Fall Movie Preview 2011

Summer's over, but fall is just beginning! Check out the brand new slate of movies on the way, including films for penguin, shark and piranha lovers, epic mythologies starring immortals, vampire fantasy for the Twi-hards, a ton of thrillers, and more Johnny Depp, with rum for everyone. Click through for our full Fall Preview!

Release Date: 9/2
Genre: Thriller
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Moon missions always give people the creeps because, well, for one thing, who really knows what's lurking in outer space? This thriller plays on the "found-footage" style of filmmaking and presents the premise of the real reason why the U.S. has never returned to the moon.

Release Date: 9/2
Genre: Psychological thriller
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A buried secret surfaces to haunt retired Mossad agents who were venerated for tracking down a Nazi war criminal decades earlier. Now they must confront the past from their so-called accomplished mission.

Release Date: 9/2
Genre: Horror
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Get ready for fall's first horror flick involving a lake stocked full of hungry sharks! Sara and her friends head to her family's lake-island cabin for some fun in the sun. When one of her friends suffers a freak accident, they pile into a speed boat to jet to the hospital across the lake. Soon after, they realize they're fish food. Cue the blood-curdling scream!

Release Date: 9/9
Genre: Sex comedy
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When Bucky (Nick Swardson) finds out his parents were former porn stars, he decides to head to Hollywood and follow in their footsteps. Adam Sandler produces and Christina Ricci and Stephen Dorff also star in the fish-out-of-water, goofy comedy.

Release Date: 9/9
Genre: Thriller
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When an unknown infectious virus that kills its victims within days grows to pandemic proportions, doctors race to find a cure while the world panics. Matt Damon, Kate Winslet, Gwyneth Paltrow, Lawrence Fishburne, Marion Cotillard, and Jude Law round out the star-studded cast.

Release Date: 9/9
Genre: Action, drama
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Two estranged brothers (Tom Hardy, Joel Edgerton) join a Mixed Martial Arts tournament for a chance to win a purse much needed for financial stability. They individually rise in ranks on a collision course to fight each other in the ring and face the family issues from the past.

Release Date: 9/16
Genre: Crime thriller
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Ryan Gosling stars as a stunt driver who moonlights as a getaway ride for criminals. When a botched job leaves him speeding from the crime scene, a price is put on his head. Further complicating things is his newfound love for a woman (Carey Mulligan) who's ex-con husband is also involved.

Release Date: 9/16
Genre: Romantic comedy
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A working mother (Sarah Jessica Parker) struggles to balance family life with her corporate goals. When she's handed a lucrative account that requires frequent trips to New York and her husband is offered a new job, she must find a way to juggle more responsibilities with limited time.

Release Date: 9/16
Genre: Animated, musical
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Disney's animated classic returns to the big screen in 3D. Simba returns from living in the jungle to come to terms with his past and take back Pride Rock from his evil uncle Scar.

Release Date: 9/16
Genre: Thriller
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When a couple (James Marsden, Kate Bosworth) is harassed by an ex-flame (Alexander Skarsgard) and his friends, they decide fight back and give the intruders a taste of their own vicious medicine.

Release Date: 9/23
Genre: Thriller
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Before Taylor Lautner returns to hunting vampires, he'll be pulling all kinds of action stunts in Abduction. When he realizes the ones who raised him aren't his real parents, a string of subsequent events has him running for his life.

Release Date: 9/23
Genre: Family, drama
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A dolphin becomes a symbol of hope and courage for millions of people, both able and disabled, when a crab trap severely damages her tale. A boy, a marine biologist, and a prosthetics doctor band together to save her life and help her to recover.

Release Date: 9/23
Genre: Action, thriller
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A retired special-ops agent (Jason Statham) returns to his deadly profession when his mentor (Robert De Niro) goes missing. To track him down, he must first evade a trio of assassins a master killer has dispatched to eliminate him.

Release Date: 9/23
Genre: Comedy, drama
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Brad Pitt and Jonah Hill strategize to create a winning baseball team with their limited budget. The bargain-bin players they pick have game-winning potential, based on statistics. Or do they?

