December 16, 2010 (Showbiz PR Wire):
HOLLYWOOD RELEASES 2011
-UNIVERSAL COMMUNICATIONS-
127 Hours
Banner: Fox Star Studios India (Twentieth Century Fox)
Release Date: January 2011
Genre: Thriller, Drama
Director: Danny Boyle (Slumdog Millionaire, 28 Days Later)
Music: AR Rahman
Cast: James Franco, Kate Mara (Brokeback Mountain)
Synopsis: 127 HOURS is the true story of mountain climber Aron Ralstons remarkable adventure to save himself after a fallen boulder crashes on his arm and traps him in an isolated canyon in Utah. Over the next five days Ralston examines his life and survives the elements to finally discover he has the courage and the wherewithal to amputate his own arm, scale a 65 foot wall and hike over 8 miles before he is finally rescued.
RIO
Banner: Fox Star Studios India (Twentieth Century Fox)
Release Date: April 2011
Genre: 3D Animation
Director: Carlos Saldanha (Ice Age: the Meltdown & Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs)
Voice Overs: Jesse Eisenberg, Anne Hathaway, George Lopez, Jake T. Austin, Jamie Foxx, Rodrigo Santoro, Tracy Morgan, Will.I.am, Jane Lynch, Leslie Mann, Wanda Sykes
Synopsis: Set in the magnificent city of Rio de Janeiro and the lush rainforest of Brazil, the comedy-adventure centers on Blu, a rare macaw who thinks he is the last of his kind. When Blu discovers theres another and that shes a she he leaves the comforts of his cage in small town Minnesota and heads to Rio.
X Men: First Class
Banner: Fox Star Studios India (Twentieth Century Fox)
Release Date: June 2011
Genre: Action adventure
Director: Matthew Vaughn
Cast: James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Kevin Bacon, January Jones, Rose Byrne, Nicholas Hoult, Jennifer Lawrence, Oliver Platt, Zo Kravitz, Caleb Landry Jones
Synopsis: Professor Xaviers goals are to promote the peaceful co-existence of mutants and humans. X-MEN ORIGINS: FIRST CLASS is about the first group of students at Xaviers School for Gifted Youngsters.
Caesar: Rise of the Apes
Banner: Fox Star Studios India (Twentieth Century Fox)
Release Date: August 2011
Genre: Sci-Fi, Action
Director: Rupert Wyatt (The Escapist)
Cast: James Franco, Frieda Pinto
Special Effects: Weta Digital (Avatar)
Synopsis: James Franco is set to play a scientist working on a cure for Alzheimer's by testing on apes. When test subject Caesar suddenly begins to rapidly evolve, the scientist takes him home to remove him from the cruel lab doctors.
Darkest Hour
Banner: Fox Star Studios India (Twentieth Century Fox)
Release Date: September 2011
Genre: Action thriller
Director: Chris Gorak (Right at Your Door)
Cast: Olivia Thirlby and Emile Hirsch
Synopsis: Four young people find themselves stranded in Moscow, fighting to survive in the wake of a devastating alien attack.
Other Planned Releases:
Alvin & The Chipmunks 3
Love & Other Drugs
Big Mommas House 3, etc
Media Contact: Parag Desai (E-Mail: universalpr@gmail.com)
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