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The Hobbit

 Starring: Martin Freeman, Benedict Cumberbatch, Elijah Wood

Tagline: There’s no Smaug, without Shire.

Before Bilbo Baggins celebrated his one-hundred and eleventieth birthday, he defeated a dragon and found a ring. But we won’t give it all away…

Due: 14 December 2012

Prometheus

Starring: Michael Fassbender, Charlize Theron, Noomi Rapace

Tagline: It’s Ghostbusters. In Space.

Flamethrowers at the ready, this is the return of the space jockeys as the Alien franchise is revisited by one Ridley but zero Ripley.

Due: 1 June 2012

 

Django Unchained

Starring: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Leonardo DiCaprio, Samuel L Jackson

Tagline: Gone With The Wind starring Boba Fett.

A freed slave turns vengeful bounty hunter as Quentin Tarantino’s love affair with spaghetti westerns continues. Possibly contains Kung-fu.

Due: 26 December 2012

                                                     

Skyfall

Starring: Daniel Craig, Ralph Fiennes, Javier Bardem

The Tagline: 007 returns. Again.

The title of Bond 23 alludes to a scene in which The Dench jumps out of a plane and opens a Union Jack parachute. Hopefully.

Due: 26 October 2012

 

Dark Shadows

Starring: Johnny Depp, Michelle Pfeiffer, Eva Green

Tagline: Edward Cullen, say hello to Edward Scissorhands

Tim Burton rides the vampire trend drawing inspiration from the cult ‘60s TV series. Spolier alert: Helena Bonham Carter has a role.

Due: 11 May 2012

 

A Dangerous Method

Starring: Michael Fassbender, Keira Knightley, Viggo Mortensen

Tagline: Born Slippy…

A Freudian quip there… Aragorn plays our man Sigmund who invents psychoanalysis. Also features Keira Knightley in Russian accent shocker.

Due: 10 February 2012

 

The Dark Knight Rises

Starring: Christian Bale, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Anne Hathaway

Tagline: Would the real Bruce Wayne-y please stand up?

Christopher Nolan’s Batman makes The Crow look like Big Bird. The sequel adds a cat to the mix played by Hathaway, who beat Puss-In-Boots to it.

Due: 20 July 2012

 

War Horse

Starring: Emily Watson, Tom Hiddleston, Benedict Cumberbatch

Tagline: Rawhide meets A Very Long Engagement

Spielberg’s World War 1 epic takes the reins (hee haw) of Michael Morpurgo’s critically acclaimed book-turned-play on the sacrifice made by horses in battle.

Due: 13 January 2012

 

Bill Cunningham New York

Starring: Bill Cunningham, Anna Wintour, Michael Kors

Tagline: The September One Hour Photo Issue

Before the internet gave birth to The Sartorialist, New York-based photographer Bill Cunningham stalked street fashion. Get it right, bitches.

Due: 9 March 2012

 

The Descendants

Starring: George Clooney, Shailene Woodley, Amara Miller

Tagline: The South Pacific ain’t that terrific.

With his wife on life support, Clooney takes his kids to confront the man she’s having an affair with. It’s not all hula skirts and flower garlands in Hawaii, you know.

Due: 27 January 2012