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Underworld: Rise of the Lycans (Jan 2009)

In Theaters

Danny McBride, Patrick Tatopoulos, Skip Williamson, Bill Nighy, Rhona Mitra, Michael Sheen, Steven Mackintosh, Len Wiseman, Tom Rosenberg, Gary Lucchesi, Henry Winterstern, Kevin Grevioux

Sony Screen Gems

"Underworld: Rise of the Lycans" delves into the origins of the centuries-old blood feud between the aristocratic vampires, known as Death Dealers, and the barbaric Lycans (werewolves). A young Lycan, Lucian (Michael Sheen), emerges as a powerful leader who rallies the werewolves to rise up against Viktor (Bill Nighy), the cruel vampire king who has persecuted them for hundreds of years. Lucian is joined by his secret lover, the beautiful vampire Sonja (Rhona Mitra), in his battle to free the Lycans from their brutal enslavement.

Completed R Action Adventure 1 hr, 32 mins

Pirate Radio (Nov 2009)

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Rhys Ifans, Nick Frost, Debra Hayward, Kenneth Branagh, Chris O'Dowd, Richard Curtis, Tom Sturridge, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Bill Nighy, Jack Davenport, Ralph Brown, January Jones, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Hilary Bevan-Jones, Liza Chasin

Focus Features, Working Title Films

Inspired by the British pirate radio revolution in the '60s, the majority of the film's shoot will take place in a large rusty metal fishing trawler moored off the coast of England in the very waters that kept the rock of the '60s booming into the U.K.

In 1966 -- arguably British pop music's finest era -- the BBC played only two hours of rock and roll every week. But pirate radio blasted rock and pop from the high seas 24 hours a day. And 25 million people -- more than half the population of Britain -- listened to these pirates every single day.

"The Boat That Rocked" is an ensemble comedy in which the romance takes place between the young people of the '60s and pop music. It's about a band of rogue DJs that captivated Britain, playing the music that defined a generation and standing up to a government that, incomprehensibly, preferred jazz. Leading the cast are Philip Seymour Hoffman as The Count, a big, brash, American god of the airwaves; Bill Nighy as Quentin, the boss of Radio Rock -- a pirate radio station in the middle of the North Sea that's populated by an eclectic crew of rock and roll DJs; Rhys Ifans as Gavin, the greatest DJ in Britain who has just returned from his drug tour of America to reclaim his rightful position; Nick Frost as Dave, an ironic, intelligent and cruelly funny co-broadcaster; and Kenneth Branagh (Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Hamlet) as British Minister Dormandy, a fearsome government official out for blood against the drug takers and lawbreakers of a once-great nation.

Completed R Comedy 2 hrs, 15 mins