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Inuyasha the Movie: Affections Touching Across Time

Inuyasha the Movie: Affections Touching Across Time is a 2001 anime film directed by Toshiya Shinohara and written by Katsuyuki Sumisawa. It is the first of four films released in the Inuyasha movie series.

Initial release: December 15, 2001
Director: Toshiya Shinohara
Running time: 104 minutes
Adapted from: Inuyasha
Sequel: Inuyasha the Movie: The Castle Beyond the Looking Glass

Starring (Cast): The film's voice cast Kappei Yamaguchi, Satsuki Yukino, Kumiko Watanabe, Koji Tsujitani, Houko Kuwashima, Kenichi Ogata, Noriko Hidaka, Ken Narita, Yuichi Nagashima, Mamiko Noto, Hisako Kyoda, Toshihiko Nakajima, Tomokazu Seki, Hekiru Shiina, Tomoko Kawakami, Akiko Nakagawa, Asako Dodo, Katsumi Suzuki.

Storyline: A group of friends must stop a deadly demon bent on world domination.

InuYasha's father defeated a powerful Chinese moth yōkai named "Hyōga" two centuries ago, but a Shikon Jewel fragment has freed his son, "Menōmaru", who seeks revenge for his father's destruction and to free the tremendously infinite power and strength of his father sealed away with him. Menōmaru and his female minions, "Ruri" and "Hari", begin battling with InuYasha. Miroku and Sango have their hands full dealing with the duo, Ruri having copied Miroku's Wind Tunnel and Hari having stolen and possessed Sango's faithful companion, Kirara. Menōmaru curses Kagome so she turns against InuYasha.

When Menōmaru is finally able to access the tremendous demonic power of his predecessors, sealed away by InuYasha's father, he becomes the new Hyōga and exponentially much, stronger and more powerful as each generation gains the power of all of the preceding generations. Hyōga soon begins to change the essence of time and space as he absorbs the souls of countless people in order to fully merge himself with his family's demonic energy that causes the mind-control that he put on Kagome to awaken and an injured Kaede and search for InuYasha. As he's crossing a bridge, InuYasha thinks he sees Kikyo but instead it's Kagome who is wearing Kikyo's clothes. InuYasha greets her on the bridge while Kagome is trying to tell him to run, but unfortunately cannot be heard. Then walks over to InuYasha and puts her head on his shoulder. He embraces her after which Kagome says "InuYasha... get away.", warning him of her attack. He looks in amazement but is then stabbed by magical "claws" that come from Kagome's hands; afterwards, he realizes what Menōmaru has done. He then is chased by the controlled Kagome to the tree that he was sealed to. Regaining control of herself for a moment, Kagome tells InuYasha to run. After hearing that from everyone, InuYasha gets angry saying that he will not run and leave Kagome alone. It is with that Kagome loses control and shoots InuYasha to the tree (similar to what happen between him and Kikyo fifty years earlier) Kagome manages to break free of this control and tearfully cries out in pain to InuYasha and runs over to her, holding her close in his arms. Kikyo then comes along saying how ironic it was for that to happen, as Kagome is merely her look-alike reincarnation. Then she begins to tell Kagome that this happened because Kagome did not belong in this era that she needs to take the Shikon Jewel fragment and go to her own time. Kikyo then forces Kagome down the Bone Eater's Well to remove her once and for all since through Menomaru's manipulation and control of time, she thought that Kagome would be trapped in the distant future.

Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius is a 2001 American computer-animated comic science fiction film based on a few three-minute animated shorts shown on Nickelodeon between the years 1999-2002, and a pilot in 1998. The film was produced by Nickelodeon Movies, O Entertainment, and DNA Productions, and distributed by Paramount Pictures. It was produced using off-the-shelf software (messiah:studio and LightWave 6) by DNA Productions. The film was released December 21, 2001.

It was nominated for the first Academy Award for Best Animated Feature, but lost to Shrek. It was the only animated Nickelodeon film to ever be nominated in that category until Rango was nominated in 2011 and won.

Initial release: December 9, 2001
Director: John A. Davis
Sequel: Jimmy Neutron's Nicktoon Blast
Music composed by: John Debney
Featured songs: Chicken Dance, We Got the Beat, Blitzkrieg Bop, Pop, Leave It Up to Me

Starring (Cast): The film's voice cast Debi Derryberry as James Issac Neutron/Jimmy Neutron, Frank Welker as Goddard/Worm/Demon/Orthgot/Poultra/Girl Eating Plant/Oyster, Rob Paulsen as Carl Wheezer/Mr. and Mrs. Wheezer/Kid in Classroom, Carolyn Lawrence as Cindy Vortex, Debra Messing as Cindy Vortex's mom, Jeffrey Garcia as Sheen Estevez, Crystal Scales as Libby Folfax, Candi Milo as Nick Dean/Britney/PJ, Patrick Stewart as King Goobot V, Martin Short as Ooblar, David L. Lander as Yolkian Guard/Gus, Megan Cavanagh as Mrs. Judy Neutron/VOX, Mark DeCarlo as Mr. Hugh Neutron/Pilot/Arena Guard/Pilot II, Carlos Alazraqui as Sheen's Dad, Jim Cummings as UltraLord/Mission Control/General Bob, Keith Alcorn as Bobby/Kid/Control Yokian, Kimberly Brooks as Zachery/Reporter/Angie/Libby's Mom, Andrea Martin as Ms. Winfred Fowl, Billy West as Bobby's Twin Brother/Butch/Jailbreak Cop/Old Man Johnson/Robobarber/Flurp Announcer/Yokian Officer/Anchor Boy/Guard, Bob Goen and Mary Hart as Yokian newscasters,

