CONFIRMED FILMS AND THOSE UNDER CONSIDERATION INCLUDE:
(*Subject to studio and guest availability).

TAMARA DREWE
Starring: Gemma Arterton, Dominic Cooper
Director: Stephen Frears
Synopsis: Gemma Arterton ("Quantom of Solace," "Prince of Persia") plays Tamara Drewe, a sexy flirt who returns to her small country village and stirs up dark passions among the locals. The graphic novel upon which it is based is a modern reimaging for Thomas Hardy's classic novel "Far From the Madding Crowd."

MADE IN DAGENHAM
Starring: Miranda Richardson, Bob Hoskins, Rosamund Pike
Director: Nigel Cole
Synopsis: A dramatization of the 1968 strike at the Ford Dagenham car plant, where female workers walked out in protest against sexual discrimination.

ANOTHER YEAR
Starring: Jim Broadbent, Imelda Staunton, Lesley Manville
Director: Mike Leigh
Synopsis: Another Year deals with the contrasts between those in life who manage to achieve happiness and fulfillment, and those who are left alone on the margins of society.

CONVICTION
Starring: Hilary Swank, Sam Rockwell, Juliette Lewis, Melissa Leo, Minnie Driver
Director: Tony Goldwyn
Synopsis: When Betty Anne Waters' (two-time Academy® Award winner Hilary Swank) older brother Kenny (Sam Rockwell) is arrested for murder and sentenced to life in 1983, Betty Anne, a Massachusetts wife and mother of two, dedicates her life to overturning the murder conviction. Convinced that her brother is innocent, Betty Anne puts herself through high school, college and, finally, law school in an 18 year quest to free Kenny.

THE GIRL WHO KICKED THE HORNET'S NEST
Starring: Noomi Rapace, Michael Nyqvist
Director: Daniel Alfredson
Synopsis: Follows blockbuster hits "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo" and "The Girl Who Played With Fire." After taking a bullet to the head, Lisbeth Salander is set to face trial for attempted murder upon her release from the hospital; with help from journalist Mikael Blomkvist, Lisbeth must prove her innocence.

THE DEBT
Starring: Helen Mirren, Sam Worthington, Tom Wilkinson, Ciaran Hinds
Director: John Madden
Synopsis: The powerful story of Rachel Singer, a former Mossad agent who endeavored to capture and bring to trial a notorious Nazi war criminal—the Surgeon of Birkenau—in a secret Israeli mission that ended with his death on the streets of East Berlin. Now, 30 years later, a man claiming to be the doctor has surfaced, and Rachel must go back to Eastern Europe to uncover the truth.

NOWHERE BOY
Starring: Aaron Johnson, Kristin Scott Thomas
Director: Sam Taylor-Wood
Synopsis: Liverpool 1955: a smart and troubled fifteen year-old, John Lennon, is hungry for experience. In a family full of secrets, two incredible women clash over John: Mimi, the buttoned-up Aunt who raised him, and Julia, the prodigal mother.

THE COMPANY MEN
Starring: Ben Affleck, Kevin Coster, Tommy Lee Jones, Chris Cooper, Craig T. Nelson, Maria Bello
Director: John Wells
Synopsis: Bobby Walker (Ben Affleck) living the American dream: great job, beautiful family, shiny Porsche in the garage. When corporate downsizing leaves him and co-workers Phil Woodward (Chris Cooper) and Gene McClary (Tommy Lee Jones) jobless, the three men are forced to re-define their lives as men, husbands, and fathers.

THE KING'S SPEECH
Starring: Colin Firth, Geoffrey Rush, Helena Bonham Carter, Guy Pearce, Michael Gambon
Synopsis: "The King's Speech" stars Academy Award nominee Colin Firth as King George VI, who unexpectedly becomes King when his brother Edward abdicates the throne. Academy Award Winner Geoffrey Rush stars as Logue, the man who helps the King find a voice with which to lead the nation into war.

MIRAL
Starring: Willem Dafoe, Frieda Pinto, Hiam Abbass
Director: Julian Schnabel
Synopsis: From director Schnabel of "Diving Bell and the Butterfly" comes the story of four women whose lives intertwine in the starkly human search for justice, hope and reconciliation amid a world overshadowed by conflict, rage and war.

BLUE VALENTINE
Starring: Ryan Gosling, Michelle Williams
Director: Derek Cianfrance
Synopsis: "Blue Valentine" is the story of love found and love lost told in past and present moments in time. Flooded with romantic memories of their courtship, Dean and Cindy use one night to try and save their failing marriage.

SOMEWHERE
Starring; Stephen Dorff, Elle Fanning, Michelle Monaghan
Director: Sofia Coppola
Synopsis: Somewhere" is a witty, moving, and empathetic look into the orbit of actor Johnny Marco (played by Stephen Dorff). Johnny is living at the legendary Chateau Marmont hotel in Hollywood with a constant stream of girls and pills to stay in with. Comfortably numbed, Johnny drifts along. Then, his 11-year-old daughter Cleo (Elle Fanning) from his failed marriage arrives unexpectedly at the Chateau. Their encounters encourage Johnny to face up to where he is in life and confront the question that we all must: which path in life will you take?