Release Date: 9/23
Genre: Psychological drama
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Chris Evans stars as a Houston lawyer who takes on a case with his partner involving an ER nurse pricked by a contaminated needle on the job. Problem is, he's also a functioning drug addict, and while the two underdog lawyers need this case badly, his habit begins to spiral out of control.

Release Date: 9/30
Genre: Comedy, drama
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When Joseph Gordon-Levitt finds out he has cancer and has a 50% chance of surviving, he vows to beat the odds. Seth Rogen, Bryce Dallas Howard and Anna Kendrick co-star.

Release Date: 9/30
Genre: Thriller
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A successful N.Y. writer (Daniel Craig) moves to the country with his family and discovers that their new home was once the site of a brutal murder. Their new neighbor (Naomi Watts) reveals the grisly details of the mother and daughters' murder.

Release Date: 9/30
Genre: Romantic Comedy
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Anna Faris seeks her past boyfriends with the help of her next door neighbor (Chris Evans) to figure out if any of them could be her one true love.

Release Date: 10/7
Genre: Political thriller
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A press secretary (Ryan Gosling) gets involved in a scandal that could cost his candidate (George Clooney) the presidency. Philip Seymour Hoffman, Paul Giamatti and Marisa Tomei co-star.

Release Date: 10/7
Genre: Sci-fi drama
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In the future, when robots have replaced boxing contenders, Hugh Jackman scrapes together a living as a small-time promoter. Having been a fighter himself, he gets a second chance at a championship when he teams up with his estranged son.

Release Date: 10/7
Genre: Comedy
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When Paul Rudd gets the boot from his Manhattan job, he and Jennifer Aniston decide to relocate. They happen upon a community where money, careers and clothing are optional and decide to try their hand and at a fresh start there.

Release Date: 10/07/11
Genre: Action, Drama
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Inspired by true events, this tense and haunting thriller follows Detective Souder (Sam Worthington), a homicide detective in a small Texan town, and his partner, relocated New York City cop Detective Heigh (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) as they track a sadistic serial killer dumping his victims’ mutilated bodies in a nearby marsh locals call “The Killing Fields.”

Release Date: 10/7
Genre: Drama, Thriller
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After escaping from a cult, a young woman (Elizabeth Olsen) is haunted by her experiences there and fears that its vicious leader (John Hawkes) may be trying to find her.

Release Date: 10/14
Genre: Comedy
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Steve Martin, Owen Wilson and Jack Black star as three avid bird watchers who compete to spot the rarest species when El Nino sends a variety of breeds flying into the U.S.

Release Date: 10/14
Genre: Dance, musical
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In a town where dancing is outlawed, a new teen arrival riles up the preacher's daughter and the rest of his peers to revitalize the townspeople. The 1984 musical romance undergoes a modern makeover starring Kenny Wormald, Julianne Hough, Andie MacDowell and Dennis Quaid.

Release Date: 10/14
Genre: Sci-fi, horror
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When a Norwegian scientific team stumbles across an extraterrestrial ship and alien life form buried in the ice, someone gets the bright idea to do a simple experiment, resulting in freeing the organism. They realize the thing can shape-shift and mimic any living creature in this prequel to the 1982 horror classic.

Release Date: 10/14/11
Genre: Horror
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Antonio Banderas and director Pedro Almadovar reunite in The Skin I Live In (La Piel Que Habito), a traumatic tale between a plastic surgeon (Banderas) and the woman (Elena Anaya) he keeps locked away in his lavish mansion.

Release Date: 10/18
Genre: Horror
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Three teens become the target of a bloodthirsty fundamentalist preacher (Michael Parks) and find themselves in a compromising position.

Release Date: 10/21
Genre: Horror, supernatural thriller
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The spooky franchise continues with the details shrouded in mystery. Oren Peli returns to produce the feature and Catfish helmers Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman are on board to direct.

Release Date: 10/21
Genre: Adventure
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Sword fights abound in a revamping of Alexandre Dumas' swashbuckling adventure, this time with a 3D format available. Luke Evans, Christoph Waltz, Mads Mikkelsen and Milla Jovovich co-star.

