Disney are going all out with this! The film’s release is 9 months away and there’s already been 3 posters, dozens of pics, a 2 minute plus trailer and even a special Tron Legacy event syndicated around the world. The last two time’s I’ve seen this much of marketing push was with Avatar and The Dark Knight, which if you’ve lived under a rock both made a gazillion $’s. People are responding great to the trailer, everyone I know is pretty much sold on it already, visually it looks like it’s pushing the envelope, everything I’ve seen so far from Tron Legacy has been to the highest quality, hopefully the film lives up to the hype!

TRON: LEGACY is a 3D high-tech adventure set in a digital world that’s unlike anything ever captured on the big screen. Sam Flynn (GARRETT HEDLUND), the tech-savvy 27-year-old son of Kevin Flynn (JEFF BRIDGES), looks into his father’s disappearance and finds himself pulled into the digital world of Tron where his father has been living for 25 years. Along with Kevin’s loyal confidant Qora (OLIVIA WILDE), father and son embark on a life-and-death journey of escape across a visually-stunning cyber universe that has become far more advanced and exceedingly dangerous.

Disney have got a very big year in films in 2010 with Alice In Wonderland, Toy Story 3, The Sorcerer’s Apprentice, Tron Legacy and this. I’m slowly warming to this the more that I see from it, I’ve always liked Jake Gylanhaal, it’s good to see him do something more action packed, from the trailer he looks like he spends much of the movie jumping around like coked up Kangaroo(nothing wrong with that!). I’m also looking forward to it for Toby Kebbell and Gemma Arterton two of the UK’s best young talents. They should have cast a few more Persians though it looks like a bunch of English people wearing eye liner and dyed black hair, its the 21^st century now I should think films can be a bit more realistic. Look’s like a lot of fun though.

From the team that brought the “Pirates of the Caribbean” trilogy to the big screen, Walt Disney Pictures and Jerry Bruckheimer Films present PRINCE OF PERSIA: THE SANDS OF TIME, an epic action-adventure set in the mystical lands of Persia.  A rogue prince (JAKE GYLLENHAAL) reluctantly joins forces with a mysterious princess (GEMMA ARTERTON) and together, they race against dark forces to safeguard an ancient dagger capable of releasing the Sands of Time—a gift from the gods that can reverse time and allow its possessor to rule the world.

From the trailer this looks exactly how the Dragonball film should have looked like! The TV Spot and the recent posters looked pretty good but to be honest I’m still gonna have to wait and see some reviews before I see this (hopefully I’ll be invited to the screening ) I’m still scarred by The Happening, forgiveness is a long road for M.Night Shyamalan in my books, The Village and Lady In The Water or whatever it was called p**sed me off too much!

Based on the hugely successful Nickelodeon animated TV series, the live-action feature film is set in a world where human civilization is divided into four nations: Water, Earth, Air and Fire. The Fire Nation is waging a ruthless, oppressive war against the other three nations. The film’s hero, the reluctant young Aang (Noah Ringer), is the “Last Airbender” — the Avatar who, according to prophecy, has the ability to manipulate all of the elements and bring all the nations together. Aided by a protective teenage Waterbender named Katara (Nicola Peltz) and her bull-headed brother Sokka, Aang proceeds on a perilous journey to restore balance to their war-torn world. Dev Patel plays the Fire Nation’s evil prince Zuko. Exiled from the Fire Nation by his father, Zuko is sent to capture the Avatar in order to restore his honor and right to the throne.

Disney unveiled new TV Spot’s for Alice In Wonderland and Prince Perisa last night during the Super Bowl, which was seen by over 100 million people worldwide, so you know they paid some $$$$ for ad space! I’ve got mild interest in both of these, I’ve been a bit underwhelmed by some of Tim Burton’s latest work (Sweeney Todd, Charley and the Chocolate Factory, Planet Of The Apes). I’ve got no doubts it will be visually stunning, the cast is great as well (who doesn’t like Stephen Fry), hopefully it will be a return to form. The Prince Of Persia film does look like a lot of fun, I just hope it’s not a complete cgi fest, the TV spot slightly increased my interest. You can check out the Robin Hood TV Spot here and The Last Airbender TV Spot here