Storyline: The film starts off with a rocket carrying two boys and a robotic dog: Jimmy Neutron (Debi Derryberry), Carl Wheezer (Rob Paulsen) and Goddard (Frank Welker). Jimmy is attempting to launch a communications satellite made out of a toaster, hoping to communicate with an alien species he believes exists somewhere out in the universe. Unfortunately, the pulse rockets fail just after Jimmy launches the probe, causing the rocket to crash land on his roof. He is reprimanded by his parents Mr. Hugh Neutron (Mark DeCarlo) and Mrs. Judy Neutron (Megan Cavanagh), and misses the bus to school as a result. Later, Jimmy, Carl, and Sheen spot a poster for an amusement park called "Retroland." However, Judy Neutron isn't allowed to let Jimmy go because it's a school night.

An alien race called the Yolkians. King Goobot V (Patrick Stewart) and his assistant, Ooblar (Martin Short), watch a pre-recorded message from Jimmy, featuring him introducing himself and explaining about life on Earth. He sets a course for Earth and kidnaps all the parents in the city, leaving fake notes on the refrigerators to tell the kids they've gone to Florida for an "extended vacation".

Osmosis Jones is a 2001 live-action/animated buddy cop comedy film directed by Tom Sito and Piet Kroon for the animated segments and the Farrelly brothers for the live-action ones. Unusual in this genre, the animated characters are inside the live-action ones. It is set in a fictionalized version of the human body which resembles a large city, where micro-organisms or any being based in organisms are anthropomorphic and centers on Frank Detorre, a slovenly zookeeper. Osmosis Jones, a white blood cell, teams up with Drix, a cold pill, against Thrax, a deadly virus who plans to kill Frank in forty-eight hours and other characters living within him.

Initial release: August 7, 2001
Directors: Peter Farrelly, Bobby Farrelly
Running time: 95 minutes
MPAA rating: PG
Initial DVD release: November 13, 2001

Starring (Cast): The film's voice cast Chris Rock as Osmosis "Ozzy" Jones, Laurence Fishburne as Thrax, David Hyde Pierce as Drixenol "Drix" Koldreliff, Brandy Norwood as Leah Estrogen, William Shatner as Mayor Phlegmming, Ron Howard as Tom Colonic, Joel Silver as the Police Chief.

Storyline: Frank Detorre (Bill Murray) is a widowed slovenly zookeeper at the Sucat Memorial Zoo in Rhode Island. Much to the frustration of his young daughter, Shane (Elena Franklin), he eats compulsively unhealthy and has minimal concern for germs or disease. While trying to eat a hard-boiled egg with mayonnaise and salt, it is stolen from him by a chimpanzee. He gets it back, but not before it falls into the filth of the chimp's habitat. When Shane is disgusted by him about to eat it he uses the "ten second rule" as a justification for the unsanitary act.

Inside Frank's body, Osmosis "Ozzy" Jones (Chris Rock), an agent of the Frank PD, is an adventure-seeking white blood cell with a good sense of humor. He is a rebel cop, frequently disobeying authority to do what he thinks is right. He is often mocked by his fellow cops due to his rebellious nature. He has been relocated to the mouth to fight against germs entering the body via ingestion after he induced Frank to vomit all over Shane's science and P. E. teacher, Mrs. Boyd (Molly Shannon) at the school's science fair. This was considered a false alarm because he had been the only one to suspect an incoming pathological threat from the raw oyster Frank had eaten from one of the displays. After several newcomer germs, believed to be gingivitis, hijack a "squad car" in the mouth, Osmosis and another officer in an FPD helicopter, are pulled into the lungs by a massive yawn while in pursuit. After the germs evade capture and pass into "Immunity's" jurisdiction, Osmosis disobeys direct orders as he pursues the germ on foot and accidentally triggers a major cramp in Frank's leg.

Frank Detorre (Bill Murray) is a widowed slovenly zookeeper at the Sucat Memorial Zoo in Rhode Island. Much to the frustration of his young daughter, Shane (Elena Franklin), he eats compulsively unhealthy and has minimal concern for germs or disease. While trying to eat a hard-boiled egg with mayonnaise and salt, it is stolen from him by a chimpanzee. He gets it back, but not before it falls into the filth of the chimp's habitat. When Shane is disgusted by him about to eat it he uses the "ten second rule" as a justification for the unsanitary act.

Inside Frank's body, Osmosis "Ozzy" Jones (Chris Rock), an agent of the Frank PD, is an adventure-seeking white blood cell with a good sense of humor. He is a rebel cop, frequently disobeying authority to do what he thinks is right. He is often mocked by his fellow cops due to his rebellious nature. He has been relocated to the mouth to fight against germs entering the body via ingestion after he induced Frank to vomit all over Shane's science and P. E. teacher, Mrs. Boyd (Molly Shannon) at the school's science fair. This was considered a false alarm because he had been the only one to suspect an incoming pathological threat from the raw oyster Frank had eaten from one of the displays. After several newcomer germs, believed to be gingivitis, hijack a "squad car" in the mouth, Osmosis and another officer in an FPD helicopter, are pulled into the lungs by a massive yawn while in pursuit. After the germs evade capture and pass into "Immunity's" jurisdiction, Osmosis disobeys direct orders as he pursues the germ on foot and accidentally triggers a major cramp in Frank's leg.

Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within is a 2001 American computer-animated science fiction film directed by Hironobu Sakaguchi, creator of the Final Fantasy series of role-playing video games. It was the first photorealistic computer-animated feature film and remains the most expensive video game-inspired film of all time.

Release date: July 2, 2001 (USA)
Directors: Hironobu Sakaguchi, Motonori Sakakibara
Writers: Hironobu Sakaguchi (story),
Adapted from: Final Fantasy
Sequel: Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children
Budget: 137 million USD

Starring (Cast): The film's voice cast Ming-Na, Alec Baldwin, James Woods, Donald Sutherland,
Ving Rhames, Steve Buscemi, Peri Gilpin.

Storyline: In 2065, Earth is infested by alien life forms known as Phantoms. By physical contact Phantoms consume the Gaia spirit of living beings, killing them instantly, though a minor contact may only result in an infection. The surviving humans live in "barrier cities", areas protected by an energy shield that prevents Phantoms from entering, and are engaged in an ongoing struggle to free the planet. After being infected by a Phantom during one of her experiments, Aki Ross (Ming-Na) and her mentor, Doctor Sid (Donald Sutherland), uncover a means of defeating the Phantoms by gathering eight spirit signatures that, when joined, can negate the Phantoms. Aki is searching for the sixth spirit in the ruins of New York City when she is cornered by Phantoms but is rescued by Gray Edwards (Alec Baldwin) and his squad "Deep Eyes", consisting of Ryan Whittaker (Ving Rhames), Neil Fleming (Steve Buscemi) and Jane Proudfoot (Peri Gilpin). It is revealed that Gray was once romantically involved with Aki.

Upon returning to her barrier city, Aki joins Sid and appears before the leadership council along with General Hein (James Woods), who is determined to use the powerful Zeus space cannon to destroy the Phantoms. Aki is concerned the cannon will damage Earth's Gaia (a spirit representing its ecosystem) and delays the use of it by revealing that she has been infected and the collected spirit signatures are keeping her infection stable, convincing the council that there may be another way to defeat the Phantoms. This revelation incorrectly convinces Hein that she is being controlled by the Phantoms. Aki and the Deep Eyes squad succeed in finding the seventh spirit as Aki's infection begins to worsen and she slips into unconsciousness. Her dream reveals to her that the Phantoms are the spirits of dead aliens brought to Earth on a fragment of their destroyed planet. Sid uses the seventh spirit to bring Aki's infection back under control, reviving her.

Atlantis: The Lost Empire is a 2001 American traditionally animated action-adventure film created by Walt Disney Feature Animation—the first science fiction film in Disney's animated features canon and the 41st overall. Written by Tab Murphy, directed by Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise, and produced by Don Hahn

Release date: June 3, 2001 (USA)
Directors: Kirk Wise, Gary Trousdale
Sequel: Atlantis: Milo's Return
MPAA rating: PG
Languages: Spanish, French, English

Starring (Cast): The film's voice cast Michael J. Fox as Milo James Thatch, James Garner as Commander Lyle Tiberius Rourke, Cree Summer as Kidagakash "Kida" Nedakh, Don Novello as Vincenzo "Vinny" Santorini, Phil Morris as Doctor Joshua Strongbear Sweet, Claudia Christian as Lieutenant Helga Katrina Sinclair, Jacqueline Obradors as Audrey Rocio Ramirez, Florence Stanley as Wilhelmina Bertha Packard, David Ogden Stiers as Fenton Q. Harcourt, John Mahoney as Preston B. Whitmore, Jim Varney as Jebidiah Allardyce "Cookie" Farnsworth, Corey Burton as Gaëtan "Mole" Molière, Leonard Nimoy as Kashekim Nedakh.

Storyline: A large tidal wave, triggered by a distant explosion, threatens to drown the island of Atlantis. In the midst of an evacuation from the capital city, the Queen of Atlantis is caught by a strange, hypnotic blue light and lifted up into the "Heart of Atlantis", a powerful crystal protecting the city. The crystal consumes her and creates a dome barrier that protects the city's innermost district. She leaves behind a young daughter, Princess Kida (Cree Summer), and husband, King Kashekim Nedakh (Leonard Nimoy), as the island sinks beneath the ocean.

Nearly nine thousand years later in 1914, Milo Thatch (Michael J. Fox)—a cartographer and linguist at the Smithsonian Institution who is marginalized for his research on Atlantis—believes that he has found the location of The Shepherd's Journal, an ancient manuscript allegedly containing directions to the lost island. After his proposal to search for the Journal is rejected by the museum board, a mysterious woman, Helga Sinclair (Claudia Christian), introduces Milo to Preston B. Whitmore (John Mahoney), an eccentric millionaire. Whitmore has already funded a successful effort to retrieve the Journal as repayment of a debt to Milo's grandfather, and recruits Milo to join an expedition to Atlantis as soon as he deciphers it.

