Warner Brothers has released it’s 2010 preview kit which includes some photos of their upcoming releases. Highlights includes Kevin Smith‘s A Couple of Dicks (which is for now an “untitled cop movie”), Ben Affleck‘s The Town, and Nanette Burstein‘s Going the Distance. Check out the list below with photos (click for hi-res) and synopsis when provided.
THE BOOK OF ELI (Action Adventure) January 15
Directed by: Hughes Brothers
Starring: Mila Kunis, Denzel Washington, Gary Oldman
Synopsis: A post-apocalyptic tale, in which a lone man fights his way across America in order to protect a sacred book that holds the secrets to saving humankind.
EDGE OF DARKNESS (Suspense Thriller) January 29
Directed by: Martin Campbell
Starring: Mel Gibson, Danny Huston, Ray Winstone
Synopsis: As homicide detective Thomas Craven investigates the death of his activist daughter, he uncovers not only her secret life, but a corporate cover-up and government collusion that attracts an agent tasked with cleaning up the evidence.
VALENTINE’S DAY (Romantic Comedy) February 12
Directed by: Garry Marshall
Starring: Taylor Lautner , Taylor Swift, Bradley Cooper, Jessica Biel, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Alba, Ashton Kutcher, Emma Roberts, Julia Roberts, Jennifer Garner, Topher Grace, Patrick Dempsey, Jamie Foxx
Synopsis: Intertwining couples and singles in Los Angeles break-up and make-up based on the pressures and expectations of Valentine’s Day.
UNTITLED COP MOVIE (Crime Comedy) February 26
Directed by: Kevin Smith
Starring: Bruce Willis, Michelle Trachtenberg, Jason Lee, Seann William Scott, Adam Brody, Tracy Morgan, Kevin Pollak
Synopsis: A comedy about two cops whose adventures include locating a stolen baseball card, rescuing a woman, and dealing with gangsters and their laundered money.
HUBBLE 3D (Documentary Adventure) March 19 IMAX
Directed by: Toni Myers
CLASH OF THE TITANS (Action Fantasy) March 26
Directed by: Louis Leterrier
Starring: Sam Worthington, Liam Neeson, Ralph Fiennes, Gemma Arterton, Alexa Davalos, Mads Mikkelsen, Danny Huston
Synopsis: The mortal son of the god Zeus embarks on a perilous journey to stop the underworld and its minions from spreading their evil to Earth as well as the heavens.
THE LOSERS (Action Thriller) April 9
Directed by: Sylvain White
Starring: Zoe Saldana, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Chris Evans, Idris Elba, Jason Patric ,Columbus Short
Synopsis: After being betrayed and left for dead, members of a CIA black ops team root out those who targeted them for assassination.
A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET (Horror) April 30
Directed by: Samuel Bayer
Starring: Jackie Earle Haley
Synopsis: A re-imagining of the horror icon Freddy Krueger, a serial-killer who wields a glove with four blades embedded in the fingers and kills people in their dreams, resulting in their real death in reality.
SEX AND THE CITY 2 (Romantic Comedy) May 28
Directed by: Michael Patrick King
Starring: Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Kristin Davis, Cynthia Nixon
JONAH HEX (Action Thriller) June 18
Directed by: Jimmy Hayward
Starring: Megan Fox, Josh Brolin, Michael Fassbender, Will Arnett, John Malkovich, Michael Shannon
Synopsis: In the Wild West, a scarred bounty hunter tracks a voodoo practitioner bent on liberating the South by raising an army of the undead.
INCEPTION (Sci-Fi Action) July 16 IMAX
Directed by: Christopher Nolan
Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Ken Watanabe, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Marion Cotillard, Ellen Page, Tom Hardy, Cillian Murphy, Tom Berenger, Michael Caine, Lukas Haas
Synopsis: A CEO-type becomes involved in a blackmailing scandal.
