY: THE MARKED ONES n Black magic, missing tapes and strange forces all have a role in this continuation of the found-footage franchise. To date, the Paranormal Activity films have grossed more than $700 million worldwide. DISTRIBUTOR Paramount CAST Andrew Jacobs, Richard Cabral DI- RECTOR Christopher B. Landon RELEASE DATE January 3 JACK RYAN: SHADOW RECRUIT n Following in the stealthy footsteps of Alec Baldwin, Harrison Ford, and Ben Affleck, Star Trek’s captain Chris Pine jumps into the role of Tom Clancy’s CIA analyst Jack Ryan. DISTRIBUTOR Paramount CAST Chris Pine, Kevin Costner, Kenneth Branagh DIRECTOR Kenneth Branagh RELEASE DATE January 17 LONE SURVIVOR n Hoping to bounce back from the bomb that was Battleship, director Peter Berg brings his own script to the screen based on the real-life exploits of Seal Team 10 and a failed mission in Afghanistan. DISTRIBUTOR Universal CAST Mark Wahlberg, Taylor Kitsch, Eric Bana DIRECTOR Peter Berg RELEASE DATE January 10 LABOR DAY n Set in 1987, this thriller (based on the Joyce Maynard novel) has Kate Winslet playing a single mom who offers to help an injured man (Josh Brolin) who turns out to be an escaped convict. DISTRIBUTOR Paramount CAST Kate Winslet, Josh Brolin, Gattlin Griffith DIRECTOR Jason Reitman RELEASE DATE January 31 (wide) February THE MONUMENTS MEN n Delayed from a late <strong>2013</strong> release date, George Clooney’s latest is based on the true exploits of a team of experts tasked with the identification and protection of valuable artifacts during World War II. DISTRIBUTOR Sony CAST George Clooney, Matt Damon, Bill Murray DIRECTOR George Clooney RELEASE DATE February 7 WINTER’S TALE n A supernatural tale set both in the past and present day, Winter’s Tale follows a thief (Colin Farrell) who is saved from a gang led by Russell Crowe by a mysterious Andalusian stallion. DISTRIBUTOR Warner Bros. CAST Colin Farrell, Russell Crowe, Jessica Brown Findlay DIRECTOR Akiva Goldsman RELEASE DATE February 14 ROBOCOP n A remake of the classic Paul Verhoeven sci-fi actioner, this new iteration of the RoboCop franchise stars Swedish actor Joel Kinnaman in the icon role of half-man/half-robot/all-cop Alex Murphy. DISTRIBUTOR Sony CAST Joel Kinnaman, Gary Oldman, Michael Keaton DIRECTOR José Padilha RELEASE DATE Febriary 14 NON-STOP n Liam Neeson stars as an air marshall on a transatlantic flight who is believed to be a hijacker when mysterious text messages implicate him in a extortion plot in which passengers are killed every 20 minutes. DISTRIBUTOR Universal CAST Liam Neeson, Julianne Moore, Michelle Dockery DIRECTOR Jaume Collet-Serra RELEASE DATE February 28 DECEMBER <strong>2013</strong> BoxOffice ® <strong>Pro</strong> The Business of Movies 45