The expedition departs with a team of specialists led by Commander Rourke (James Garner), who also led the Journal recovery expedition. The crew includes Vinny (Don Novello), a demolitions expert; Mole (Corey Burton), a geologist; Dr. Sweet (Phil Morris), a medical officer; Mrs. Packard (Florence Stanley), a radio operator; Audrey (Jacqueline Obradors), a mechanic; and Cookie (Jim Varney), a mess cook. They set out in the Ulysses, a massive submarine, but are soon attacked by the monstrous Leviathan, a robotic lobster-like creature that guards Atlantis' entrance. The Ulysses is destroyed, but Milo, Rourke, and part of the crew escape and make their way to an underground cavern described in the Journal as the entrance to Atlantis.

Spirited Away is a 2001 Japanese animated fantasy film written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki and produced by Studio Ghibli.

Release date: September 20, 2002 (USA)
Director: Hayao Miyazaki
Running time: 125 minutes
Featured song: Always With Me

Starring (Cast): The film's voice cast Rumi Hiiragi, Miyu Irino, Mari Natsuki, Takeshi Naito, Yasuko Sawaguchi, Tsunehiko Kamijō, Takehiko Ono, Bunta Sugawara,

Storyline: Ten-year-old Chihiro Ogino and her parents are traveling to their new home when her father takes a wrong turn. They unknowingly enter a magical world that Chihiro's father insists on exploring. While Chihiro's parents eat like pigs at an empty restaurant stall, Chihiro finds an exquisite bathhouse and meets a young boy named Haku who warns her to return across the river before sunset. However, Chihiro discovers too late that her parents have turned into actual pigs and she is unable to cross the flooded river, becoming trapped in the spirit world.

After finding Chihiro, Haku has her ask for a job from the bathhouse's boiler-man, Kamaji, a spider yōkai commanding the susuwatari. Kamaji and the worker Lin send Chihiro to the witch, Yubaba, who runs the bathhouse; she gives Chihiro a job but renames her Sen (千?). While visiting her parents' pigpen, Sen finds a goodbye card addressed to Chihiro and realizes that she has already forgotten her name. Haku warns her that Yubaba controls people by taking their names and that if she forgets hers like he has forgotten his, she will not be able to leave the spirit world. While working, Sen invites a silent masked creature named No-Face inside, believing him to be a customer. A 'stink spirit' arrives as Sen's first customer. She discovers he is the spirit of a polluted river. In gratitude for cleaning him, he gives Sen a magic emetic dumpling. Meanwhile No-Face tempts a worker with gold, then swallows him. He demands food and begins tipping extensively. As the workers swarm him hoping to be tipped, he swallows yet another two greedy workers.

Monsters, Inc. is a 2001 American computer-animated comedy film directed by Pete Docter, produced by Pixar Animation Studios, and released by Walt Disney Pictures. John Lasseter and Andrew Stanton both were the executive producers. The film was co-directed by Lee Unkrich and David Silverman and stars the voices of John Goodman, Billy Crystal, Steve Buscemi, James Coburn and Jennifer Tilly.

Release date: October 28, 2001 (USA)
Directors: Pete Docter, Lee Unkrich, David Silverman
Running time: 92 minutes
Cast: John Goodman, Billy Crystal, Steve Buscemi, Pete Docter, More
Production companies: Walt Disney Pictures, Pixar

Starring (Cast): The film's voice cast John Goodman as James P. "Sulley" Sullivan, Billy Crystal as Michael "Mike" Wazowski, Mary Gibbs as Mary "Boo", Steve Buscemi as Randall Boggs, James Coburn as Henry J. Waternoose III, Jennifer Tillyas Celia Mae, Bob Peterson as Roz, John Ratzenberger as The Abominable Snowman, Frank Oz as Jeff Fungus, Dan Gerson as Smitty and Needleman, Steve Susskind as Jerry Slugworth, Bonnie Hunt as Ms. Flint, Jeff Pidgeon as Thaddeus "Phlegm" Bile, Samuel Lord Black as George Sanderson, Phil Proctor as Charlie, Joe Ranft as Peter "Claws" Ward.

Storyline: The parallel city of Monstropolis is inhabited by monsters and powered by the screams of children in the human world. At the factory of Monsters, Inc., employees called "scarers" venture into children's bedrooms to scare them and collect their screams, using closet doors as portals. This is considered a dangerous task because the monsters believe children are toxic and that touching them would be fatal. However, production is falling as children are becoming harder to scare and the company's chairman Henry J. Waternoose III is determined to find a solution. The top scarer is James P. "Sulley" Sullivan, who lives with his friend and assistant Mike Wazowski and has a rivalry with the ever-determined chameleon-like monster Randall Boggs. During an ordinary day's work on what is known as the "Scarefloor", another scarer accidentally brings a child's sock into the factory, causing the Child Detection Agency (CDA) to arrive and cleanse him. Mike is constantly harassed by the company's clerk Roz for never completing his paperwork on time.

While working late at the factory, Sulley discovers that Randall left an activated door on the scarefloor and a young girl (voiced by Mary Gibbs) has entered the factory, much to Sulley's horror. After a few failed attempts to put her back, he places her in his bag and hides when Randall arrives and returns the door to storage. Mike is at a restaurant on a date with his girlfriend Celia when Sulley comes over to him for help, but chaos erupts when the girl is discovered in the restaurant, and the CDA is called. Sulley and Mike escape the CDA and take the girl home, discovering that she isn't toxic after all. Sulley quickly grows attached to the girl and names her "Boo". The next day, they smuggle her into the factory and Mike attempts to return her through her door. Randall discovers that Boo is in the factory after seeing Mike in the newspaper with her. He tries to kidnap Boo, but instead kidnaps Mike by mistake.

