The Hollywood Horizon: Dose's Guide To The Most Anticipated Movies of the Not-So-Distant Future
The Dark Knight Rises (2012) Written and directed by Christopher Nolan. Starring Christian Bale, Anne Hathaway, Tom Hardy, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Liam Neeson, Gary Oldman, Morgan Freeman, and Michael Caine. The terrorist leader Bane arrives in Gotham City, and pushes its hero Batman to breaking point and beyond. (Trailer)
Skyfall (2012) Starring Daniel Craig, Ralph Fiennes, and Javier Bardem. James Bond's loyalty to M is tested as her past comes back to haunt her. As MI6 comes under attack, 007 must track down and destroy the threat, no matter how personal the cost. (Trailer)
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012) Directed by Peter Jackson. Written by Peter Jackson, Philippa Boyens, and Guillermo del Toro (Pan's Labrynth). Bilbo Baggins, a Hobbit, journeys to the Lonely Mountain accompanied by a group of dwarves to reclaim a treasure taken from them by the dragon Smaug. (Trailer)
Lincoln (2012) Directed by Steven Spielberg. Starring Daniel Day-Lewis, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and Tommy Lee Jones. Based on the book by Doris Kearns Goodwin. The sixteenth President of the United States guides the North to victory during the Civil War.
The Hobbit: There and Back Again (2013) Thorin and Company have reached Lake-town and it is time for the hobbit Bilbo Baggins to fulfill his contract with the dwarves. The party must complete the journey to Lonely Mountain and burglar Baggins must seek out the Secret Door that will give them access to the hoard of the dragon Smaug. If Bilbo and the others are able to gain the treasure, will they be able to keep it? And will they discover what has become of the wizard Gandalf?
Total Recall (2012) Starring Colin Farrell, Bryan Cranston, Kate Beckinsale, and Ethan Hawke. As the nation stations Euromerica and New Shanghai vie for supremacy, a factory worker begins to suspect that he's a spy, though he is unaware which side of the fight he is on.
Man of Steel (2013) Starring Henry Cavill, Amy Adams, Kevin Costner, and Diane Lane with writing contributions by Christopher Nolan. (Trailer)
Human Nature (???) Directed by Darren Aronofsky. Starring George Clooney. A man who is cryogenically frozen for years awakens to a world where humans are no longer the dominant species.
Django Unchained (2012) Written and directed by Quentin Tarantino. Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Jamie Foxx, Samuel L. Jackson, and Christoph Waltz. A slave-turned-bounty hunter sets out to rescue his wife from the brutal Calvin Candie, a Mississippi plantation owner. (Trailer)
The Dictator (2012) Directed by Larry Charles, written by Sacha Baron Cohen and starring Sacha Baron Cohen, Megan Fox, Ben Kingsley, JB Smoove, John C. Reily, and Anna Faris. The heroic story of a dictator who risked his life to ensure that democracy would never come to the country he so lovingly oppressed. (Trailer)
Anchorman 2 (2013) Directed by Adam McKay and starring Will Ferrell, Steve Carrell, and Paul Rudd. The continuing adventures of San Diego news anchor Ron Burgundy (The Announcement)
The Master (2012) Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson. Starring Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Joaquin Phoenix, and Amy Adams. A 1950's-set drama centered on the relationship between a charismatic intellectual known as "the Master" whose faith-based organization begins to catch on in America, and a young drifter who becomes his right-hand man.
Hitchcock (2013) Starring Anthony Hopkins as Alfred Hitchcock.
Kill Bill Volume 3 (???) Directed by Quentin Tarantino. Starring Uma Thurman.
The Comedian (2012) Directed by Sean Penn. Starring Robert De Niro and Kristen Wiig. A look at the life of an aging insult comic.
Sinatra (2013) Directed by Martin Scorsese. The life story of legendary singer and actor Franck Sinatra.
Pablo Escobar (2012) Directed by Antoine Fuqua (Training Day) and written by David McKenna (American History X).
Sin City: A Dame to Kill For (2013) Written and directed by Frank Miller and starring Mickey Rourke, and Rosario Dawson. In the dark bowels of Sin City, Dwight plans to have his vengeance against the woman who betrayed him, Ava Lord, while Nancy is trying to cope with Hartigan's death.
The Wolf of Wall Street (2013) Starring Leonardo Dicaprio. Based on the autobiography of Jordan Belfort. A New York stockbroker refuses to cooperate in a large securities fraud case involving corruption on Wall Street, corporate banking world and mob infiltration.
The Dark Tower (???) Directed by Ron Howard, written by Stephen King and starring Javier Bardem. Gunslinger Roland Deschain roams an Old West-like landscape in search of a dark tower, in the hopes that reaching it will preserve his dying world
Last Vegas (2012) Starring Robert De Niro, Christopher Walken, and Michael Douglas. Four best friends in their late-60's decide to escape retirement and throw a Las Vegas bachelor party for the only one of them who has remained single.
American Bullshit (???) Directed by David O. Russell and starring Christian Bale and Bradley Cooper. An FBI sting operation in the 1970s called Abscam leads to the conviction of United States Congressmen.