Prince Of Persia TV Spot

Alice In Wonderland TV Spot

You have to be a miserable sod if you don’t like the look of this, a real doom and gloom nay-sayer and negative nancy (if your not fond of blood I pardon you). This looks like so much fun, this is creeping up my list of most anticipated films of 2010. Kick Ass is in cinemas April 2nd

A twisted, funny, high-octane adventure, director Matthew Vaughn brings KICK-ASS to the big screen. KICK-ASS tells the story of average teenager Dave Lizewski (Aaron Johnson), a comic-book fanboy who decides to take his obsession as inspiration to become a real-life superhero. As any good superhero would, he chooses a new name — Kick-Ass — assembles a suit and mask to wear, and gets to work fighting crime. There’s only one problem standing in his way: Kick-Ass has absolutely no superpowers. His life is forever changed as he inspires a subculture of copy cats, meets up with a pair of crazed vigilantes — including an 11-year-old sword-wielding dynamo, Hit Girl (Chloë Moretz) and her father, Big Daddy (Nicolas Cage) — and forges a friendship with another fledgling superhero, Red Mist (Christopher Mintz-Plasse). But thanks to the scheming of a local mob boss Frank D’Amico (Mark Strong), that new alliance will be put to the test.

Here’s a couple new pictures from the upcoming A Team movie, this is either gonna be an old school action packed romp (good), or an incredibly stupid cheese fest (bad). Either way it’s got my attention, I always like Liam Neeson and I’ve been following Rampage Jackson in the UFC for a few years now, he always entertains me on there, hopefully he can bring that over to this film.

The film stars Bradley Cooper as Lt. Templeton ‘Faceman’ Peck, an almost unrecognisable Liam Neeson as Col John ‘Hannibal’ Smith, Sharlto Copley as Capt. ‘Howling Mad’ Murdock, and former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Quinton ‘Rampage’ Jackson as Sgt Bosco ‘B.A.’ Baracus aka Mr T. The film is currently in production and set to be in cinemas June 11th 2010. Joe Carnahan is set to direct and Ridley and Tony Scott are set to produce. The plot will involves a shift from Vietnam to the Middle East, and both Jules Daly and series creator Stephen J. Cannell are involved in the project.

1. The Tree Of Life

Release Date: TBC, I’d assume late summer in time for award season.

Terrence Mallick is quite possibly my favourite director, his films say so much without much words, they’re all extremely philosophical, moving and visually stunning. Since his debut film Badlands in 1973 he has only made 3 other films which were all amazing (Days Of Heaven, The Thin Red Line and The New World).

Directed by Terrence Mallick and starring Brad Pitt and Sean Penn. The tale of a Midwestern boy’s journey from the innocence of childhood to his disillusioned adult years as a “lost soul in the modern world”, and into his quest to regain meaning in life. The “tree of life” is the framework of the story, how one thing leads to another, a miracle of growth and evolution, where nature is purposeful, and never random.

2. Inception

Release Date: July 2010

Christopher Nolan’s succession of great films doesn’t looks like it’s gonna stop – Memento, Insomnia, Batman Begins, The Prestige, The Dark Knight…….. I like how Warner Brothers are approaching the film, it’s got a real mystique about it in that it’s not giving away too much but still giving us enough to want much much more and keep us guessing. The visuals in the two teaser trailers look ridiculously good.

The plot is top secret, we’ve only been given extremely brief information about the film, all we know about it is that it’s a – “a contemporary sci-fi actioner set within the architecture of the mind.” “Inception is about entering peoples’ minds/dreams. A technology to do so has been developed and is done through an injection. DiCaprio and his team work to enter the minds of other characters in order to retrieve/plant information.” Nolan wrote the original screenplay himself, Inception stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Cillian Murphy, Ellen Page, Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Marion Cotillard. The film will open on July 16th, 2010, in both traditional theatres and in IMAX. DiCaprio is a CEO character named Cobb, Ellen Page is Ariadne -a grad student working for Cobb and a sidekick of sorts, Joseph Gordon-Levitt is Arthur – an associate to Cobb at his company, Tom Hardy is Eames, Ken Watanabe is Saito, Dileep Rao is Yusef, Cillian Murphy is Fischer, Tom Berenger is Browning and Marion Cotillard plays Cobb’s wife.

