has numerous films in production to be released in 2009, as well as films that have announced release dates but have yet to begin filming. Some films in production do not have definite release dates.
The tables list films that are in production or have completed production and will be released sometime in 2009. For projects announced for this year but not yet in production, see the
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| Cast and crew
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| Bride Wars
| New Regency
| Dir., Gary Winick; Cast, Anne Hathaway, Kate Hudson, Candice Bergen, Kristen Johnston, Bryan Greenberg
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| Inkheart
| New Line Cinema
| Dir., Iain Softley; Scr., David Lindsay-Abaire; Cast, Brendan Fraser, Paul Bettany, Helen Mirren, Jim Broadbent, Andy Serkis
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| The Unborn
| Rogue Pictures
| Dir. & Wir, David S. Goyer; Cast, Gary Oldman, Odette Yustman, Cam Gigandet, Meagan Good, Jane Alexander, Idris Elba, Rhys Coiro, Carla Gugino
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| 16
| Hotel for Dogs
| Dreamworks/Nickelodeon Movies
| Dir., Thor Freudenthal; Scr., Jeff Lowell; Cast, Don Cheadle, Emma Roberts, Jonathan Giardina, Kevin Dillon, Johnny Simmons
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| Notorious
| Fox Searchlight
| Dir., George Tillman Jr.; Cast, Jamal Woolard, Angela Bassett, Derek Luke, Antonique Smith, Anthony Mackie, Natrui Naughton, Sean Ringgold, Marc Jon Jefferies
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| I Love You, Man
| DreamWorks SKG
| Dir. and Scr., John Hamburg; Paul Rudd, Jason Segel, Jamie Pressly, Rashida Jones, Rob Huebel
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| Mall Cop
| Columbia Pictures
| Dir., Steve Carr; Cast, Kevin James, Jayma Mays, Shirley Knight
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| My Bloody Valentine 3-D
| Lionsgate
| Dir. Patrick Lussier Cast, Jensen Ackles, Jaime King
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| Ninja Assassin
| Warner Bros. Pictures
| Dir. James McTeigue; Scr. Matthew Sand, J.Michael Straczynski; Cast, Rain, Naomie Harris
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| 23
| Heart
| Lionsgate
| Dir. John Stockwell; Cast, Brady Corbet, Jon Hamm
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| Underworld: Rise of the Lycans
| Screen Gems
| Dir. Patrick Tatopoulos, Cast, Rhona Mitra, Bill Nighy, Michael Sheen, Kevin Grevioux and Shane Brolly
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| Possession
| Yari Film Group
| Dir., Joel Bergvall; Scr., Michael Petroni; Cast, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Lee Pace, Michael Landes, Chelah Horsdal, William B. Davis
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| 30
| Chilled in Miami
| Lions Gate Films Gold Circle Films
| Dir., Jonas Elmer; Pro., Peter Safran, Darryl Taja, Tracey Edmonds, Paul Brooks, Phyllis Laing, Andrew Paquin; Wir., C. Jay Cox, Ken Rance; Cast, Renee Zellweger, Harry Connick Jr., J.K. Simmons, Nathan Fillion, Siobhan Fallon, Frances Conroy, Rashida Jones, Nancy Drake
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| The Uninvited
| Paramount Pictures
| Dir., Charles Guard, Thomas Guard; Scr., Craig Rosenberg, Doug Miro, Carlo Bernard; Cast, Emily Browning, Arielle Kebbel, Elizabeth Banks, David Strathairn, Maya Massar
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| Push
| Summit Entertainment
| Dir. Paul McGuigan; Scr. David Bourla; Cast, Dakota Fanning, Chris Evans, Camilla Belle, Djimon Hounsou
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| Coraline
| Focus Features
| Dir. and Scr., Henry Selick; Cast, Dakota Fanning, Teri Hatcher, Ian McShane, John Hodgman, Keith David, Jennifer Saunders, Dawn French
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| The Pink Panther 2
| Columbia Pictures
| Dir. Harald Zwart; Cast, Steve Martin, Jean Reno, Andy Garcia, Aishwarya Rai, John Cleese, Jeremy Irons
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| 13
| They Came from Upstairs
| 20th Century Fox
| Dir., John Schultz; Scr., Mark Burton, Adam F. Goldberg; Cast, Ashley Tisdale, Robert Hoffman, Carter Jenkins
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| Friday the 13th
| Paramount Pictures / New Line Cinema
