Promised Land

Once again, Oscar-winning powerhouse actor Matt Damon takes the silver screen by storm in "Promised Land" a gripping, heartwarming, tear-jerking, but nevertheless uplifting film from Gus Van Saint, the genius behind the film considered to be Damon's finest performance "Good Will Hunting"

Set in the present day in a farmtown community and based on a novel by Dave Eggers, Damon plays hot-shot ace corporate worker Steve Butler, who is disillusioned by the current financial problems interfering with his job. Heading to a valley country with his sarcastic but goodhearted co-worker (Frances McDormand, Fargo), Steve instantly acquaints several of the locals: an optimistic waitress (Rosemarie DeWitt), a sadistic schoolteacher (John Krasinski, the Office) who intensely despises Steve's protests to save the farmland and wishes to exterminate the crop plantation but Steve will do anything and literally EVERYTHING to prevent it...if it costs him his own career

Featuring a powerful screenplay constructed by Damon and Krasinski, and co-starring veteran actor Hal Holbrook (Lincoln, Water for Elephants), Titus Wellever (Milk). Promised Land opens theatres December 28th, conveniently around the 85th Academy Awards.  

The Hobbit

Before Frodo began the epic journey the world has long since remembered as the Lord of the Ring saga, there was...the Hobbit. JR Tolkien's first installment/prequel to this extraordinary epic makes its first big screen debut.

This epic adventure focuses on Frodo's kindly uncle Bilbo Baggins (Martin Freeman), an adventure-seeking Hobbit who searches for something exciting, until he meets his ally Gandalf the wizard (Ian McKellen from the Lord of the Rings and X-Men trilogies) who invites him and a ragtag team of mischievous but brave Dwarves on a journey to Middle-Earth to rescue a treasure stolen by monstrous creatures.


As the storyline progresses, more familiar faces from the original films are seen like Galadriel (Cate Blanchett), Elrond (Hugo Weaving from the Matrix trilogy and Captain America), Legolas (Orlando Bloom) and, of course, Frodo himself (Elijah Wood)

And last but definitely not least, Bilbo later finds himself face to face with a terrifying imp Gollum (Andy Serkis) and most important of all...the Ring, which causes a major impact on Middle-Earth, an impact so great...there will be no going back. And thus, the Lord of the Rings cycle starts yet again

Featuring music composed by Howard Shore, special effects courtesy of ILM and directed by Peter Jackson, mastermind of the original trilogy. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey is now in theatres.

Oz The Great and Powerful

Before there was the day Dorothy dropped in, before there was Wicked, before there was the adventure on the Yellow Brick Road... there was the Wizard...of Oz, of course. As people can imagine, the question on fans of the Oz story is: How did the Wizard become ruler of Oz? More to the point, how did he land in

Oz? Now, thanks to master storyteller Sam Raimi, the genius behind the notorious Evil Dead franchise and the popular Spider-Man trilogy unlocks the secrets of Oz's origins in a new epic fittingly titled Oz: The Great and Powerful

Set in Kansas (of course) in the 19th century, this epic tells the story of small-time con artist Oscar Diggs (played by James Franco from the Spider-Man trilogy) who has a career as a magician, but longs for more power and recognition. Then, one fateful day, Oscar finds himself stuck in a whirling twister, and in the blink of an eye, lands in the world of Oz where his arrival sets the stage for events far greater

As soon as he arrives there, he finds himself encountering mystical creatures from vicious flying monkeys to dwarves called Munchkins and importantly, three beautiful but mysterious enchantresses, Glinda (Michelle Williams from Shutter Island), Evandora (Rachel Weisz from the Mummy trilogy) and Theodoro (Mila Kunis from Family Guy) who audiences do know as the Witch of the West

Instantly swept up in a spin of events and destinies, Oscar manages to use his abilities to good use-more importantly, how to cast wizardry. In order to gain order over Oz, however, Oscar will have to challenge Evandora and Theodoro who long for tyrannical power over the land. In doing so, the Wizard of Oz is born, and so the story is told over again...from a new perspective

Featuring music by Danny Elfman and also starring who else but Bruce Campbell aka Ash from Evil Dead. Oz the Great and Powerful opens nationwide in theatres March 2013. 

The Lone Ranger

For as long as Western historians can remember, people have always tuned in to the adventures of legendary cowboy the Lone Ranger and his faithful partner Tonto. The radio serial has enchanted the world for centuries.

Now, next summer, the world's greatest Western hero makes his big comeback on the big screen, directed by Gore Verbinski, the mastermind of the smash-hit Pirates of the Caribbean saga, and of course, starring Johnny Depp respectively as Tonto himself, with the Ranger played by newcomer actor Armie Hammer from the Social Network and last year's successful drama J. Edgar

 

Set way back in the Old West, this tale tells the story of how greed and corruption spread like a plague through the Western lands, how Tonto first met the Ranger, and more importantly: how did he make a name for himself? Well, with Tonto narrating the story, it's no surprise what sort of surprise storyline twists or untold secrets will be revealed...

 

Featuring groundbreaking special effects courtesy of master visual effects company Industrial Light & Magic, and also starring Tom Wilkinson, Barry Pepper from last year's True Grit, William Fichtner from TV's gripping drama Prison Break, and of course, Helena Bonham Carter
The Lone Ranger rides into theatres nationwide this summer. It's guaranteed to be the most explosive event of 2013!