Not very related to anything in particular, but here is a list of (supposedly all of) the major studio films coming up in the near future:
1/25:
"Walk to Remember" w/ Mandy Moore. (D)Adam Shankman
2/??:
"Dragonfly" w/ K. Costner, Kathy Bates. (D) Tom Shadyac
2/1:
"The Count of Monte Cristo" (D) Kevin Reynolds
"Birsthday Girl" w/ N. Kidman (D) Jez Butterworth
"The Son's Room" (D) Nanni Moretti
2/8:
"Rollerball" w/ LL Cool J, Rebecca Romijn-Stamos. (D)John McTiernan
"Below" ???
"Big Fat Liar" w/ P.Giamatti, Lee Majors. (D) Shawn Levy
"Collateral Damage" w/ A. Schwarzenegger (D) Andrew Davis
2/15:
"Return to Neverland" - Animated (D) Robin Budd & Donvan Cook
"John Q" w/ Denzel Washington, R. Duvall, A. Hechte. (D)Nick Cassavetes
2/18:
"Kung Pao: Enter the Fist" w/ Steve Oedekerk (creator of "Thumb Wars")
2/22:
"The New Guy" w/ DJ Qualls, Lyle Lovett. (D)Ed Decter
"Queen of the Damned" w/ Aaliyah, Stuart Townsend. (D) Michael Rymer
3/?:
"Sorority Boys" (D) Wally Wolodarsky
3/1:
"40 Days and 40 Nights" w/ Josh Hartnett (D) Michael Lehmann
"Stolen Summer" w/ Kevin Pollack, Max Weinberg, B. Dennahy (D) Pete Jones
"We Were Soldiers" w/ Mel Gibson (D) Randall Wallace [True story from
Vietnam]
"Salton Sea" w/ Val Kilmer (D) DJ Caruso
3/8:
"The Panic Room" w/ Jodie Foster, Forest Whitaker. (D)D. Fincher
"Time Machine" w/ Jeremy Irons (D) Simon Wells
"Full Frontal" w/ Julia Roberts (D) Steve Soderbergh
"Undisputed" ???
"All About the Benjamins" w Ice Cube (D) ???
3/15:
"Clockstoppers" w/ Julia Sweeney (D) Jonathan Frakes
"Ice Age" animated (D) Chris Wedge
"Death to Smoochy" Robin Willams, Danny De Vito D (D) De Vito
3/22:
"Blade 2" w/ W. Snipes, Kris Kristofferson (D) Guillermo Del Toro
"ET" - Re-issue [w/ Lucas style CGI changes to plot and content]
"The Rookie" w/ Dennis Quaid (D) John Lee Hancock
"Hart's War" w/ Bruce Willis (D) Gregory Hoblit
3/29:
"The Sweetest Thing" w/ C. Diaz, C. Applegate, Parker Posey (D) Roger Kumble
"No Such Thing" aka "Monster" (D) Hal Hartley
"Showtime" w/ Eddie Murphy, De Niro (D) Tom Dye
Some more distant upcoming films....
4/19:
"Scorpion King" w/ The Rock, Mike Duncan Clark
5/3:
"Spiderman" directed by Sam Raimi
5/16:
"Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
5/24:
"Insomnia" w/ Al Pacino, Robin Williams
7/3:
"Men in Black 2"
"The Powerpuff Girls"
7/26:
"Austin Powers: Goldmember"
12/18:
"Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers"
2003 (sometime during):
"Matrix Reloaded" w/ Reeves, Fishburne, & Moss (D) Wachowksis
What I think is that it's a bastardization of the Connie Willis story _Time Out_, which involved a drink called a Clockstopper and a deranged notion of temporal theory.
Julia Sweeney and Jonathan Frakes will murder that story. I really hope I'm wrong on this guess. Research required.