| Dir. Marcus Nispel Cast: Derek Mears, Jared Padalecki, Amanda Righetti
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| '14
| I Love You Phillip Morris
| TBA
| Dir. John Requa, Cast Jim Carrey, Ewan McGregor
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| 19
| Cirque du Freak
| Universal Pictures
| Chris J. Kelly, John C. Reilly, Josh Hutcherson, Salma Hayek, Ken Watanabe, Willem Dafoe
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| The Ghosts of Girlfriends Past
| Warner Bros. (New Line Cinema)
| Dir. Mark Waters; Scr. John Lucas, Scott Moore; Cast, Emma Stone, Jennifer Garner, Matthew McConaughey, Lacey Chabert, Michael Douglas, Breckin Meyer
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| 20
| Madea Goes to Jail
| Lionsgate
| Dir. & Pro Tyler Perry; Cast, Tyler Perry, Keshia Knight Pulliam, Derek Luke, Robin Coleman, Jackson Walker, David Mann, Tamela J. Mann, Keke Palmer, Benjamín Benítez
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| Youth in Revolt
| The Weinstein Company
| Cast, Michael Cera, Steve Buscemi, Jean Smart, Ray Liotta
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| 27
| Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li
| 20th Century Fox
| Dir. Andrzej Bartkowiak; Cast, Kristin Kreuk, Neal McDonough, Moon Bloodgood, Michael Clarke Duncan, Chris Klein, Robin Shou, Taboo of The Black Eyed Peas
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| Obsessed
| Screen Gems
| Dir. Steve Shill; Cast, Beyoncé Knowles, Idris Elba, Ali Larter, Christine Lahti, Bruce McGill, Ron Roggé, Jerry O'Connell
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| 6
| Watchmen
| Warner Bros.
| Dir., Zack Snyder; Scr., Alex Tse; Cast, Patrick Wilson, Billy Crudup, Jackie Earle Haley, Malin Åkerman, Matthew Goode, Jeffrey Dean Morgan
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| All About Steve
| 20th Century Fox
| Dir. Phil Traill, Cast Sandra Bullock, Bradley Cooper and Thomas Haden Church
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| 13
| Race to Witch Mountain
| Walt Disney Pictures
| Dir., Andy Fickman; Cast, AnnaSophia Robb, Dwayne Johnson, Alexander Ludwig, Ciaran Hinds
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| 12 Rounds
| Fox Atomic
| Dir. Renny Harlin, Cast, John Cena, Steve Harris, Aidan Gillen, Brian J. White
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| 20
| Duplicity
| Universal Pictures
| Dir. Tony Gilroy, Cast, Clive Owen, Julia Roberts, Billy Bob Thornton, Tom Wilkinson
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| Knowing
| Summit Entertainment
| Dir. Alex Proyas, Cast, Nicolas Cage, Rose Byrne
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| The Box
| Warner Bros.
| Dir. Richard Kelly, Pro. McKittricks, Cast, Cameron Diaz, James Marsden, Frank Langella, Gillian Jacobs
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| 27
| Monsters vs. Aliens
| DreamWorks Animation
| Dir., Conrad Vernon, Rob Letterman; Cast, Reese Witherspoon, Rainn Wilson, Hugh Laurie, Seth Rogen, Will Arnett, Kiefer Sutherland, Paul Rudd, Stephen Colbert
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| The Informant
| Warner Bros.
| Dir., Steven Soderbergh, Pro. Rob Jennifer Fox and Gregory Jacobs; Cast, Matt Damon, Scott Bakula, Joel McHale, Melanie Lynskey, Thomas F. Wilson, Joel McHale, Jimmy Pardo, Paul F. Tompkins
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| 29
| Assassination of a High School President
| Yari Film Group
| Dir., Brett Simon Pro., David Glass, Bradley Jenkel; Cast, Reece Thompson, Bruce Willis, Mischa Barton, Michael Rapaport, Kathryn Morris, Josh Pais, Melonie Diaz, Vincent Piazza
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| The Wolf Man
| Universal Studios
| Dir. Joe Johnston; Stars, Benicio del Toro, Anthony Hopkins, Emily Blunt, Geraldine Chaplin, Hugo Weaving
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| 10
| Dragonball
| 20th Century Fox
| Dir., James Wong; Pro., Stephen Chow; Scr., James Wong, Ben Ramsey; Cast, Justin Chatwin, James Marsters, Jamie Chung, Emmy Rossum, Chow Yun-Fat
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| Hannah Montana: The Movie
| Walt Disney Pictures
| Dir. Peter Chelsom; Scrn. Dan Berendsen; Cast, Miley Cyrus, Emily Osment, Mitchel Musso, Jason Earles, Billy Ray Cyrus
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| Observe and Report
| Warner Bros.