Shrek is a 2001 American computer-animated fantasy-comedy film produced by PDI/DreamWorks, released by DreamWorks Pictures, directed by Andrew Adamson and Vicky Jenson, featuring the voices of Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz, and John Lithgow. It is loosely based on William Steig's 1990 fairy tale picture book Shrek!, and somewhat serves as a parody film, targeting other films adapted from numerous children's fantasies (mainly animated Disney films). The film made notable use of popular music; the soundtrack includes music by Smash Mouth, Eels, Joan Jett, The Proclaimers, Jason Wade, Baha Men, and John Cale (covering Leonard Cohen).

Release date: April 22, 2001 (USA)
Directors: Vicky Jenson, Andrew Adamson
Writers: William Steig (book), Ted Elliott (screenplay)
Featured song: I'm a Believer
MPAA rating: PG
Story by: William Steig

Starring (Cast): The film's voice cast Mike Myers as Shrek, Eddie Murphy as Donkey, Cameron Diaz as Princess Fiona, John Lithgow as Lord Farquaad, Vincent Cassel as "Monsieur" Robin Hood, Conrad Vernon as Gingerbread Man, Chris Miller as Geppetto/ Magic Mirror, Cody Cameron as Pinocchio / The Three Little Pigs, Simon J. Smith as Three Blind Mice, Christopher Knights as Three Blind Mice and Thelonius, Aron Warner as Big Bad Wolf, Jim Cummings as Captain of the Guards, Kathleen Freeman as Old Woman (Donkey's ex-owner), Andrew Adamson as Duloc Mascot (a man dressed in a suit that looks like Lord Farquaad), Bobby Block as Baby Bear from the Three Bears, Michael Galasso as Peter Pan, Elisa Gabrielli as additional voices.

Storyline: Shrek, a green ogre who loves the solitude in his swamp, finds his life interrupted when many fairytale characters are exiled there by order of the fairytale-hating Lord Farquaad. Shrek tells them that he will go ask Farquaad to send them back. He brings along a talking Donkey who is the only fairytale creature who knows the way to Duloc.

Farquaad tortures the Gingerbread Man into giving the location of the remaining fairytale creatures until his guards rush in with something he has been searching for: the Magic Mirror. He asks The Mirror if his kingdom is the fairest of them all but is told that he is not even a king. To be a king he must marry a princess and is given three options, from which he chooses Princess Fiona, who is locked in a castle tower guarded by lava and a dragon. The Mirror tries to mention "the little thing that happens at night" but is unsuccessful.

Shrek and Donkey arrive at Farquaad's palace in Duloc, where they end up in a tournament. The winner gets the "privilege" of rescuing Fiona so that Farquaad may marry her. Shrek and Donkey easily defeat the other knights in wrestling-match fashion, and Farquaad accepts his offer to move the fairytale creatures from his swamp if Shrek rescues Fiona.

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Shrek and Donkey travel to the castle and split up to find Fiona. Donkey encounters the dragon and sweet-talks the beast before learning that it is female. Dragon takes a liking to him and carries him to her chambers. Shrek finds Fiona, who is appalled at his lack of romanticism. As they leave, Shrek saves Donkey, caught in Dragon's tender clutches, and forces her to chase them out of the castle. At first, Fiona is thrilled to be rescued but is quickly disappointed when Shrek reveals he is an ogre.

As the three journey to Duloc, Fiona urges the two to camp out for the night while she sleeps in a cave. Shrek and Donkey stargaze while Shrek tells stories about great ogres and says that he will build a wall around his swamp when he returns. When Donkey persistently asks why, he says that everyone judges him before knowing him; therefore, he feels he is better off alone, despite Donkey's admission that he did not immediately judge him when they met.

Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)

Avengers: Age of Ultron is an upcoming American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics superhero team the Avengers, produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures.

Release date: May 1, 2015 (USA)
Director: Joss Whedon
Writers: Joss Whedon, Stan Lee (comic book)
Screenplay: Joss Whedon
Music composed by: Brian Tyler
Producer: Kevin Feige

Starring (Cast): The film stars Robert Downey, Jr., Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner, Don Cheadle, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Elizabeth Olsen, Paul Bettany, Cobie Smulders, Anthony Mackie, Hayley Atwell, Idris Elba, Stellan Skarsgård, James Spader, Samuel L. Jackson

Storyline: When Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) jumpstarts a dormant peacekeeping program, things go terribly awry, forcing him, Thor (Chris Hemsworth), the Incredible Hulk (Mark Ruffalo) and the rest of the Avengers to reassemble.

With S.H.I.E.L.D. destroyed and the Avengers needing a hiatus from stopping threats, Tony Stark jumpstarts a dormant peacekeeping program, Ultron: a self-aware, self-teaching, artificial intelligence. However, his plan backfires when Ultron decides that humans are the main enemy and sets out to eradicate them from Earth, leaving it up to Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, the Hulk, Black Widow and Hawkeye, along with support from Nick Fury and Maria Hill, to stop him. Along the way the Avengers encounter the powerful twins Pietro and Wanda Maximoff, as well as the familiar Vision.

Trolls

Trolls is a working title of an upcoming 2016 American 3D computer-animated musical comedy film directed by Mike Mitchell, produced by DreamWorks Animation and distributed by 20th Century Fox.

