The 2010 Warner Bros. Preview Brings ‘Sex,’ ‘Titans,’ ‘Potter’ and Much More

FLIPPED
Fall
Starring: Madeline Carroll, Aidan Quinn, Penelope Ann Miller, John Mahoney, Anthony Edwards, Rebecca De Mornay, Kevin Weisman

Director: Rob Reiner

Adaptation of Wendelin Van Draanen’s young-adult novel, “Flipped.” The book, published in 2001 by Knopf, revolves around the confusing romantic developments of antagonistic boy and girl neighbors who eventually share a kiss when they reach their teens. The story takes place from 1957-63 as the kids grow up from ages 7 to 13.

GUARDIANS OF GA’HOOLE
September 24
Voiced By: Hugh Jackman, Hugo Weaving, Ryan Kwanten, Jim Sturgess, Geoffrey Rush, Rachael Taylor, David Wenham, Sam Neill

Director: Zack Snyder

An animated feature film based on the series of children’s books by Kathryn Lasky. The film is set in the Forest of Tyto, where Barn Owls live in peace until their kingdom is threatened by an evil that could destroy their home.

GOING THE DISTANCE
October 8
Starring: Drew Barrymore, Justin Long, Jason Sudeikis, Christina Applegate, Ron Livingston, Jim Gaffigan

Director: Nanette Burstein

An observational comedy about a young couple (Barrymore and Long) navigating their way through the perils of a long distance relationship who quickly discover that “going the distance” might cost them everything they have, including one another.

PRISONERS
Fall
Director: Antoine Fuqua

After his 6-year-old daughter and her friend are kidnapped, a small-town carpenter butts heads with a young, brash detective in charge of the investigation. The father is a Bible-reading, deer-hunting survivalist. The cop, meanwhile, can’t wait to get to the city. Feeling failed by the law, the father captures the man he believes responsible and begins to torture him in a desperate attempt to find out what he did with the girls, whom he’s convinced are still alive.

DUE DATE
November 5
Starring: Zach Galifianakis, Robert Downey Jr., Michelle Monaghan, Jamie Foxx, RZA

Director: Todd Phillips

An expectant dad and his unlikely travel companion (Galifianakis) race cross-country in hopes of making it home for the birth of his first child.

HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS – PART 1
November 19
Starring: Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, Ralph Fiennes, Bill Nighy

Director: David Yates

Part one of the final chapter in the Harry Potter saga.

HEREAFTER
Holiday
Starring: Matt Damon, Cécile De France

Director: Clint Eastwood

An original supernatural thriller in the vein of The Sixth Sense written by Peter Morgan (Frost/Nixon).

YOGI BEAR
December 17
Starring: Dan Aykroyd, Anna Faris, Justin Timberlake, Tom Cavanagh

Director: Eric Brevig

Tom Cavanagh is the male lead and romantic interest of a documentary filmmaker (Anna Faris) who comes to Jellystone Park to shoot a film. Dan Aykroyd’s voicing the title character and Justin Timberlake his sidekick Boo-Boo in the feature version based on the Hanna-Barbera cartoon series.

LIFE AS WE KNOW IT
December 22
Starring: Katherine Heigl, Josh Duhamel, Josh Lucas, Christina Hendricks

Director: Greg Berlanti

Follows two unattached adults whose worlds are turned upside down when their mutual best friends die in an accident and name them as caregivers of their orphaned daughter.

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