3. The Fighter

Release Date: TBC

This might be the filmthat Christian Bale finally gets his Oscar nomination. Both him and Mark Wahlberg don’t look like their messing around with their respected rolls, Bale has lost a tonne of weight to play an addict (as he done in Rescue Dawn and more extremely in The Machinist) and Mark Wahlberg has beefed up to play former Welterweight Micky Ward

Starring Christian Bale, Amy Adams and Mark Wahlberg and Directed by David O. Russell. The film centres around the life of professional boxer “Irish” Micky Ward (Wahlberg) and his older drug addicted brother Dickie Eklund (Bale). Amy Adams has also been confirmed as a love interest of Ward.

4. Black Swan

Release Date: TBC

I’m a big big fan of Darren Aronofsky, for me Requiem for a Dream is the greatest addiction movie ever made, The Wrestler was brilliant and I really enjoyed The Fountain (I know that was a bit hit and miss for some people though). If the story’s a bit slow for you, who doesn’t like a bunch of pretty brunettes (Natalie Portman & Mila Kunis) dressed up as Ballerinas.  Also for you pervs, i.e men with red blood they both have sex in the film, I’m not making that up!

The film has been described as a supernatural drama set in the world of New York City Ballet which centers on a veteran ballerina (Portman) who finds herself locked in a competitive situation with a rival dancer (Kunis), with the stakes and twists increasing as the dancers approach a big performance. The big twist is that Portman’s character is not sure whether her rival is a supernatural apparition or if she is having delusions.

5. The Way Back

Release Date: TBC

First of all the cast is stella, Colin Farrell, Ed Harris, Jim Sturgess, Mark Strong and Saoirse Ronan. It is also directed by the brilliant Peter Weir (Master And Commander, The Truman Show, Witness) who after five Oscar nominations may finally to bring home that faceless gold man with this. The premise is right up my alley as well

Seven courageous multi-national prisoners discover the true meaning of friendship as their epic journey takes them across thousands of miles of hostile terrain en-route to India and their freedom.

6. Shutter Island

Release Date: 19 February 2010

I’ve been really looking forward to this for a good while now, Martin Scorsese has made classic after classic. The only thing that makes me slightly sceptical about the film is the push backs, if it wasn’t for that this would probably be higher up on my list

Directed by Martin Scorsese and starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Ben Kingsley and Jackie Earle Haly. In 1954, US Marshall Teddy Daniels (DiCaprio) hunts down a murderess who’s escaped from the Shutter Island hospital for the criminally insane. Though she can’t get off the island, Daniels’ job is made harder by an approaching hurricane.

7. Kick Ass

Release Date: 16^th April 2010

No trailer has sold me for a film in 2010 like the Hit Girl Red Band Trailer, it looks hilarious and to put it lightly INSANE!

Kick-Ass is based on the comic by Mark Millar and John Romita Jr., telling the story of average teenager Dave Lizewski (Aaron Johnson), a comic-book fanboy who decides to take his obsession as inspiration to become a real-life superhero. As any good superhero would, he chooses a new name — Kick-Ass — assembles a suit and mask to wear, and gets to work fighting crime. There’s only one problem standing in his way: Kick-Ass has absolutely no superpowers. Kick-Ass directed by Matthew Vaughn and stars Nicolas Cage, Aaron Johnson, Lyndsy Fonseca, Mark Strong, Christopher Mintz-Plasse and Chloe Moretz.

8. A Simple Noodle Story

Release Date: TBC

I love Blood Simple and I love the idea of putting a twist on that story. Zhang Zimou is one of my favourite modern directors. Visually he’s on a different level. A number of his films blew me away – House Of Flying Daggers, Curse of the Golden Flower, Hero, Not One Less and The Story Of Qui Ju

A Simple Noodle Story is Zhang Yimou’s first film since Curse of the Golden Flower in 2006, it is a remake of Blood Simple, the 1985 debut of the Coen brothers, whose films Zhang Yimou lists among his favorites. The film transports the original film’s plot from a town in Texas, to a noodle shop in a small town in the Chinese desert.