Release date: November 4, 2016 (USA)
Directors: Mike Mitchell, Anand Tucker
Screenplay: Maya Forbes, Erica Rivinoja, Wallace Wolodarsky
Producers: Gina Shay, Aron Warner
Production companies: DreamWorks Studios, DreamWorks Animation

Starring (Cast): The film will be starring Anna Kendrick, Jason Schwartzman and Chloë Grace Moretz.

Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)

Mad Max: Fury Road is an upcoming post-apocalyptic action film directed, produced and co-written by George Miller, and the fourth film of Miller's Mad Max franchise. The first film of the franchise in 30 years, Fury Road features actor Tom Hardy as Mad Max.

The film will have its world premiere on 14 May 2015 at the 68th Cannes Film Festival in an out of competition screening, followed by a wide theatrical release on 15 May 2015.

Release date: May 15, 2015 (USA)
Director: George Miller
Writers: George Miller, Brendan McCarthy,
Prequel: Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome
MPAA rating: R
Screenplay: George Miller, Nick Lathouris, Brendan McCarthy

Starring (Cast): The film stars Tom Hardy as "Mad" Max Rockatansky, Charlize Theron as Imperator Furiosa, Nicholas Hoult as Nux, Hugh Keays-Byrne as Immortan Joe, Nathan Jones as Rictus Erectus, Josh Helman as Slit, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley as Splendid, Riley Keough as Capable, Zoë Kravitz as Toast, Abbey Lee Kershaw as The Dag, Courtney Eaton as Fragile, John Howard as The People Eater, Richard Carter as the Bullet Farmer, iOTA as Coma-Doof Warrior, Angus Sampson as the Organic Mechanic, Jennifer Hagan as Miss Giddy, Megan Gale as Valkyrie, Melissa Jaffer, Gillian Jones, Joy Smithers.

Storyline: Though determined to wander the post-apocalyptic wasteland alone, Mad Max (Tom Hardy) joins Furiosa (Charlize Theron), a fugitive imperator, and her band who are all trying to escape a savage warlord.

Plans for the fourth film of the Mad Max series hit financial difficulties and the project spent around 25 years in "development hell". Mel Gibson was interested in returning for the film, but lost interest after 2000. George Miller announced in 2003 that a script had been written for a fourth film, and that pre-production was in the early stages. Although the project was given the green light for a US$100 million budget to begin filming in Australia in May 2003, Mad Max 4 entered hiatus due to security concerns related to trying to film in Namibia because the United States and many other countries had tightened travel and shipping restrictions. With the outbreak of the Iraq War, Mad Max 4 was abandoned as it was considered a potentially politically sensitive film.

Terminator: Genisys (2015)

Terminator: Genisys is an upcoming 2015 American science fiction action film directed by Alan Taylor and written by Laeta Kalogridis and Patrick Lussier. It is the fifth installment in the Terminator series and will serve as a retcon sequel to the series.

Release date: July 1, 2015 (USA)
Director: Alan Taylor
Writers: Laeta Kalogridis, Patrick Lussier
Music composed by: Christophe Beck
Production company: Skydance Productions
Screenplay: Laeta Kalogridis, James Cameron, Patrick Lussier, Gale Anne Hurd

Starring (Cast): The film stars Arnold Schwarzenegger as The Terminator (original T-800 model), Emilia Clarke as Sarah Connor, Jason Clarke as John Connor, Jai Courtney as Kyle Reese, Matt Smith, Lee Byung-hun as the T-1000, Dayo Okeniyi as Danny Dyson, Courtney B. Vance as Miles Dyson, J. K. Simmons as Detective O'Brien, Gregory Alan Williams as Detective Harding, Sandrine Holt, Douglas Smith, Michael Gladis as Lieutenant Matias, Aaron V. Williamson as The Terminator (young T-800 model), Nolan Gross as Skynet, Griff Furst as Burke.

Storyline: In 2029, John Connor, leader of the Resistance, continues the war against the machines. At the Los Angeles offensive, John's fears of the unknown future begin to emerge when John is notified by his army unit, Tech-Com, that Skynet will attack him from two fronts, past and future, and will ultimately change warfare forever.

On the verge of winning the war against Skynet, Connor sends his trusted lieutenant Kyle Reese back through time to save his mother's life and ensure his own existence. However, Kyle finds the original past changed. After being orphaned at age nine by a T-800, sent to kill her when she was young to prevent the future in which Skynet is defeated, Sarah Connor has been brought up by another Terminator T-800 programmed to protect her. This Terminator has then trained her to face her destiny, which she adamantly tries to reject.

Jupiter Ascending (2015)

Jupiter Ascending is a 2015 American-Australian space opera film written, produced, and directed by Lana and Andy Wachowski. The film was co-produced by Grant Hill, who acted as executive producer on The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions and as producer on V for Vendetta, Speed Racer, Ninja Assassin and Cloud Atlas, making Jupiter Ascending his seventh collaboration with the Wachowskis.

Release date: February 6, 2015 (USA)
Directors: Andy Wachowski, Lana Wachowski
Writers: Andy Wachowski (as The Wachowskis) , Lana Wachowski (as The Wachowskis)
Running time: 127 minutes
MPAA rating: PG-13
Screenplay: Andy Wachowski, Lana Wachowski

Starring (Cast): The film stars Channing Tatum, Mila Kunis, Sean Bean, Eddie Redmayne, Douglas Booth.

