Archive for Comedy

Director: Bart Freundlich
Writer: Bart Freundlich
Cast: Catherine Zeta-Jones, Justin Bartha, Megan Byrne, Eliza Callahan, Andrew Cherry, Jake Cherry

Plot: In New York City, a single mom captivates her new neighbor, a much younger man.

Genre: Comedy | Romance

Release Date: TBA 2009

Director: David Lee Miller
Writers: Eric J. Adams, David Lee Miller, Gabriel Sunday
Cast: Gabriel Sunday, Brooke Nevin, David Carradine, Joe Mantegna, Mariel Hemingway, Nora Dunn

Plot: A teen coming-of-age romantic dramedy about a media-obsessed geek and the most beautiful and twisted girl in school.

Genre: Comedy | Drama

Release Date: TBA

Director: Kyle Rankin
Writer: Kyle Rankin
Cast: Chris Marquette, Ray Wise, Brooke Nevin, Linda Park, Jim Cody Williams

Plot: A slacker awakes to find himself weak and wrapped in a webbing; after realizing that the world has been taken over by giant alien insects, he wakes a ragtag group of strangers and together they fight for survival.

Genre: Action | Comedy | Horror

Release Date: 2009

Director: Stephan Elliott
Writers: Sheridan Jobbins, Stephan Elliott
Cast: Jessica Biel, Ben Barnes, Kristin Scott Thomas, Colin Firth, Kimberley Nixon, Katherine Parkinson, Kris Marshall, Christian Brassington, Charlotte Riley, Jim McManus, Pip Torrens

Plot: An American divorcée meets her new in-laws after tying the knot with a young Englishman on the spur of the moment in France. Based on the play by Noel Coward.

Genre: Comedy | Romance

Release Date: May 22, 2009

Directors: Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant
Writers: Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant
Cast: Ralph Fiennes, Ricky Gervais, Felicity Jones, Christian Cooke, Tom Hughes, Jack Doolan, Matthew Goode

Plot: A 1970s-set comedy centered on three upstart professional men working at an insurance company.

Genre: Comedy

Release Date: TBA 2010

Director: Russell Brown
Writer: Russell Brown
Cast: Austin Peck, Bryce Johnson, Tom Gilroy, Karen Black

Plot: Two writers must face a dilemma that is common to anyone who has ever had an artistic friend: What happens when you have to give feedback, and the news isn’t good? Sam, an aspiring screenwriter, and David, a successful magazine editor, have been pals for years. When David doesn’t appreciate Sam’s latest attempt, it opens a fissure in their friendship, one that spreads through the rest of their lives. Ultimately, both men must reevaluate their motivations to write, their need for praise and validation, and what it means to see yourself as you actually are.

Genre: Comedy

Release Date: September 2009

Director: Brian Hecker
Writer: Brian Hecker
Cast: William H. Macy, Cheryl Hines, Steven Kaplan, Alia Shawkat, Chad Jamian Williams

Plot: While Danny’s father and mother independently search for love, Danny is on his own desperate quest to find a prom date. Danny’s search becomes progressively more pathetic once he and his family learn that Bart, the school’s biggest dweeb, not only secured a date for the prom, but got a hotel room as well.

Genre: Comedy

Release Date: 2009

Director: Phil Traill
Writer: Kim Barker
Cast: Sandra Bullock, Thomas Haden Church, Bradley Cooper, Ken Jeong, DJ Qualls, Katy Mixon, Howard Hesseman

Plot: Convinced that a CNN cameraman is her true love, an eccentric crossword puzzler (Bullock) trails him as he travels all over the country, hoping to convince him that they belong together.

Genre: Comedy

Release Date: Fall 2009

Director: Lee Unkrich
Writer: Michael Arndt
Cast: Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Joan Cusack, Don Rickles, Wallace Shawn, Estelle Harris, John Ratzenberger, Ned Beatty, Jodi Benson, Michael Keaton

Plot: Woody, Buzz, and the rest of their toy-box friends are dumped in a day-care center after their owner, Andy, departs for college.

Genre: Animation | Adventure | Comedy | Family

Release Date: June 18, 2010

Director: Betty Thomas
Cast: Jason Lee, Justin Long, Matthew Gray Gubler, Jesse McCartney, Anna Faris, Christina Applegate, Amy Poehler

Plot: David Seville and chipmunks Alvin, Simon and Theodore, return in the sequel to lay waste to Seville’s surroundings and sing in three-part harmony. The sequel movie introduce the Chipmunks’ female counterparts, the Chipettes.

Genre: Animation | Comedy | Family

Release Date: December 25, 2009