Comedy Movies 2008 List

With Patrick Dempsey • Neal H. Moritz • Sydney Pollack • Kadeem Hardison • Beau Garrett • Deborah Kaplan • Harry Elfont • Adam Sztykiel

A man's in love with a woman, only the woman is engaged to someone else and asks the male friend to be her Maid of Honor. He agrees, with the intent of winning her heart for himself.

With Neil Dudgeon • Bristol Baughan • Ed Westwick • Jules Sitruk • Jessica Stevenson • Anna Wing • Garth Jennings • Hengameh Panahi • Ben Goldhirsh

Set in the '80s, a coming of age comedy about two young English boys who are inspired after seeing "Rambo: First Blood" to make a Rambo movie of their own. Will is the eldest son in a family with a strict moral and religious view and has never been allowed to mix with other people, listen to music or watch TV. That is until he finds himself caught up in the extraordinary world of Lee Carter, the school terror and maker of bizarre home movies.

With Julia Roberts • Jeffrey Dean Morgan • Wallace Shawn • Stanley Tucci • Abigail Breslin • Joan Cusack • Glenne Headly • Chris O'Donnell • Jane Krakowski. Julia Ormond • Patricia Rozema • Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas • Marisa Yeres • Lisa Gillan • Ann Peacock • Julie Goldstein

American Girl is a popular line of dolls and books for girls. While the doll line runs the gamut from pre-Revolutionary War to World War II, the film will focus on Kit Kittredge, who grows up in the early years of the Great Depression.

With Cameron Diaz • Ashton Kutcher • Dean Georgaris • Rob Corddry • Dana Fox • Lake Bell • Dennis Farina • Julian Farino • Arnon Milchan • Joseph M. Caracciolo

Two people discover they''ve gotten married following a night of debauchery in Vegas, with one of them winning a jackpot after playing the other''s quarter. The pair trys to undermine each other and get their hands on the money... falling in love along the way.

With Ben Kingsley • John Cusack • Hilary Duff • Avi Lerner • Marisa Tomei • Joan Cusack • Boaz Davidson • Joshua Seftel • Danny Dimbort

Turaqistan is a country occupied by an American private corporation run by the former US Vice President. In an effort to monopolize the opportunities the war-torn nation offers, the corporation's CEO hires Hauser to kill a Middle Eastern oil minister. Now, struggling with his own growing demons, the assassin must pose as the corporation's Trade Show Producer in order to pull off this latest hit, while maintaining his cover by organizing the high-profile wedding of Yonica Babyyeah, an outrageous Central Asian pop star and keeping a sexy left-wing reporter in check.

With Uwe Boll • Gary Coleman

A trailer park guy, uninterested in his life and trying to get through his days, decides that everyone is out to get him so he goes on a shooting spree.

With Sarah Jessica Parker • Darren Star • Chris Noth • Michael Bloomberg • Cynthia Nixon • Kim Cattrall • Kristin Davis • Mario Cantone • David Eigenberg • Jason Lewis • Michael Patrick King • John Melfi

Sex and the City is coming to the big screen in a feature film adaptation of the hit HBO television series. The film will follow the continuing adventures of the series four main characters - Carrie, Samantha, Charlotte and Miranda - as they live their lives in Manhattan four years after the series ended. Stars Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Kristin Davis, and Cynthia Nixon are all on board to reprise their roles, while the film will be written and directed by Michael Patrick King, who executive produced the original television series. Additionally, Chris Noth, David Eigenberg, Evan Handler and Jason Lewis will return as the women's love interests. Academy Award-winning actress Jennifer Hudson (Dreamgirls) has also joined the cast of the film and will play Carrie Bradshaw's assistant, a new character to be introduced in the film.

With Carlos Lopez • Danny R. McBride • Jody Hill • Ben Best • Mary Jane Bostick • Spencer Moreno • Erin Gates • Jennifer Chikes

A Tae Kwon Do instructor who is king of his small kingdom, tries to keep it together after his wife cheats on him, taking his anger out on everyone around him.

