The Da Vinci Code

The controversial book makes it’s appearance on the big screen on May 19, 2006 from Columbia Pictures, director Ron Howard and distributed by Sony Pictures.

The official website is cryptically named SoDarktheConofMan.com. It redirects to a Sony Pictures site, where you can find teasers, trailers, games and more. …and it looks nice!

Also, (you know as an aside!) available now is a nice (meaning huge) sized French DS – 46.5″ x 69″ Style A poster.

Cast: Tom Hanks, Ian McKellen, Alfred Molina, Jean Reno, Audrey Tautou
Directed by: Ron Howard

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16 Blocks

There’s a DS 1 Sheet Movie Poster – Style A for the new Bruce Willis movie, 16 Blocks available now.

Opening next week, on March 3rd, 2006 from Warner Brothers, this action flick stars Bruce Willis as a worn down NYPD detective escorting a witness on what’s supposed to be a short trek – but forces try to prevent the journey.

Cast: Cylk Cozart, Mos Def, Tig Fong, David Morse, Angela Seto, David Sparrow, Bruce Willis, Alfre Woodard
Directed by: Richard Donner

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Madea’s Family Reunion

Here’s a nice DS 1 Sheet Movie Poster – Style B, styled after Andy Warhol’s Marilyn Monroe prints.

Madea’s Family Reunion had a limited release on February 24th, 2006, and it stars and is directed by Tyler Perry. Yahoo! users are giving the movie a B+.

Cast: Tyler Perry, Blair Underwood, Henry Simmons, Boris Kodjoe, Jenifer Lewis, Lynn Whitfield, Tangi Miller, Keke Palmer, Rochelle Aytes, Lisa Arrindell Anderson (II), Maya Angelou, Cicely Tyson, David Mann
Directed by: Tyler Perry

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Dave Chappelle’s Block Party

Opening March 3, 2006, this movie spotlights comedy star Dave Chappelle with guests in a mix of comedy and music filmed on location at a party Chappelle threw in downtown Brooklyn.

Cast: Dave Chappelle, Erykah Badu, Bilal, Cody Chestnutt, Common, Mos Def, Lauryn Hill, Wyclef Jean
Directed by: Michel Gondry

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Goal! The Dream Begins

Has to be a soccer flick, right? Opening May 12 from Touchstone Pictures. L.A. kid gets to live his dream by playing in the exciting world of international soccer.

Official Website: Goalmovie.com

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Cast: Kuno Becker, Alessandro Nivola, Marcel Iures, Stephen Dillane, Anna Friel, Kieran O’Brien, Sean Pertwee
Directed by: Danny Cannon

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Ask the Dust

Opens March 10th, 2006 from Paramount – Colin Farrell and Salma Hayek, it has to be hot, right?

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Official website: AsktheDust-movie.com

Cast: Colin Farrell, Salma Hayek, Eileen Atkins, Dion Basco, Jeremy Crutchley, Donald Sutherland, Tamara Craig Thomas
Directed by: Robert Towne

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ATL

Opening March 31st, 2006, ATL tells the story of 4 teens growing up in working class Atlanta at a time when roller skating and hip-hop rule the day.

Distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures, you can view a ATL movie trailer here on Yahoo!

Official website: ATLthemovie.WarnerBros.com

Cast: Big Boi, Bone Crusher, Albe Daniels, Albert Daniels, Keith David, Laurie Gardner, Mykelti Williamson, Lonette McKee
Directed by: Chris Robinson

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Kinky Boots

Transvestite cabaret star gives hope to troubled shoe factory and employees. Opens April 14th, from Miramax.

Official Website: TheFilmFactory.co.uk

Cast: Joel Edgerton, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Linda Bassett, Kellie Bright, Josh Cole
Directed by: Julian Jarrold

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Silent Hill

The description for this one sounds totally bizarre – alternate realities, strange beings and a living Darkness…

Christophe Gans also directed The Brotherhood of the Wolf (2001).

From TriStar pictures, it opens on April 21st, 2006.

Official Website: WelcometoSilentHill.com

Cast: Radha Mitchell, Laurie Holden, Sean Bean, Deborah Kara Unger, Tanya Allen, Christopher Britton, Kim Coates
Directed by: Christophe Gans

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The Wild

The Wild opens April 14th, 2006 from Walt Disney Pictures. Looks like the production budgets are going towards animation. Good time to be a CG animator – not so much for tradional animation (Curious George bucked the trend).

Cast: Greg Berg, Chris Edgerly, Eddie Izzard, Bob Joles, Dominic Scott Kay, Jonathan Kimmel, Clinton Leupp, Joseph Siravo, Kiefer Sutherland
Directed by: Steve ‘Spaz’ Williams

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Open Season

Well this poster is well ahead of it’s time – the release date is set for September 29, 2006. Lot’s of time to market the heck out of the flick.

Director Roger Allers feature directing debut was the Disney blockbuster, “The Lion King” (1994).

Cast: Martin Lawrence, Ashton Kutcher, Debra Messing
Directed by: Roger Allers, Jill Culton

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Bloodrayne

This vampire tale opened January 6th, 2006 – looks like it’s not a hit with either the critics or the viewers. But hey, it got an R rating for for strong bloody violence, some sexuality and nudity. So there you go…

Cast: Kristanna Loken, Michelle Rodriguez, Matthew Davis, Ben Kingsley, Michael Madsen, Billy Zane, Will Sanderson
Directed by: Uwe Boll

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World’s Fastest Indian

There’s some buzz about this one from Magnolia Films that had a limited release on December 7th, 2005 and then a wider release on February 3rd – plus it’s a cool motorcycle poster….

“The true story of Burt Munro – a New Zealand man who spent decades perfecting his classic 1920 Indian motorcycle. At age 68, he risked everything, including his own life, taking the bike to the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah to break the world speed record.”

You can view a The World’s Fastest Indian movie trailer here >>

Official Website: WorldsFastestIndian.com

Cast: Anthony Hopkins, Lana Antonova, Juliana Bellinger, Chris Bruno, Jessica Cauffiel, Campbell Cooley
Directed by: Roger Donaldson

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16 Blocks

Opening March 3rd, 2006 from Warner Brothers, this action flick stars Bruce Willis as a broken down NYPD detective (sounds familiar for Willis), who is assigned to escort a witness 16 blocks – a short journey that becomes a test of character when his ex-partners try to prevent him from completing the journey.

Cast: Cylk Cozart, Mos Def, Tig Fong, David Morse, Angela Seto, David Sparrow, Bruce Willis, Alfre Woodard
Directed by: Richard Donner

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Aquamarine

Teenage mermaid tales (my daughter’s going to like that JoJo is in this one). …and what’s with these movie titles? Ultraviolet, Aquamarine, Pink Panther (well that one has seniority). It’s a veritable rainbow of movie titles.

Looks like it’s director Elizabeth Allen’s first full length flick, having directed a short comedy called Eyeball Eddie previously. The movie opens March 3rd, 2006 from 20th Century Fox.

You can view a Aquamarine movie trailer here >>
Official website: Aquamarinemovie.com

Cast: Sara Paxton, Emma Roberts, JoJo, Jake McDorman, Arielle Kebbel
Directed by: Elizabeth Allen

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