Storyline: Earth's residents are unaware that life on Earth and countless other planets have been seeded by families of alien royalty for the purpose of "harvesting" the resulting organisms at a "Darwinian state of perfection" to produce a type of youth serum for the elites on still other planets. After the death of the matriarch of the House of Abrasax, the most powerful of the alien dynasties, her children, Balem (Eddie Redmayne), Kalique (Tuppence Middleton), and Titus (Douglas Booth), quarrel over the inheritance, with Balem inheriting an enormous production facility on Jupiter and Titus declaring his intention to dismantle the youth serum trade, of which Earth is the next intended source. Protagonist Jupiter Jones narrates that her father, Maximilian Jones (James D'Arcy), met her mother, Aleksa (Maria Doyle Kennedy), in Saint Petersburg. After Maximilian is killed in a robbery, Aleksa names their daughter Jupiter, after his dying wish, and they move to Chicago to live with Aleksa's family.

Insurgent (2015)

The Divergent Series: Insurgent (also known as Insurgent) is a 2015 science fiction action film directed by Robert Schwentke, based on Insurgent, the second book in the Divergent trilogy, written by Veronica Roth. It is the sequel to the 2014 film Divergent and the second installment in The Divergent Series,[3][4] produced by Lucy Fisher, Pouya Shabazian and Douglas Wick, with a screenplay by Brian Duffield, Akiva Goldsman, and Mark Bomback.

Release date: March 20, 2015 (USA)
Director: Robert Schwentke
Writers: Brian Duffield (screenplay), Akiva Goldsman (screenplay)
Prequel: Divergent
Sequel: Allegiant
MPAA rating: PG-13

Starring (Cast): Kate Winslet, Shailene Woodley, Theo James, Octavia Spencer, Jai Courtney, Ray Stevenson, Zoë Kravitz, Miles Teller, Ansel Elgort, Maggie Q, Naomi Watts.

Storyline: As she searches for allies and answers in the wake of the uprising, Tris (Shailene Woodley) and Four (Theo James) are on the run. Being hunted by Jeanine Matthews (Kate Winslet), the leader of the Erudite faction, Tris and Four will race against time as they try to figure out what Abnegation sacrificed their lives to protect, and why the Erudite leaders will do anything to stop them. Haunted by her past choices but desperate to protect the ones she loves, Tris faces one impossible challenge after another as she unlocks the truth about the past and ultimately the future of her world.

Insurgent Official Trailer #1 (2015)

Divergent Series: Insurgent Trailer

Jurassic World (2015)

Jurassic World is an upcoming 2015 American 3D science fiction adventure film. It is the fourth installment in the Jurassic Park film series. The film was in "development hell" for over a decade following the release of the third picture and was initially scheduled to be released in the summer of 2005.

Release date: June 12, 2015 (USA)
Director: Colin Trevorrow
Writers: Derek Connolly (screenplay), Colin Trevorrow (screenplay)
Prequel: Jurassic Park III
Story by: Michael Crichton
Music composed by: John Williams, Michael Giacchino

Starring (Cast): Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, Vincent D'Onofrio, Ty Simpkins, Nick Robinson, Omar Sy, Irrfan Khan, Jake Johnson, BD Wong, Brian Tee.

Storyline: A man-made dinosaur terrifies tourists at a theme park.

Twenty-two years after the events of Jurassic Park, Isla Nublar, an island located off Central America's Pacific Coast, near Costa Rica, now features a fully functioning dinosaur theme park, Jurassic World, as originally envisioned by John Hammond. This new park is owned by the Masrani Global Corporation, but attendance has been declining due to the lack of new attractions. Owen Grady (Chris Pratt), a member of the park's on-site staff, conducts behavioral research on the Velociraptors. At the corporation's request, the park's geneticists create a genetically modified hybrid dinosaur called the Indominus Rex, but it breaks loose and runs wild throughout the park, forcing the staff to consider extreme measures to stop it.

Jurassic World - Official Trailer (HD)

Star Wars: Episode VII (2015)

Star Wars: The Force Awakens (also known as Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens) is an upcoming American epic space opera film directed by J. J. Abrams. The seventh installment in the Star Wars film series (excluding spin-offs)

Release date: December 18, 2015 (USA)
Director: J.J. Abrams
Prequel: Return of the Jedi
Sequel: Star Wars: Episode VIII
Screenplay: J.J. Abrams, George Lucas, Lawrence Kasdan

Starring (Cast): It stars John Boyega, Daisy Ridley, Adam Driver, Oscar Isaac, Andy Serkis, Domhnall Gleeson, and Max von Sydow, with Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill, Anthony Daniels, Peter Mayhew and Kenny Baker reprising roles from previous films.

Storyline: The story is set approximately 30 years after the events of Return of the Jedi (1983). The Force Awakens is set approximately 30 years after the events of Return of the Jedi, and features three new leads alongside characters returning from previous Star Wars films.

Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens Official Teaser Trailer

El Americano: The Movie (2015)

El Americano: The Movie (simply known as El Americano) is an upcoming 3D Mexican American computer animated film produced by Animex, Olmos Productions, and Phil Roman Entertainment. It is directed by Ricardo Arnaiz and ex-Disney animator, Mike Kunkel.