CATS & DOGS: REVENGE OF KITTY GALORE (Comedy) July 30
Directed by: Brad Peyton
Starring: Chris O’Donnell, Jack McBrayer
Synopsis:
THE LOTTERY TICKET (Comedy) August
Directed by: Erik White
Starring: Naturi Naughton, Ice Cube , Brandon T. Jackson, Mike Epps, Bow Wow
Synopsis: The story of a young man living in the projects who has to survive a three-day weekend after his opportunistic neighbors find out he’s holding a winning lottery ticket worth $350 million.
THE TOWN (Crime Drama) September 10
Directed by: Ben Affleck
Starring: Blake Lively, Ben Affleck, Jeremy Renner, Jon Hamm, Chris Cooper, Rebecca Hall
Synopsis: As he plans his next job, a longtime thief tries to balance his feelings for a bank manager connected to one of his earlier heists, as well as the FBI agent looking to bring him and his crew down.
FLIPPED (Coming-of-Age Romantic Comedy) Fall
Directed by: Rob Reiner
Starring: Morgan Lily, Rebecca De Morna, Madeline Carroll
Synopsis: Two eighth graders start to have feelings for each other despite being total opposites. Based on the novel “Flipped” by Wendelin Van Draanen.
GUARDIANS OF GA’HOOLE (Fantasy Adventure) September 24 IMAX
Directed by: Zach Snyder
Starring: Soren, a young barn owl, is kidnapped by owls of St. Aggie’s, ostensibly an orphanage, where owlets are brainwashed into becoming soldiers. He and his new friends escape to the island of Ga’Hoole, to assist its noble, wise owls who fight the army being created by the wicked rulers of St. Aggie’s. The film is based on the first three books in the series.
Synopsis: Emilie de Ravin, Ryan Kwanten, Hugo Weaving, David Wenham, Jim Sturgess, Helen Mirren, Sam Neill, Geoffrey Rush, Abbie Cornish
GOING THE DISTANCE (Romantic Comedy) October 8
Directed by: Nanette Burstein
Starring: Justin Long, Christina Applegate, Drew Barrymore. Ron Livingston, Charlie Day
Synopsis: A look at the trials and tribulations of a long-distance relationship.
PRISONERS (Suspense Thriller) Fall
Directed: Bryan Singer (rumored)
Starring: Christian Bale, Mark Wahlberg (both rumored)
DUE DATE (Comedy) November 5
Directed by: Todd Phillips
Starring: Robert Downey Jr., Zach Galifianakis, Michelle Monaghan, Juliette Lewis, Jamie Foxx
Synopsis: A high-strung father-to-be is forced to hitch a ride with a college slacker on a road trip in order to make it to his child’s birth on time.
HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS – PART 1 (Fantasy Adventure) November 19 IMAX
Directed by: David Yates
Starring: Jamie Campbell Bower, Ralph Fiennes, Emma Watson, Daniel Radcliffe, Helena Bonham Carter, Alan Rickman, Bill Nighy
Synopsis: Voldemort’s power is growing stronger. He now has control over the Ministry of Magic and Hogwarts. Harry, Ron, and Hermione decide to finish Dumbledore’s work and find the rest of the Horcruxes to defeat the Dark Lord. But little hope remains for them, so everything they do must go as planned.
HEREAFTER (Drama) Holiday
Directed by: Clint Eastwood
Starring: Matt Damon
Synopsis: Not many plot details yet, but it’s a supernatural thriller in the vein of Sixth Sense.
YOGI BEAR (Live-Action/CG Animated Adventure in 3D) December 17
Directed by: Eric Brevig
Starring: Anna Faris, Dan Aykroyd, Justin Timberlake
Synopsis: A documentary filmmaker (Faris) travels to Jellystone Park to shoot a project and soon crosses paths with Yogi Bear, his sidekick Boo-Boo, and Ranger Smith.
LIFE AS WE KNOW IT (Romantic Comedy) December 22
Directed by: Greg Berlanti
Starring: Katherine Heigl, Josh Duhamel, Christina Hendricks, Josh Lucas
Synopsis: Two single adults become caregivers to an orphaned girl when their mutual best friends die in an accident.
I personally can’t wait for The Town, after Gone Baby Gone. I’m also looking forward to Inception, Prisoners, Book of Eli, Clash of the Titans, Jonah Hex, and Edge of Darkness. What about you?