30: On The Road (June, Estimated)
The Talent: Walter Salles (director), Garrett Hedlund, Sam Riley, Kristen Stewart.
The Pitch: Adaptation of Jack Kerouac's classic Beat novel, the story of a 50s teenager Sal Paradise who hooks up with free-spirit Dean Moriarty on a cross-country, counter-cultural road trip.
The Hook: One of the great unfilmed novels, Salles (no stranger to road movies after The Motorcycle Diaries) reckons he's cracked it, partly by retracing the book's actual journey in companion piece documentary, Searching For On the Road.
Defining Feature: After Howl's entree, this is the main event for 2011's Beat revival, although it's also a major test acting-wise for its young leads.
The Pitch: Adaptation of Jack Kerouac's classic Beat novel, the story of a 50s teenager Sal Paradise who hooks up with free-spirit Dean Moriarty on a cross-country, counter-cultural road trip.
The Hook: One of the great unfilmed novels, Salles (no stranger to road movies after The Motorcycle Diaries) reckons he's cracked it, partly by retracing the book's actual journey in companion piece documentary, Searching For On the Road.
Defining Feature: After Howl's entree, this is the main event for 2011's Beat revival, although it's also a major test acting-wise for its young leads.
40: Immortals (11th November)
The Talent: Tarsem Singh (director), Henry Cavill, Freida Pinto, Mickey Rourke.The Pitch: Greek chic, as Theseus (Cavill) faces off against King Hyperion (Rourke) with an army of gods.
The Hook: Anybody who saw music video whiz Tarsem's last film, The Fall, should know what to expect: absolutely glorious visuals. It might even, finally, make Henry Cavill famous for a role that he did play, after missing out on Superman and James Bond.
Defining Feature: Tarsem's promising something closer to Luhrmann's Romeo + Juliet than 300. Either way, it'll look stunning
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