Initial release: March 14, 2015
Directors: Raul Garcia, Ricardo Arnaiz, Mike Kunkel
Running time: 98 minutes
Screenplay: Ricardo Arnaiz, Richard Pursel, Phil Roman
Music composed by: Aleks Syntek, La Arrolladora Banda El Limón, Leoncio Lara
Website: www.elamericanothemovie.com

Starring (Cast): Rico Rodriguez, Edward James Olmos, Argelia Atilano, Cheech Marin, Kate del Castillo, Paul Rodriguez, K. C. Porter, Erik Estrada, Adal Ramones, Gabriel Iglesias, Don Cheto, Hector Suarez, Lisa Kudrow, Pierre Angelo.

Storyline: The film will follow Cuco (Rico Rodriguez), a carefree Mexican pre-teen parrot, whose quest is to venture to Hollywood and enlist the aid of his favorite hero in order to help his father, Gayo (Edward James Olmos) and protect his circus family from the threat of Martin Kingfisher (Cheech Marin) and his henchmen.

When a gang of bully birds threaten his father and take over their circus, Cuco the parrot heads to Hollywood to ask TV superhero El Americano for help.

Scooby-Doo! Moon Monster Madness (2015)

Scooby-Doo! Moon Monster Madness is the twenty-third film in the direct-to-video series of Scooby-Doo films. It was released digitally on February 3, 2015 and was released on DVD on February 17, 2015.

Initial release: February 17, 2015
Director: Paul McEvoy
Writer: Mark Banker
Running time: 72 minutes
Initial DVD release: February 17, 2015 (USA)
Screenplay: Mark Banker

Starring (Cast): Frank Welker as Scooby-Doo and Fred Jones, Mindy Cohn as Velma Dinkley, Grey Griffin as Daphne Blake, Matthew Lillard as Shaggy Rogers, Malcom McDowell as Sly Baron, Eric Bauza as Clark Sparkman, Jennifer Hale as Shannon Lucas, Ridley and the Launch Manager, Fred Tatasciore as Hudson Baron and The Alien, Diedrich Bader as H.A.M, Mark Hamill as Zip Elvin, Kevin Michael Richardson as Uvinious "U-Boat" Botango and Drake, Jeff Glenn Bennett as Colt Steelcase.

Storyline: Scooby-Doo and the gang win five seats on a billionaire's brand new space shuttle, and have to unravel a mystery when aliens attack their ship!

The movie opens with Daphne Blake trying to pass her driver's test and get her license. She is in the Mystery Machine. Velma Dinkley tells her she can do it however, despite Velma's encouragement, Daphne crashes the van into a tree. Later she and Velma win some kind of lottery that takes people into space. The two girls soon find themselves going into space along with Billionaire Sly Baron, Trained Astronaut Shannon Lucas, Retired Astronauts Zip Elvin and Colt Steelcase, Alien Hunting Specialist Ridley, Football player Uvininous "U-boat" Botango, News reporter Clark Sparkman (who instantly takes a fancy to Velma, much to her annoyance) and of course Fred Jones, Shaggy Rogers and Scooby-Doo. Fred allies himself with Zip and Colt, much to their dismay. Shaggy and Scooby are happy to see U-boat. Shannon tells Daphne that she scored the highest on the space test she and her friends took, much to Velma's surprise. This causes Velma to become bitter towards Daphne.

Justice League vs. Bizarro League (2015)

Lego DC Comics Super Heroes: Justice League vs. Bizarro League is a direct-to-video animated superhero action comedy film based on the Lego and DC Comics brands, released on February 10, 2015 on Blu-ray and DVD. This is the second Lego DC Comics Super Heroes film following Lego DC Comics: Batman Be-Leaguered.

Initial release: February 10, 2015
Director: Brandon Vietti
Initial DVD release: February 10, 2015 (USA)
Production companies: Warner Bros. Animation, DC Comics
Genres: Animation, Comedy, Adventure Film, Action Film

Starring (Cast): Diedrich Bader, Troy Baker, Nolan North, Khary Payton, Kari Wahlgren.

Storyline: Superman (Nolan North), Batman (Troy Baker) and the rest of the Justice League team up with the Bizarro League to defeat Darkseid (Frank Welker).

Lego DC Comics Super Heroes: Justice League vs. Bizarro League Trailer

Batman vs Robin (2015)

Batman vs. Robin is a direct-to-video animated superhero film which is part of the DC Universe Animated Original Movies. The film is partially based on the Batman: The Court of Owls story arc written by Scott Snyder and illustrated by Greg Capullo and Jonathan Glapion, and serves as a sequel to 2014's Son of Batman

Initial release: April 14, 2015
Director: Jay Oliva
Production company: Warner Bros. Animation
Genres: Superhero movie, Animation, Adventure Film, Action Film

Jason O'Mara as Bruce Wayne / Batman, Stuart Allan as Damian Wayne / Robin, David McCallum as Alfred Pennyworth, Sean Maher as Dick Grayson / Nightwing, Jeremy Sisto as Talon, Grey DeLisle-Griffin as Samantha, "Weird Al" Yankovic as Barton Mathis / Dollmaker, Robin Atkin Downes as Court of Owls Grandmaster, Peter Onorati as Draco, Kevin Conroy as Thomas Wayne.

Damian Wayne has a hard time accepting his father's no-killing rule, and soon starts to believe his destiny lies within a secret society.

Batman vs. Robin: Exclusive Trailer Debut

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