WILD TARGET
Starring: Bill Nighy, Emily Blunt, Rupert Grint, Rupert Everett
Director: Jonathan Lynn
Synopsis: Rose (Emily Blunt) is a beautiful, quick-witted con artist, who is making a killing selling fake paintings. But when she pushes one scam too far, she finds the mob on her tail and a price on her head. Enter Victor Maynard (Bill Nighy), Europe's most efficient and expensive assassin. Keen to uphold his family's legacy for lethal efficiency, Victor embarks on his latest assignment with his usual solitary professionalism. Yet every time Victor has Rose in his sights something seems to hold him back.

WELCOME TO THE RILEYS
Starring: Kristen Stewart, James Gandolfini, Melissa Leo
Director: Jake Scott
Synopsis: Once a happily married and loving couple, Doug and Lois Riley (James Gandolfini and Melissa Leo) have grown apart since losing their teenage daughter eight years prior. Leaving his agoraphobic wife behind to go on a business trip to New Orleans, Doug meets a 17-year-old runaway (Kristen Stewart) and the two form a platonic bond. For Lois and Doug, what initially appears to be the final straw that will derail their relationship, turns out to be the inspiration they need to renew their marriage.

STONE
Starring: Robert de Niro, Edward Norton, Milla Jovovich, Frances Conroy
Director: John Curran
Synopsis: As parole officer Jack Mabry (De Niro) counts the days toward a quiet retirement, he is asked to review the case of Gerald "Stone" Creeson (Norton), in prison for covering up the murder of his grandparents with a fire. Now eligible for early release, Stone needs to convince Jack he has reformed, but his attempts to influence the older man's decision have profound and unexpected effects on them both.

SECRETARIAT
Starring: Diane Lane, John Malkovich, James Cromwell, Dylan Baker
Director: Randall Wallace
Synopsis: Housewife and mother Penny Chenery (Diane Lane) agrees to take over her ailing father's Virginia-based Meadow Stables, despite her lack of horse-racing knowledge. Against all odds, Chenery--with the help of veteran trainer Lucien Laurin (John Malkovich)--manages to navigate the male-dominated business, ultimately fostering the first Triple Crown winner in 25 years and what may be the greatest racehorse of all time.

THE TEMPEST
Starring: Helen Mirren, Alfred Molina, Chris Cooper, David Stratharin, Alan Cumming, Russell Brand
Director: Julie Taymor
Synopsis: In her big-screen adaptation of Shakespeare's mystical thriller "The Tempest," Academy Award®–nominated Julie Taymor brings an original dynamic to the story by changing the gender of the sorcerer Prospero into the sorceress Prospera, portrayed by Oscar® winner Helen Mirren. Prospera's journey spirals through vengeance to forgiveness as she reigns over a magical island, cares for her young daughter, Miranda, and unleashes her powers against shipwrecked enemies in this exciting, masterly mix of romance, tragicomedy and the supernatural.

THE NEXT THREE DAYS
Starring: Russell Crowe, Liam Neeson, Elizabeth Banks, Olivia Wilde
Director: Paul Haggis
Synopsis: Life seems perfect for John Brennan until his wife, Lara, is arrested for a gruesome murder she says she didn't commit. Three years into her sentence, John is struggling to hold his family together, raising their son and teaching at college while he pursues every means available to prove her innocence.

MORNING GLORY
Starring: Harrison Ford, Diane Keaton, Rachel McAdams, Jeff Goldblum, Patrick Wilson
Director: Roger Mitchell
Synopsis: When hard–working TV producer Becky Fuller (McAdams) is fired from a local news program, her career begins to look as bleak as her hapless love life. Stumbling into a job at "Daybreak" (the last–place national morning news show), Becky decides to revitalize the show by bringing on legendary TV anchor Mike Pomeroy (Ford).

THE FIGHTER
Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Christian Bale, Amy Adams, Melissa Leo
Director: David O. Russell
Synopsis: "The Fighter" is a drama about boxer Irish Mickey Ward (Wahlberg) and his unlikely path to become world lightweight champion. Bale plays Dicky Eklund, Mickey's half-brother and a talented fighter who once went the distance with Sugar Ray Leonard in a title fight but then turned to crime and landed in prison. Then he turned his life around and helped his underperforming brother find the spark for a remarkable run that led to the world title.

TRUE GRIT
Starring: Matt Damon, Josh Brolin, Jeff Bridges
Director: The Coen Bros
Synopsis: Charles Portis' novel is about a 14-year-old girl who, along with an aging U.S. marshal and another lawman, tracks her father's killer in hostile Indian territory. While the original film was a showcase for John Wayne, the Coens' version will tell the tale from the girl's point of view.