| Dir. Jody Hill, Cast. Seth Rogen, Anna Faris, Ray Liotta, Michael Peña
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| Case 39
| Paramount Pictures
| Dir. Christian Alvart, Cast. Renée Zellweger, Jodelle Ferland, Ian McShane, Callum Keith Rennie, Bradley Cooper
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| 17
| State of Play
| Universal Pictures
| Dir. Kevin Macdonald, Cast. Russell Crowe, Ben Affleck, Helen Mirren, Rachel McAdams
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| Julie & Julia
| Columbia Pictures
| Dir. Nora Ephron Cast. Amy Adams, Meryl Streep, Stanley Tucci, Chris Messina
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| 17 Again
| New Line Cinema
| Dir. Burr Steers; Scr. Jason Filardi; Cast, Matthew Perry, Zac Efron, Leslie Mann, Thomas Lennon
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| 24
| Whiteout
| Warner Bros.
| Dir. Dominic Sena, Cast. Kate Beckinsale, Gabriel Macht, Alex O'Loughlin, Columbus Short
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| Vanilla Gorilla
| Freestyle Releasing
| Dir. Terry Loane, Cast. Pierce Brosnan, Dennis Haysbert, Peter Elliot, Madeline Carroll
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| X-Men Origins: Wolverine
| 20th Century Fox
| Dir., Gavin Hood; Scr., David Benioff, James Vanderbilt, Scott Silver; Cast, Hugh Jackman, Liev Schreiber , Ryan Reynolds
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| 8
| Star Trek
| Paramount Pictures
| Dir., J. J. Abrams; Scr., Alex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci,; Cast, Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Karl Urban, John Cho, Leonard Nimoy, Eric Bana
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| 15
| Angels & Demons
| Columbia Pictures
| Dir., Ron Howard; Scr., Akiva Goldsman; Cast, Tom Hanks, Ayelet Zurer, Ewan McGregor
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| Brüno
| Universal
| Dir. Dan Mazer; Sacha Baron Cohen
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| 22
| Terminator Salvation
| Warner Bros.
| Dir., Joseph McGinty Nichol; Pro., Derek Anderson, Victor Kubicek, Jeffrey Silver; Scr. John Brancato, Michael Ferris, David Campbell Wilson; Cast, Christian Bale, Sam Worthington, Anton Yelchin, Helena Bonham Carter
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| Night at the Museum 2: Battle of the Smithsonian
| 20th Century Fox
| Dir., Shawn Levy; Pro., Shawn Levy; Cast, Ben Stiller, Dick Van Dyke, Robin Williams, Amy Adams, Owen Wilson, Hank Azaria
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| 29
| The Maiden Heist
| Yari Film Group
| William H. Macy, Christopher Walken, Morgan Freeman, Marcia Gay Harden
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| Up
| Walt Disney Pictures
| Dir., Pete Docter; Cast, Edward Asner, Christopher Plummer
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| Land of the Lost
| Universal Studios
| Dir., Brad Silberling; Cast, Will Ferrell, Anna Friel
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| 12
| Fast and Furious
| Universal Studios
| Dir., Justin Lin; Scr., Chris Morgan; Cast, Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Michelle Rodriguez
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| The Proposal
| Touchstone Pictures
| Dir., Anne Fletcher; Scr., Pete Chiarelli; Cast, Sandra Bullock, Ryan Reynolds, Malin Akerman, Mary Steenburgen, Craig T. Nelson, Oscar Nuñez, Aasif Mandvi
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| NowhereLand
| Paramount Pictures
| Dir. Karey Kirkpatrick, Cast. Eddie Murphy, Thomas Haden Church
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| 19
| The Year One
| Sony Pictures (Columbia Pictures)
| Dir., Harold Ramis; Scr., Harold Ramis, Gene Stupnitsky, Lee Eisenberg; Cast, Jack Black, Michael Cera, Vinnie Jones, Oliver Platt, David Cross, Juno Temple, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Olivia Wilde, Hank Azaria
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| 26
| Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
| Paramount Pictures
| Dir., Michael Bay; Scr., Ehren Kruger, Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman; Cast, Shia LaBeouf, Megan Fox, Peter Cullen
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| Public Enemies
| Universal Studios
| Dir. Michael Mann; Cast, Christian Bale, Johnny Depp, Marion Cotillard, Channing Tatum, Giovanni Ribisi
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| Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs
| 20th Century Fox
| Dir. Carlos Saldanha; Cast, Ray Romano, Denis Leary, John Leguizamo, Josh Peck
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| 11
| Motherland
| Halaqah Media
