Shrek the Third The big green ogre (Mike Myers) faces enforced coronation as the next king of Far Far Away, unless his friends Donkey (Eddie Murphy) and Puss In Boots (Antonio Banderas) can find a suitable replacement. With the voices of Cameron Diaz, Rupert Everett, Justin Timberlake, Julie Andrews, John Cleese, Eric Idle, Cheri Oteri, Amy Poehler, Maya Rudolph, Amy Sedaris, John Krasinski and Ian McShane. Screenplay by Jeffrey Price & Peter S. Seaman and J. David Stern, Joe Stillman, David N. Weiss and Jon Zack. Directed by Chris Miller and Raman Hui. DreamWorks Animation/Paramount Pictures, May 18
The Simpsons Movie Most TV series are off the air before they reach the big screen, but after 18 seasons, 400 episodes and no immediate end in sight, Matt Groening and company went ahead and did a movie simultaneously. Expect it to make a lot of "d'oh." With the voices of Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith, Hank Azaria, Harry Shearer, Pamela Hayden, Tress MacNeille and Albert Brooks. Screenplay by Matt Groening, James L. Brooks, Al Jean, Mike Scully, Ian Maxtone-Graham, George Meyer, David Mirkin, Mike Reiss, Matt Selman, John Swartzwelder and Jon Vitti. Directed by David Silverman. 20th Century Fox, July 27
For The Record
Los Angeles Times Sunday January 21, 2007 Home Edition Sunday Calendar Part E Page 2 Calendar Desk 3 inches; 121 words Type of Material: Correction
Movie Sneaks: In last Sunday's movie Sneaks listings, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie "TMNT" was included under Action. The CGI film should have been under Animation. Also, the names of writer-director Bruce A. Evans and writer Raynold Gideon for the film "Mr. Brooks" were omitted from the list. Also, the comedy "Good Luck Chuck" was omitted. In it, Dane Cook stars as a dentist who discovers that a curse placed on his love life by a rejected Goth girl a quarter century earlier is having an unforeseen effect on his romantic prospects. Jessica Alba and Dan Fogler also star. The movie, written by Josh Stolberg and directed by Mark Helfrich, is scheduled to be released by Lionsgate on Aug. 24.
For The Record
Los Angeles Times Sunday January 21, 2007 Home Edition Main News Part A Page 2 National Desk 0 inches; 23 words Type of Material: Correction
Movie Sneaks: The Jan. 14 Calendar Movie Sneaks listings included errors and omissions. The correct information is on Page E2 of today's Calendar.
Surf's Up Go behind the scenes of the world of competitive surfing with a surfing penguin (Shia LaBeouf) who leaves his family in Antarctica to compete in the Big Z Memorial Surf Off. With the voices of Zooey Deschanel, Jeff Bridges, Jon Heder, James Woods and Mario Cantone. Directed by Ash Brannon and Chris Buck. \o7Columbia Pictures, June 8\f7
Adam's Apples A middle-aged neo-Nazi is sentenced to community service at a small church, where the vicar assigns him the task of nurturing the church's lone apple tree, which subsequently gets attacked by crows, maggots and the forces of mother nature. With Ulrich Thomsen, Mads Mikkelsen and Nikolaj Lie Kaas. Written and directed by Anders Thomas Jensen. \o7Outsider Pictures, March TBD\f7
The Amateurs Jeff Bridges plays a man in midlife crisis who recruits his small-town friends and neighbors in a scheme to get rich by making the first truly innocent adult movie. With Ted Danson, William Fichtner, Patrick Fugit, Lauren Graham, Tim Blake Nelson, Joe Pantoliano, Isaiah Washington and Jeanne Tripplehorn. Written and directed by Michael Traeger. \o7Bauer Martinez, TBD\f7
Are We Done Yet? Ice Cube follows up the family vacation in "Are We There Yet?" with a remake of "Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House" in which a "fixer-upper" home in the country becomes a never-ending money pit for an urban family. With Nia Long, John C. McGinley, Aleisha Allen and Philip Daniel Bolden. Screenplay by Robert Ramsey & Matthew Stone and J. David Stem & David N. Weiss. Directed by Steve Carr. \o7Revolution Studios/Columbia Pictures, April 6\f7
Balls of Fury A broke former professional pingpong player (Dan Fogler) is recruited by the FBI to infiltrate the world of underground ping-pong tournaments and take down his father's killer, the villainous pingpong player Feng (Christopher Walken). With George Lopez, Maggie Q, Thomas Lennon and Robert Patrick. Written by Thomas Lennon & Robert Ben Garant. Directed by Garant. \o7Rogue Pictures, April 27\f7
Bean II Rowan Atkinson takes his pratfalling, nearly mute character, Mr. Bean, on vacation to Cannes, where he's mistaken for a kidnapper and a world-famous filmmaker. With Emma de Caunes, Jean Rochefort, Antoine de Caunes and Willem Dafoe. Written by Robin Driscoll and Hamish McColl. Directed by Steve Bendelack. \o7Universal, Sept. 28\f7
Because I Said So Diane Keaton plays the over-protective mother of three very different women -- a stable psychologist (Lauren Graham), a sexpot (Piper Perabo) and an insecure wallflower (Mandy Moore), whom Mom decides to fix up with men from online personals. Written by Karen Leigh Hopkins & Jessie Nelson. Directed by Michael Lehmann. \o7Universal, Feb. 2\f7
Bratz The popular line of fashion-conscious dolls spawns this live-action film about four girls from different economic strata who reject their respective high school cliques and band together. \o7Lionsgate, Aug. 17\f7
The Brothers Solomon Fathering a child is easier said than done for two socially inept brothers (Will Arnett and Will Forte) who were raised in a remote arctic location. With Chi McBride, Kristen Wiig and Malin Akerman. Written by Will Forte. Directed by Bob Odenkirk. \o7Screen Gems/Revolution Studios, August TBD\f7
Color Me Kubrick During the late 1990s, a charming con man named Alan Conway passed himself off as the reclusive Stanley Kubrick, riding the director's reputation to free drinks and a few moments of fame. With John Malkovich. Screenplay by Anthony Frewin. Directed by Brian W. Cook. \o7Magnolia Pictures, March 23\f7