Release Date: 10/28
Genre: Thriller
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In the future, money is replaced with time for the currency and scientists have discovered a way to stop everyone from aging (hence, everyone in this film is hot). When Justin Timberlake is framed for murder and a wealth of time is given to him, he must find a way to beat the system before the "Time Keepers" catch up to him.

Release Date: 10/28
Genre: Comedy
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Rowan Atkinson reprises his role as the bumbling MI7 agent who must foil a group of assassins scheming to kill a world leader and cause global chaos. Gillian Anderson and Rosamund Pike co-star.

Release Date: 10/28
Genre: Drama
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Johnny Depp stars as a N.Y. journalist who travels to Puerto Rico to get away from it all. He starts writing for a local newspaper and becomes entangled with an American woman, whose fiancée is involved in shady real estate deals. It is then he realizes the power of his writing and journalistic integrity.

Release Date: 11/4
Genre: Family, fantasy
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Now that the Shrek franchise has wrapped for good, Antonio Banderas returns as the swashbuckling feline in his character's spinoff. Salma Hayek, Zach Galifianakis, and Billy Bob Thornton also lend their voice talents.

Release Date: 11/4
Genre: Comedy
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Funnymen Ben Stiller and Eddie Murphy attempt to rob a Wall Street billionaire who defrauded his investors, including the condo staffers who entrusted him with their pensions. Although the staff know the building's security measures better than anyone, they've recruited a thief to help find the hidden funds.

Release Date: 11/4
Genre: Comedy
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Harold & Kumar have another politically incorrect, raunchy, stoner adventure, this time over the holidays, and in 3D. John Cho, Kal Penn, and Neil Patrick Harris reprise their roles. Yes, NPH – even though he died in that last installment.

Release Date: 11/4
Genre: Horror
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Michelle Williams transforms into Marilyn Monroe in My Week With Marilyn. Colin Clark (Eddie Redmayne), an employee of Sir Laurence Olivier's, documents the tense interaction between Olivier and Marilyn Monroe during production of The Prince and the Showgirl.

Release Date: 11/9
Genre: Drama
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Director Clint Eastwood brings us a dramatic view into the life of J. Edgar Hoover (Leonardo DiCaprio), a man who ruled law enforcement in America for almost 50 years. He was feared and admired but behind closed doors, he held secrets that would have destroyed his image, his career and his life.

Release Date: 11/11
Genre: Fantasy, adventure
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The gods need the help of a mortal (Henry Cavill) when power hungry King Hyperion (Mickey Rourke) becomes obsessed with ruling the world. An oracle (Freida Pinto) guides him with her vision.

Release Date: 11/11
Genre: Comedy
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Adam Sandler stars as a his own annoying twin sister who drops by for her annual visit during Thanksgiving. In a few days, her passive-aggressive neediness turns his life upside down.

Release Date: 11/18
Genre: Animated, family
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The Arctic's feathered friends and inhabitants return for another tap dancing, singing adventure. Mumble's son encounters a penguin who can fly, which makes him the cooler role model. But the emperor penguin gets a chance to show his true colors when a new threat puts their future in jeopardy.

Release Date: 11/18
Genre: Romance, fantasy
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Bella and Edward's wedding is the event of the century! To the dismay of Jacob Black and the Volturi, the lovebirds exchange their vows; however, an unforeseen occurrence cuts their honeymoon short.

Release Date: 11/23
Genre: Animated
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Santa's mischievous son Arthur must complete a Christmas mission to ensure the holiday goes as planned. James McAvoy, Hugh Laurie, Jim Broadbent, and Bill Nighy lend their voice talents.

Release Date: 11/23
Genre: Family
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Director Martin Scorcese tries his hand at children's fare about a Parisian orphan named Hugo. Living in a secret place, he finds hope and adventure as he seeks the answer to a mystery regarding his late father, his toyshop, and a lock. Chloe Moretz, Ben Kingsley, Sacha Baron Cohen, and Jude Law co-star.

Release Date: 11/23
Genre: Family
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Jim Henson's beloved characters come to life on the big screen. They're all grown up and busy with their lives, but when a greedy oil tycoon threatens to raze Muppet Theater to drill for black gold, Kermit rounds up the gang to raise the funds to save their former stomping grounds. Jason Segel and Amy Adams co-star.

