Beastly

Beastly is a 2011 romantic fantasy film loosely based on Alex Flinn's 2007 novel of the same name. It is a retelling of the fairytale Beauty and the Beast set in modern-day New York City. Beastly is written and directed by Daniel Barnz and stars Vanessa Hudgens and Alex Pettyfer. Beastly focuses on Kyle Kingson, a wealthy and arrogant high school student. During an environmental event, he is disrespectful to a classmate, who is secretly a witch in disguise. The witch then casts a spell on Kyle to disfigure his body and face, giving him one year to find love or be left with his monstrous appearance forever. It was expected to be distributed to theaters by CBS Films and Alliance Films on July 30, 2010. However, Beastly was moved to March 18, 2011, in order to avoid Hudgens's film from clashing with the release of Zac Efron's film Charlie St. Cloud, but in January 2011, it was bumped up to March 4, 2011.

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Arthur Christmas

Arthur Christmas is an upcoming British/American 3-D computer animated film being produced by Aardman Animations and Sony Pictures Animation, and slated for release on November 23, 2011. Arthur Christmas is being directed by Sarah Smith, co-directed by Barry Cook, and it stars James McAvoy, Hugh Laurie, Jim Broadbent and Bill Nighy. Set on the North Pole, the plot tells about Santa's son Arthur Christmas, who must complete a mission before Christmas morning.

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Super 8

Super 8 is a 2011 American science fiction film written and directed by J. J. Abrams and produced by Steven Spielberg. Super 8 stars Joel Courtney, Elle Fanning, and Kyle Chandler and was released on June 10, 2011 in conventional and IMAX theaters. Super 8 tells the story of a group of children who are filming their own Super 8 movie when a train derails, releasing a dangerous presence into their town. The movie was filmed in Weirton, West Virginia and surrounding areas. Abrams and Spielberg collaborated in a storytelling committee to come up with the story for the film. Super 8 was initially reported to be either a sequel or prequel to the 2008 film Cloverfield, but this was quickly denied by Abrams. Primary photography began in fall 2010. The teaser itself was filmed separately in April. Super 8 is the first original J. J. Abrams film project, produced by Amblin Entertainment, Bad Robot Productions, and Paramount Pictures. Filming took place in Weirton, West Virginia, from September to October 2010. The score for Super 8 was composed by Michael Giacchino, Abrams' long-time collaborator. Giacchino recruited his team of conductor Tim Simonec, recorder Dan Wallin and the Hollywood Studio Symphony to bring the music to life.

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The Beaver

The Beaver is a 2011 comedy-drama film directed by Jodie Foster and starring Mel Gibson and Foster. Over its opening weekend, The Beaver grossed $107,577. Entertainment Weekly and several media outlets reported that the film's box office performance was a flop with a haul of only $4,890 per theater against its production budget of $21 million. Entertainment Weekly compared the box office gross of The Beaver against Mel Gibson's other most recent box office failure, 2010's Edge of Darkness, which debuted to a per-theater average of $5,615 at more than 3,000 locations, and the box office success of 2010's Black Swan which grossed a per-theater average of $88,863 in limited release at only 16 theaters. The Beaver was the worst debut for a Foster-directed film.

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Vanishing on 7th Street

Vanishing on 7th Street is a post-apocalyptic horror-thriller film directed by Brad Anderson and starring Hayden Christensen, Thandie Newton and John Leguizamo. Vanishing on 7th Street is based on a screenplay by Anthony Jaswinski and is produced from Herrick Entertainment. The film is the eighth from director Brad Anderson and features Hayden Christensen, Thandie Newton and John Leguizamo in the lead roles. The shooting began on October 12, 2009 in Detroit. The score is composed by Spanish song writer and composer Lucas Vidal and is his first theatrical feature film soundtrack. Vanishing on 7th Street was initially released for the Zune and Xbox Live members prior to its theatrical release. Shown in only six theaters across the United States, Vanishing on 7th Street was a total theatrical flop. As of March 13, 2011, the film only grossed $22,197. Roughly 1/450 of it's estimated budget of $10,000,000.

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Grave Encounters

Grave Encounters is a 2011 film shot in the found footage style where it is recorded by a video camera in a first person point of view as made famous by The Blair Witch Project and Cloverfield.

Directed and written by The Vicious Brothers, Grave Encounters premiered on April 22, 2011 at the Tribeca Film Festival to favorable reviews. Grave Encounters is set to be released on August 25, 2011 in select theaters using the Eventful Demand It feature and Video On Demand via Comcast. The film premiered internationally in Italy via distributor Eagle Pictures retitled ESP Fenomeni Paranormali on June 1, 2011.

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Hop

Hop is a 2011 Easter-themed part live-action-part animated comedy film from Universal Pictures and Illumination Entertainment, directed by Alvin and the Chipmunks director Tim Hill and produced by Despicable Me producer Chris Meledandri. Hop was released on April 1, 2011 in the US and the UK, and stars James Marsden, Kaley Cuoco, Tiffany Espensen, Chelsea Handler, Elizabeth Perkins, Gary Cole, David Hasselhoff, Elizabeth Howard, Coleton Ray and the voices of Russell Brand, Hugh Hefner, Hugh Laurie, John Cohen, Janet Healy, Hank Azaria, and Django Marsh. Hop received generally negative reviews. 25% of critics gave the film a positive review, with the consensus statement being: It's impressively animated, but Hop script is so uninspired that not even James Marsden's frantic mugging can give it any bounce.

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