Lombardi (???) Starring Robert De Niro and written by Eric Roth (Forrest Gump). The story of Green Bay Packers coach Vinco Lombardi and how he led his team to victory during the 1967 NFL Championship.
Moonrise Kingdom (2012) Written and directed by Wes Anderson. Starring Bruce Willis, Bill Murray, Edward Norton, Harvey Keitel, Frances McDormand, and Jason Schwartzman. A pair of lovers flee their New England town, which causes a local search party to fan out and find them. (Trailer)
Gotti: In the Shadow of My Father (2012) Directed by Barry Levinson. Starring Al Pacino and John Travolta. The story of crime boss John Gotti and his son.
Savages (2012) Directed by Oliver Stone. Starring John Travolta, Taylor Kitsch and Uma Thurman. Pot growers Ben and Chon face off against the Mexican drug cartel who kidnapped their shared girlfriend.
Leningrad (2012) Written by Sergio Leone and starring Al Pacino. The historical epic depicts the siege of Leningrad by the German army during World War II. The Russians suffered terrible losses but the the Communists would not give up the birthplace of the Russian revolution.
The Wizard of Lies (2012 on HBO) Starring Robert De Nero as Bernie Madoff.
Untitled Whitey Bulger Project (2014) Directed by Ben Affleck and starring Matt Damon, Ben Affleck and Casey Affleck. The story of notorious Boston mobster Whitey Bulger
The Trade (2012) Written by Ben and Casey Affleck. A chronicle of the 1970s scandal caused by New York Yankees Fritz Petterson and Mike Kekich, who admitted to swapping wives with one another.
Twelve Years A Slave (2013) Starring Brad Pitt, Michael Fassbender, and Chiwetel Ejiofor. A man living in New York during the mid-1800s is kidnapped and sold into slavery in the deep south.
The Lone Ranger (2013) Directed by Gore Verbinski and starring Johnny Depp and Armie Hammer.
Noah (2014) Directed by Darren Aronofsky and starring Russell Crowe. The epic, biblical tale of Noah and the ark.
Hemingway and Fuentes (2012) Starring Anthony Hopkins, Annette Benning, and Andy Garcia. Directed and written by Andy Garcia. Ernest Hemingway befriends boat captain, Gregorio Fuentes, who inspires him to pen the famous tale "The Old Man and the Sea."
The Campaign (2012) Starring Will Ferrell, Zach Galifianakis, and Jason Sudeikas. Two rival North Carolina politicians with presidential aspirations tangle with one another.
Interstellar (2014) Directed by Steven Spielberg and written by Jonathan Nolan. An exploration of physicist Kip Thorne's theories of gravity fields, wormholes and several hypotheses that Albert Einstein was never able to prove.
The Gangster Squad (2012) Starring Sean Penn, Josh Brolin, Ryan Gosling, and Emma Stone. A chronicle of the LAPD's fight to keep East Coast Mafia types out of Los Angeles in the 1940s and 50s
Silence (2013) Directed by Martin Scorsese and starring Daniel Day-Lewis and Benicio Del Toro. In the 17th century, two Jesuit priests face violence and persecution when they travel to Japan to locate their mentor and to spread the gospel of Christianity.
Rush (2013) Directed by Ron Howard and written by Peter Morgan (The Last King of Scotland). Starring Chris Hemsworth, Russell Crowe and Olivia Wilde. A biography of Formula 1 champion driver Niki Lauda and the 1976 crash that almost claimed his life. Mere weeks after the accident, he got behind the wheel to challenge his rival, James Hunt.
Gambit (2013) Written by the Coen brothers and starring Stanley Tucci, Colin Firth and Cameron Diaz. An art curator decides to seek revenge on his abusive boss by conning him into buying a fake Monet, but his plan requires the help of an eccentric and unpredictable Texas rodeo queen.
Lovelace (2012) Starring Amanda Seyfried, Wes Bentley, James Franco and Sharon Stone. The story of Linda Lovelace, who is used and abused by the porn industry at the behest of her coercive husband before taking control of her life.
The Mission (2013) Directed by David O. Russell and starring Brad Pitt (rumored). An action thriller about the 2008 rescue of 15 hostages from a guerrilla group in the Colombian jungle.
The Great Gatsby (2012) Starry Leonardo Dicaprio and Tobey Maguire. An adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's Long Island-set novel, where Midwesterner Nick Carraway is lured into the lavish world of his neighbor, Jay Gatsby. Soon enough, however, Carraway will see through the cracks of Gatsby's nouveau riche existence, where obsession, madness, and tragedy await.
The Humbling (2012) Directed by Barry Levinson, written by Buck Henry (The Graduate), and starring Al Pacino. A story set on a farm in upstate New York and centered on the sexual (and otherwise) relationship between aged, suicidal actor and a younger woman.
The Odyssey (???) Directed by George Miller. Odysseus and his 10-year journey home after the Trojan War, during which he is confronted by natural and supernatural threats including shipwrecks, battles, monsters, and the sea god Poseidon. Tale is told through Odysseus' son Telemachus.