A Simple Noodle Story will reportedly consist of two distinct segments, a thriller segment, and a comedic segment. The film will star Sun Honglei, Ni Dahong in the thriller segment while comedians Xiao Shenyang and Yan Ni will star in the comedic segment.

9. London Boulevard

Release Date: TBC

This is directed by the William Monohen in his first feature film debut, he is no stranger to the film business, he wrote the screenplay for Kings Of Heaven, Body Of Lies, The Departed and the upcoming film Edge Of Darkness. I’ve heard great things about the novel which this film is based on and looking at the cast (Colin Farrell, Ray Winstone..) this looks like a winner

A freshly released ex-con from South London attempts to stay out of the way of a ruthless loan shark by finding honest work at the Holland Park mansion of faded movie actress. As his violent past catches up with him and his disturbed sister is threatened, he is forced to act.

10. Machete, Clash Of The Titans and Robin Hood

Release Dates: TBC, April and May

I didn’t know which one to pick so I though f*ck it I’ll pick 3 films at number 10, all action packed movies, with great casts. Hopefully good popcorn fun!

Honourable Mentions

Alice In Wonderland, Book Of Eli, The Boys Are Back, Jonah Hex, Iron Man 2, The Wolfman, Predators, Tron Legacy, Paul, Buried, The Rum Diary, Youth In Revolt, Edge Ef Darkness, Stone, The Expendables, Toy Story 3, Wall Street 2, The A Team, Rec 2, Frozen, Biutiful, Green Zone, The American, Knockout, The Conspirator, The Grand Master, Triple Frontier, Salt, Onedin, Mother And Child, The Other Guys, The Social Network, Brothers, Invictus, Leap Year, 4 3 2 1, Centurion and Area 51,

This looks really bad, really really bad! A nice little cash in for the studio (Sony). Not to be picky either but isn’t that Kung Fu in the trailer? The original was one of my favorite films from my childhood, looking back now, yes it was a bit cheesey to say the least but nostalgia is a great feeling, trust Hollywood to break that into little pieces the b**terds! The only positive thing I can say is that Jackie Chan looks quite good in this.

The Karate Kid, directed by Harald Zwart (The Pink Panther 2), stars Jaden Smith, Jackie Chan, and Taraji P. Henson. Smith plays Dre, a skateboarding video game buff who moves to China after his single mother is forced to go there for work. Unable to speak Chinese, Dre finds it hard to settle in, and gets beat up by the local bully. Chan plays Mr. Han, a maintenance man who spots his black-eye and offers to teach him both martial arts and Chinese, so he can defend against all the kung-fu students.

Tim Burton is definitely going all out with this, it looks stunning, I’ve been impressed by everything I’ve seen so far. It looks like it will scare the sh*t out of kids as well, which if your a horrible bastard like myself that is good news .  I really like the casting especially the voice cast – Stephen Fry, Alan Rickman ect

From Walt Disney Pictures and visionary director Tim Burton comes an epic 3D fantasy adventure Alice in Wonderland, a magical and imaginative twist on some of the most beloved stories of all time. Johnny Depp stars as the Mad Hatter and Mia Wasikowska as 19-year-old Alice, who returns to the whimsical world she first encountered as a young girl, reuniting with her childhood friends: the White Rabbit, Tweedledee and Tweedledum, the Dormouse, the Caterpillar, the Cheshire Cat, and of course, the Mad Hatter. Alice embarks on a fantastical journey to find her true destiny and end the Red Queen’s reign of terror

Cast: Johnny Depp, Anne Hathaway, Helena Bonham Carter, Crispin Glover, Matt Lucas, Marton Csokas, Tim Pigott-Smith, Lindsay Duncan, Geraldine James, Leo Bill, Jemma Powell, Mairi Ella Challen and Mia Wasikowska as Alice

Voice Cast: Alan Rickman, Stephen Fry, Michael Sheen, Timothy Spall, Christopher Lee, Paul Whitehouse, Barbara Windsor

Release Date: March 5, 2010

This does look very funny, Michael Cera has mastered the ‘awkward socially inept strange guy’ role, hopefully with Scott Pilgrim Vs The World he shows a bit more range though. He’s carved a nice niche for himself playing near enough the same character in every film, but you know what it makes me laugh so more power to him!

Youth In Revolt is in cinemas January 8, 2010