PHOTOS: Movie Sneaks 2010
Compiled by Los Angeles Times staff
Several remakes and sequels of popular films are coming your way as well as a journey of self-discovery and a zoo playing cupid. (20th Century Fox / Columbia TriStar / Disney)
Zachary Gordon stars in the live adaptation of Jeff Kinney’s book series “Diary of a Wimpy Kid” about the ups and downs of a middle-schooler named Greg Heffley. (April 2) (20th Century Fox)
David Lizewski (Aaron Johnson) sets out to become a real-life super hero named Kick-Ass and inspires a few other would-be heroes along the way. (April 16) (Marv Films / Lionsgate)
An American spy (John Travolta, right) and a U.S. Embassy worker in Paris (Jonathan Rhys Meyers) make an unlikely team as they fight to protect the city from terrorists. (Feb. 5) (Magali Bragard / Lionsgate)
High school classmates meet up for a Fourth of July weekend 30 years after graduation. Stars include
Viking teen Hiccup (Jay Baruchel) is a social misfit among his dragon-slayer peers. Things get even more complicated when he befriends Toothless, an injured Night Fury dragon. (March 26) (DreamWorks)
A woman’s (Katharine Heigl) life turns upside down when she meets and marries her dream guy (
The morning national news program “Daybreak” has a new producer, Becky Fuller (
A young woman (
A goofy Great Dane named Marmaduke (
An elite team of experts -- Lt. Dixon Piper (
Ramona’s (Joey King) vivid imagination, boundless energy, and accident-prone antics are put to the test when she helps her family face its biggest challenge. Along the way, Ramona must deal with her over-achieving older sister, Beezus (
Scott Pilgrim (
Noah Ringer stars as Aang, a young Avatar who must protect the Water, Earth and Air from the Fire Nation. (July 2) (Zade Rosenthal / Paramount Pictures)
A high school jock (Randy Wayne), left, must change his life after his childhood friend (
A son (Tom Hardy) returns home to his father (
Nicolas Cage stars as a knight who must transport a witch accused of causing the plague. (March 19) (Egon Endrenyi / Lionsgate)
Kirk (Jay Baruchel), an average Joe, cannot believe his luck when the beautiful Molly (Alice Eve) falls for him. (March 12) (Darren Michaels / DreamWorks)
Four friends (left to right, Craig Robinson, Clark Duke, Rob Corddry and
In this film based on the bestselling memoir by Elizabeth Gilbert,
Tommy Fielding (Scott Porter) is a rising star on Wall Street, but when he takes a young coworker named Daniel (Bryan Greenberg, pictured) under his wing, he learns a few lessons of his own. The film also stars Alexis Beldel as Tommy’s girlfriend, pictured. (Feb. 19) (Walter Thomson / Roadside Attractions)
The fourth and final film in the franchise has Shrek (voiced by
When Sam Flynn (Garrett Hedlund) begins to examine his father’s disappearance, he suddenly finds himself in the digital world of Tron -- where his father, played by Jeff Bridges, who starred in the original 1982 “Tron” -- resides. The father and son, along with their friend Quorra (Olivia Wilde, above with Hedlund), then set out on a dangerous journey across the cyber universe, which will be presented in 3-D. (Dec. 17) (Disney)