Release Date: 11/23
Genre: Horror comedy
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If last year's Piranha 3D wasn't enough blood in the water, here's another swimming into theaters. This time, the fish find their food at a local water park. Check out the blood-squirting and scantily clad hotties in 3DD! Danielle Panabaker, Christopher Lloyd, David Hasselhoff co-star.

Release Date: 11/23
Genre: Drama
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Set in 1927, Hollywood, a silent movie star George Valentin wonders if the arrival of talking pictures will cause him to fade into oblivion in The Artist.

Release Date: 12/9
Genre: Comedy
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Seems like every character Jonah Hill plays is always getting into trouble…this time his character is persuaded into babysitting the kids next door...but little does he know the wild night he's about to experience. Sam Rockwell and Ari Graynor join the cast.

Release Date: 12/9
Genre: Romance, Comedy
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In a follow up to Valentine's Day, director Garry Marshall reteams with big-screen charmer Ashton Kutcher for another couples-cross-paths rom com. The star-studded cast includes Robert De Niro, Michelle Pfeiffer and Hilary Swank.

Release Date: 12/9
Genre: Drama, Romance
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Madonna made her directorial debut three years ago with Filth and Wisdown and this year she bring us a two-tiered romantic drama focusing on the affair between King Edward VIII (King Edward VIII) and American divorcée Wallis Simpson (Andrea Riseborough) and a contemporary romance between a married woman and a Russian security guard (Oscar Isaac).

Release Date: 12/16
Genre: Mystery, Adventure
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Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law return as Sherlock and Watson in the sequel that picks up where the 2009 movie left off. The duo must outwit and bring down their fiercest adversary, Professor Moriarty. Noomi Rapace co-stars.

Release Date: 12/16
Genre: Family, Animation
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The third installment in the CGI chipmunks franchise finds Alvin and crew on vacation aboard a luxury cruise ship before they become 'chipwrecked' on a desert island. While stranded, they embark on an island adventure with their new friend – a castaway who's more than a match for Alvin and the Chipmunks... and this time, it's all in 3D!

Release Date: 12/16
Genre: Action, Adventure
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Tom Cruise + Jeremy Renner + Simon Pegg and Paula Patton = the fourth installement of the lucrative Impossible series. For this episode, frequent Pixar collaborator Brad Bird (Ratatouille, The Incredibles)directs, from a story by J.J. Abrams.

Release Date: 12/16
Genre: Drama, Comedy
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An all-star cast joins Roman Polanski’s Carnage, a story of two sets of parents who decide to have a cordial meeting after their sons are involved in a schoolyard brawl. Jodie Foster, Kate Winslet, John C. Reilly and Christoph Waltz join the production.

Release Date: 12/16
Genre: Drama
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Meryl Streep is sure to bring us another riveting performance in The Iron Lady. She plays Margaret Thatcher, the former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, with a focus on the price she paid for power.

Release Date: 12/21
Genre:Drama, Thriller
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Rooney Mara stars as Lisbeth Salander in the Hollywood adaptation of the Steig Larsoon novel and Swedish movie starring Noomi Rapace. Directed by David Fincher and co-starring Daniel Craig, it tells the story of a journalist who is searching for a woman who may be missing or dead. He's assisted by a beautiful, punk computer hacker.

Release Date: 12/23
Genre: Family
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Matt Damon and Scarlett Johannson star in the story about a father who moves his family to the English countryside to own and operate a zoo. Directed by Cameron Crowe, Zoo also stars Elle Fanning and Thomas Haden Chruch.

Release Date: 12/23
Genre: Family, Adventure
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Tintin (Jamie Bell) and his friends discover directions to a sunken ship commanded by Capt. Haddock's ancestor, and go off on a treasure hunt in Steven Spielberg's animated family adventure.

Release Date: 12/28
Genre: Family, Adventure
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Steven Spielberg's other movie that opens on the same day as The Adventures of Tintin follows a young man, Albert, and his horse, Joey, and how the bond is broken when Joey is sold to the cavalry during World War I.