Around the World in 80 Days
Family adventure (June 16)
Walt Disney Pictures
With: Jackie Chan, Steve Coogan, Cecile De France, Jim Broadbent, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Kathy Bates, Owen Wilson, Luke Wilson, Rob Schneider
The idea: London inventor Phileas Fogg has less than three months to circumnavigate the globe and win an outlandish bet.
Writers: David Titcher and David Benullo & David Goldstein, based on the novel by Jules Verne
Director: Frank Coraci
Like Mike Todd’s version, this new one underwritten by developer Philip Anschutz has many star cameos including one by our governor, but in addition to Jackie Chan in one major role, in another it has energetically hilarious British TV personality Steve Coogan (check out “24 Hour Party People”).
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