On the Road (2012) Based on the novel by Jack Kerouac. Directed by Walter Salles (The Motorcycle Diaries) Starring Sam Riley, Garrett Hedlund, Kristen Stewart, Viggo Mortensen, and Steve Buscemi. Dean and Sal are the portrait of the Beat Generation living in the here and now during the Fifties. Their search for "It" results in a fast paced, energetic roller coaster ride with highs and lows throughout the U.S. (Trailer)
Inside Llewyn Davis (2013) Written and directed by the Coen brothers. Starring Carey Mulligan, John Goodman and Justin Timberlake. A singer-songwriter navigates New York's folk music scene in the 1960's.
Brave New World (???) Directed by Ridley Scott. Starring Leonardo DiCaprio (rumored)
The Bourne Legacy (2012) Directed by Tony Gilroy and starring Jeremy Renner and Edward Norton. (Trailer)
World War Z (2012) Starring Brad Pitt and Brian Cranston. A UN representative, writing a report on the great zombie war, interviews survivors in the wake of World War Z. (Trailer)
Flight (2012) Directed by Robert Zemekis. Starring Denzel Washington, Don Cheadle, Melissa Leo and John Goodman. An airline pilot saves a flight from crashing, but an investigation into the malfunctions reveals something troubling.
Broken City (2013) Directed by Allan Hughes and starring Russell Crowe, Mark Wahlberg, and Catherine Zeta-Jones. A neo-noir about a New York City private eye who gets pulled into a shady mayoral election.
The Irishman (??) Directed by Martin Scorsese. Starring Robert Deniro, Al Pacino, and Joe Pesci. A mob hit man recalls his possible involvement with the slaying of Jimmy Hoffa.
Liberace (2013 on HBO) Starring Matt Damon and Michael Douglas. The life of celebrated pianist Liberace.
Yellow Submarine (2014) Directed by Robert Zemeckis. A 3-D adaptation of the classic Beatles animated feature.
Hamdam v. Rumsfeld (???) Produced by George Clooney and written by Aaron Sorkin. A thriller set against the backdrop of the war on terror, The Challenge tells the inside story of a historic Supreme Court showdown. At its center are a Navy JAG and a young constitutional law professor who, in the aftermath of 9/11, find themselves defending their nation in the unlikeliest of ways: by suing the president of the United States on behalf of an accused terrorist in order to prevent the American government from breaking the law and violating the Constitution.
One Shot (2012) Directed and co-written by Christopher McQuarrie (Usual Suspects) Starring Tom Cruise, Robert Duvall, and Rosamund Pike. A homicide investigator digs deeper into a case involving a trained military sniper who shot five random victims. Based on a book in Lee Child's crime series.
The Counselor (2013) Directed by Ridley Scott and written by Cormac McCarthy (No Country For Old Men) Starring Brad Pitt, Michael Fassbender, and Javier Bardem. A lawyer finds himself in over his head when he gets involved in drug trafficking.
Dumb and Dumber 2 (2014) Directed by the Farrelly brothers and starring Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels.
Citizen Hughes: The Power, the Money and the Madness (2014) Written by Christopher Nolan. A look at the life of billionaire aviator, Howard Hughes, based on his own handwritten memoir.
Zoolander 2 (2014) Starring Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson, and Jonah Hill
Trouble with the Curve (2012) Starring Clint Eastwood, Amy Adams, Justin Timberlake, and John Goodman. An ailing baseball scout in his twilight years takes his daughter along for one last recruiting trip.
Untitled Sherlock Holmes Project (???) Starring Will Ferrell and Sacha Baron Cohen and produced by Judd Apatow. A humorous take on Arthur Conan Doyle's classic mysteries featuring Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson
The Man with the Iron Fists (2012) Directed by RZA. Written by RZA and Eli Roth. Starring Russell Crowe, Jamie Chung and Lucy Lui. In feudal China, a blacksmith who makes weapons for a small village is put in the position where he has to depend himself and his fellow villagers.
The Revenant (2013) Directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu and starring Sean Penn and Leonardo DiCaprio. Centering on 1820's story of a frontiersman, Hugh Glass, on a path of vengeance against those who left him for dead after a bear mauling.
Top Gun 2 (???) Directed by Tony Scott and starring Tom Cruise.
The General (???) Directed by Darren Aronofsky. A gritty look at the story of George Washington.
Arrested Development (???) Starring Jason Bateman, Will Arnett, Portia de Rossi, David Cross, Michael Cera, and Jeffery Tambor. Presented by Ron Howard (executive producer). A big screen adaptation of the critically-acclaimed television series centering on the adventures of the dysfunctional Bluth family.
Prometheus (2012) Directed by Ridley Scott and starring Michael Fassbender, Charlize Theron and Guy Pierce. A team of scientists journey through the universe on the spaceship "Prometheus" on a voyage to investigate Alien life forms. The team of scientists becomes stranded on an Alien world, and as they struggle to survive it becomes clear that the horrors they experience are not just a threat to themselves, but to all of mankind. (Trailer)
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