| Dir. & Wri Owen 'Alik Shahadah; Pro. Betelihem Zelealem; Cast, Kimani Nehus, Molefi Kete Asante, Maulana Karenga, Wangari Maathai, Mohamed Ibn Chambas, Francis Cress Welsing, Amiri Baraka, Desmond Tutu
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| 17
| Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
| Warner Bros
| Dir. David Yates; Cast, Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson
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| 24
| G-Force
| Walt Disney Pictures
| Dir., Hoyt Yeatman; Scr., Cormac Wibberley, Marianne Wibberley; Cast, Nicolas Cage, Steve Buscemi, Tracy Morgan, Bill Nighy, Will Arnett
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| 32
| The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3
| Columbia Pictures
| Dir., Tony Scott; Scr., David Koepp; Cast, Denzel Washington, John Travolta
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| Bandslam
| Walden Media
| Dir. Tod Graff; Scrn. Dan Berendsen; Cast, Gaelan Connell, Alyson Michalka, Vanessa Hudgens, Scott Porter, Lisa Kudrow
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| 7
| G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra
| Paramount Pictures
| Dir., Stephen Sommers; Scr., Stuart Beattie; Cast, Channing Tatum, Christopher Eccleston, Sienna Miller, Dennis Quaid, Rachel Nichols, Ray Park, Marlon Wayans, Arnold Vosloo, Joseph Gordon-Levitt
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| 21
| Final Destination 4
| New Line Cinema
| Dir., David R. Ellis; Scr., Eric Bress; Cast, Bobby Campo, Nick Zano, Krista Allen
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| 18
| Armored
| Screen Gems
| Dir., Nimród Antal; Pro., Sam Raimi; Cast, Columbus Short, Matt Dillon, Laurence Fishburne, Jean Reno, Skeet Ulrich, Fred Ward, Milo Ventimiglia
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| 25
| The Surrogates
| Touchstone Pictures
| Dir. Jonathan Mostow Pro., David Hoberman; Wri. Michael Ferris; Cast, Bruce Willis, Radha Mitchell, Rosamund Pike, Ving Rhames
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| Toy Story (re-release in 3D)
| Walt Disney Pictures, Pixar
| Dir., John Lasseter; Cast, Tim Allen, Tom Hanks
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| Ashecliffe
| Paramount Pictures
| Dir., Martin Scorsese; Scr., Laeta Kalogridis; Cast, Leonardo DiCaprio, Mark Ruffalo, Ben Kingsley, Michelle Williams, Emily Mortimer, Jackie Earle Haley, Max von Sydow
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| 9
| The Lovely Bones
| Dreamworks SKG
| Dir. and Scr., Peter Jackson; Cast, Mark Wahlberg, Rachel Weisz, Susan Sarandon, Saoirse Ronan, Stanley Tucci
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| 16
| Where the Wild Things Are
| Legendary Pictures
| Dir.,Spike Jonze; Scr.,Spike Jonze, Dave Eggers; Cast, Paul Dano, Forest Whitaker, Catherine Keener, James Gandolfini
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| The Stepfather
| Screen Gems
| Dir.,Nelson McCormick; Pro., Greg Moordian, Mark Morgan; Wir., J.S. Cardone; Cast, Penn Badgley, Dylan Walsh, Christopher Meloni, Sela Ward
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| 23
| Astro Boy
| Summit Entertainment
| Dir.,David Bowers; animated voices of, Freddie Highmore, Nicolas Cage, Nathan Lane, Bill Nighy, Eugene Levy, Donald Sutherland Scarlett Johansson, Kristen Bell
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| 30
| Horrorween
| Adirondack International Pictures
| Dir. Joe Estevez, Cast, Chuck Lamb, Ed Meyer
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| Fantastic Mr. Fox
| 20th Century Fox
| Dir. and Scr., Wes Anderson; Scr. Noah Baumbach; Cast, George Clooney, Cate Blanchett, Bill Murray, Jason Schwartzmann
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| A Christmas Carol
| Buena Vista
| Dir. Robert Zemeckis; Cast, Jim Carrey
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| 20
| Planet 51
| New Line Cinema
| Dir., Jorge Blanco; Scr., Joe Stillman; Cast, Dwayne Johnson, Jessica Biel, Justin Long, Seann William Scott
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| 25
| Old Dogs
| Walt Disney Pictures
| Dir. Walt Becker, Cast. John Travolta, Robin Williams
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| 18
| Avatar
| 20th Century Fox
| Dir. and Scr., James Cameron; Cast, Sam Worthington, Zoë Saldaña, Sigourney Weaver
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| 25
| The Princess and the Frog
| Walt Disney Pictures
| Dir., John Musker, Ron Clements; Cast, Anika Noni Rose, Keith David, John Goodman
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The following films are filming, but do not have a specific release date set in 2009.
Studios have announced targeted release dates for 2009 for the following films in development, but not yet in production.