BURLESQUE
Starring: Cher, Christina Aguilera, Stanley Tucci, Alan Cumming, Peter Gallagher, Kristen Bell
Director: Steven Antin
Synopsis: Ali (Christina Aguilera) is a small-town girl with a big voice who escapes hardship and an uncertain future to follow her dreams to LA. After stumbling upon The Burlesque Lounge, a majestic but ailing theater that is home to an inspired musical revue, Ali lands a job as a cocktail waitress from Tess (Cher), the club's proprietor and headliner. Burlesque's outrageous costumes and bold choreography enrapture the young ingenue, who vows to perform there one day.

HOW DO YOU KNOW
Starring: Jack Nicholson, Reese Witherspoon, Paul Rudd, Owen Wilson
Director: James L. Brooks
Synopsis: A romantic comedy centered on the love triangle between professional softball player Lisa Jorgenson, a corporate executive, and a major-league pitcher.

COUNTRY STRONG
Starring: Gwyneth Paltrow, Tim McGraw, Garret Hedlund, Leighton Meester
Director: Shana Feste
Synopsis: In "Country Strong," Hedlund plays a rising young singer/songwriter who becomes involved with a fallen country singer played by Paltrow. As they embark on a career resurrection tour with her husband/manager (Tim McGraw) and a beauty queen turned singer (Leighton Meester), romantic entanglements and old demons threaten to derail them all.

RED
Starring: Bruce Willis, Morgan Freeman, Helen Mirren, John Malkovich, Brian Cox, Richard Dreyfuss, Mary-Louise Parker
Director: Robert Schwentke
Synopsis: Frank (Bruce Willis), Joe (Morgan Freeman), Marvin (John Malkovich) and Victoria (Helen Mirren[cid:8754F953-E249-4A8C-9A00-830F7983A638]<http://www.comingsoon.net/films.php?id=55019#>) used to be the CIA's top agents – but the secrets they know just made them the Agency's top targets. Now framed for assassination, they must use all of their collective cunning, experience and teamwork to stay one step ahead of their deadly pursuers and stay alive.

FAIR GAME
Starring: Naomi Watts, Sean Penn
Director: Doug Liman
Synopsis: As a covert officer in the CIA's Counter-Proliferation Division, Valerie (Naomi Watts) leads an investigation into the existence of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. Valerie's husband, diplomat Joe Wilson (Sean Penn), is drawn into the investigation to substantiate an alleged sale of enriched uranium from Niger. But when the administration ignores his findings and uses the issue to support the call to war, Joe writes a New York Times editorial outlining his conclusions and igniting a firestorm of controversy.

LOVE AND OTHER DRUGS
Starring: Jake Gyllenhaal, Anne Hathaway, Oliver Platt, Hank Azaria, Judy Greer
Director: Ed Zwick
Synopsis: Maggie (Hathaway) is an alluring free spirit who won't let anyone - or anything - tie her down. But she meets her match in Jamie (Gyllenhaal), whose relentless and nearly infallible charm serve him well with the ladies and in the cutthroat world of pharmaceutical sales. Maggie and Jamie's evolving relationship takes them both by surprise, as they find themselves under the influence of the ultimate drug: love. Based on Jamie Reidy's memoir "Hard Sell: The Evolution of a Viagra Salesman."

GULLIVER'S TRAVELS
Starring: Jack Black, Emily Blunt, Jason Segel, Amanda Peet
Director: Rob Letterman
Synopsis: In a contemporary re–imagining of the classic tale, Jack Black stars as Gulliver, a big–talking mailroom clerk who, after he's mistakenly assigned a travel piece on the Bermuda Triangle, suddenly finds himself a giant among men when he washes ashore on the hidden island of Lilliput, home to a population of very tiny people. At first enslaved by the diminutive and industrious Liliputians, and later declared their hero, Gulliver comes to learn that it’s how big you are on the inside that counts.

HEREAFTER
Starring: Matt Damon, Bryce Dallas Howard, Richard Kind, Jay Mohr
Director: Clint Eastwood
Synopsis: "Hereafter" tells the story of three people who are touched by death in different ways. George (Matt Damon) is a blue-collar American who has a special connection to the afterlife. Each of the three is on a path in search of the truth, their lives will intersect, forever changed by what they believe might--or must--exist in the hereafter.

INSIDE JOB (documentary)
Starring: Matt Damon (narrator)
Director: Charles Ferguson
Synopsis: From Academy Award® nominated filmmaker, Charles Ferguson ("No End in Sight"), comes "Inside Job," the first film to expose the shocking truth behind the economic crisis of 2008. Through extensive research and interviews with major financial insiders, politicians and journalists, "Inside Job" traces the rise of a rogue industry and unveils the corrosive relationships which have corrupted politics, regulation and academia.

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