Disney has a full slate of movies being released this fall, and I'm pretty excited about them. They all look great, and I can't wait! See the movie synopsis and trailers below.
THE FIFTH ESTATE
Release date: October 18, 2013
Triggering our age of high-stakes secrecy, explosive news leaks and the trafficking of classified information, WikiLeaks forever changed the game. Now, in a dramatic thriller based on real events, “The Fifth Estate” reveals the quest to expose the deceptions and corruptions of power that turned an Internet upstart into the 21st century’s most fiercely debated organization. The story begins as WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange (Benedict Cumberbatch) and his colleague Daniel Domscheit-Berg (Daniel Brühl) team up to become underground watchdogs of the privileged and powerful. On a shoestring, they create a platform that allows whistleblowers to anonymously leak covert data, shining a light on the dark recesses of government secrets and corporate crimes. Soon, they are breaking more hard news than the world’s most legendary media organizations combined. But when Assange and Berg gain access to the biggest trove of confidential intelligence documents in U.S. history, they battle each other and a defining question of our time: what are the costs of keeping secrets in a free society—and what are the costs of exposing them?"
Release date: October 18, 2013
Triggering our age of high-stakes secrecy, explosive news leaks and the trafficking of classified information, WikiLeaks forever changed the game. Now, in a dramatic thriller based on real events, “The Fifth Estate” reveals the quest to expose the deceptions and corruptions of power that turned an Internet upstart into the 21st century’s most fiercely debated organization. The story begins as WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange (Benedict Cumberbatch) and his colleague Daniel Domscheit-Berg (Daniel Brühl) team up to become underground watchdogs of the privileged and powerful. On a shoestring, they create a platform that allows whistleblowers to anonymously leak covert data, shining a light on the dark recesses of government secrets and corporate crimes. Soon, they are breaking more hard news than the world’s most legendary media organizations combined. But when Assange and Berg gain access to the biggest trove of confidential intelligence documents in U.S. history, they battle each other and a defining question of our time: what are the costs of keeping secrets in a free society—and what are the costs of exposing them?"
“The Fifth Estate” is presented by DreamWorks Pictures and Reliance Entertainment in association with Participant Media and is produced by Steve Golin and Michael Sugar, with Bill Condon directing. The screenplay is by Josh Singer, based on the book “Inside WikiLeaks” by Daniel Domscheit-Berg and the Guardian book “WikiLeaks” by David Leigh and Luke Harding.
THOR: THE DARK WORLD
Release Date: November 8,
2013
Marvel’s "Thor: The Dark
World" continues the big-screen adventures of Thor, the Mighty Avenger, as
he battles to save Earth and all the Nine Realms from a shadowy enemy that predates
the universe itself. In the aftermath of Marvel’s "Thor" and
"Marvel’s The Avengers," Thor fights to restore order across the
cosmos...but an ancient race led by the vengeful Malekith returns to plunge the
universe back into darkness. Faced with an enemy that even Odin and Asgard
cannot withstand, Thor must embark on his most perilous and personal journey
yet, one that will reunite him with Jane Foster and force him to sacrifice
everything to save us all.
Starring Chris Hemsworth,
Natalie Portman, Tom Hiddleston, Stellan Skarsgård, Idris Elba, Christopher
Eccleston, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Kat Dennings, Ray Stevenson, Zachary Levi,
Tadanobu Asano, and Jaimie Alexander with Rene Russo and Anthony Hopkins as
Odin, “Thor: The Dark World” is directed by Alan Taylor, produced by Kevin
Feige, p.g.a., from a story by Don Payne and Robert Rodat and screenplay by
Christopher L. Yost and Christopher Markus & Stephen McFeely, and is based
on Marvel’s classic Super Hero Thor, who first appeared in the comic book
“Journey into Mystery “ #83 in August, 1962.
DELIVERY MAN
Release Date: November 22,
2013
From DreamWorks Pictures comes “Delivery
Man,” the story of affable underachiever David Wozniak, whose mundane life is
turned upside down when he finds out that he fathered 533 children through
sperm donations he made twenty years earlier. In debt to the mob, rejected by
his pregnant girlfriend, things couldn’t look worse for David when he is hit
with a lawsuit from 142 of the 533 twenty-somethings who want to know the
identity of the donor. As David struggles to decide whether or not he should
reveal his true identity, he embarks on a journey that leads him to discover
not only his true self but the father he could become as well.
FROZEN
Release Date: November 27,
2013
Walt Disney Animation Studios,
the studio behind “Tangled” and “Wreck-It Ralph,” presents “Frozen,” a stunning
big-screen comedy adventure. Fearless optimist Anna (voice of Kristen Bell)
sets off on an epic journey – teaming up with rugged mountain man Kristoff
(voice of Jonathan Groff) and his loyal reindeer Sven – to find her sister Elsa
(voice of Idina Menzel), whose icy powers have trapped the kingdom of Arendelle
in eternal winter. Encountering Everest-like conditions, mystical trolls, and a
hilarious snowman named Olaf, Anna and Kristoff battle the elements in a race
to save the kingdom.
SAVING MR. BANKS
Release Date: December 12,
2013 (limited), December 20, 2013 (wide)
Two-time Academy Award®–winner
Emma Thompson and fellow double Oscar®-winner Tom Hanks topline Disney’s
“Saving Mr. Banks,” inspired by the extraordinary, untold backstory of how
Disney’s classic “Mary Poppins” made it to the screen.
When Walt Disney’s daughters
begged him to make a movie of their favorite book, P.L. Travers’ “Mary
Poppins,” he made them a promise—one that he didn’t realize would take 20 years
to keep. In his quest to obtain the rights, Walt comes up against a
curmudgeonly, uncompromising writer who has absolutely no intention of letting
her beloved magical nanny get mauled by the Hollywood machine. But, as the
books stop selling and money grows short, Travers reluctantly agrees to go to
Los Angeles to hear Disney’s plans for the adaptation.
For those two short weeks in
1961, Walt Disney pulls out all the stops. Armed with imaginative storyboards
and chirpy songs from the talented Sherman brothers, Walt launches an all-out
onslaught on P.L. Travers, but the prickly author doesn’t budge. He soon begins
to watch helplessly as Travers becomes increasingly immovable and the rights
begin to move further away from his grasp.
It is only when he reaches into
his own childhood that Walt discovers the truth about the ghosts that haunt
her, and together they set Mary Poppins free to ultimately make one of the most
endearing films in cinematic history.