With Harvey Weinstein • Seann William Scott • Steve Conrad • John C. Reilly • Lili Taylor • Bob Weinstein • Jenna Fisher • Fred Armison • Gil Bellows • Jessika Borsiczky • Steven Jones

Oscar nominated actor, John C. Reilly and Sean William Scott lend their deft comedic touch to the story of two mid-level Chicago supermarket employees – Doug and Richard, a dubious new guy from Canada – who compete ruthlessly for a coveted managerial post at a new store location. Doug and Richard could not be more different, but going head-to-head in a contest of wits and wills reveals how they have more in common than they once suspected. The duo battle toward a hilarious final showdown that will leave you guessing until the very end.

With Rob Schneider • Robert Smigel • Judd Apatow • Mariah Carey • Talia Shire • Henry Winkler • Jack Giarraputo • Dennis Dugan

A Mossad agent fakes his own death so he can move to New York and become a hair stylist. Rob Schneider will play a cab driver in the movie.

With Anne Hathaway • Steve Carell • Terry Crews • Masi Oka • Peter Segal • David Koechner • Terence Stamp • Jimmy Miller • Matt Ember • Alan Arkin • Ken Davitian • Nate Torrence • Craig Susser • Andrew Lazar • Eric Gold • Chuck Roven • Steve Koren • Tom Astle

Maxwell Smart is on a mission to thwart the latest plot for world domination by the evil crime syndicate known as KAOS. When the headquarters of U.S. spy agency Control is attacked and the identities of its agents compromised, the Chief has no choice but to promote his ever-eager analyst Maxwell Smart, who has always dreamt of working in the field alongside stalwart superstar Agent 23. Smart is partnered instead with the lovely-but-lethal veteran Agent 99. Given little field experience and even less time, Smart--armed with nothing but a few spy-tech gadgets and his unbridled enthusiasm--must thwart the doomsday plans of KAOS head Siegfried.

With Jessica Alba • Ben Kingsley • Justin Timberlake • Mike Myers • Graham Gordy • Verne Troyer • Romany Malco • Marco Schnabel • Michael De Luca

In the comedy "The Love Guru", Pitka (Mike Meyers in his first original character since Austin Powers) is an American who was left at the gates of an ashram in India as a child and raised by gurus. He moves back to the U.S. to seek fame and fortune in the world of self-help and spirituality. His unorthodox methods are put to the test when he must settle a rift between Toronto Maple Leafs star hockey player Darren Roanoke (Romany Malco) and his estranged wife. After the split, Roanoke's wife starts dating L.A. Kings star Jacques Grande (Justin Timberlake) out of revenge, sending her husband into a major professional skid – to the horror of the teams' owner Jane Bullard (Jessica Alba) and Coach Cherkov (Verne Troyer). Pitka must return the couple to marital nirvana and get Roanoke back on his game so the team can break the 40-year-old "Bullard Curse" and win the Stanley Cup.

With Peter Sarsgaard • Samantha Morton • Illeana Douglas • Cecilia Miniucchi • Teri Garr

A dark comedy about parking-enforcement officers who find love.

With Emma Stone • Rainn Wilson • Shawn Levy • Jane Lynch • Maya Forbes • Christina Applegate • Josh Grad • Peter Cattaneo • Tom McNulty • Wally Wolodarsky

A failed drummer is given a second chance at fame. Robert "Fish" Fishman is the extremely dedicated and astoundingly passionate drummer for the eighties hair band Vesuvius, who is living the rock n' roll dream until he is unceremoniously kicked out of the band. Twenty years after his rock star fantasies are destroyed, just when Fish has finally given up all hope, he hears that his nephew's high school rock band A.D.D. is looking for a new drummer. They reluctantly make him the newest member of the band, giving him a chance to reclaim the rock God throne he's always thought he deserved, and taking the young band along for the ride of their lives.

With Ben Kingsley • Josh Peck • Olivia Thirlby • Famke Janssen • Method Man • Felipe Marino • Mary-Kate Olsen • Jonathan Levine • Keith Calder • Joe Neurauter

It's the summer of 1994, and the streets of New York are pulsing with hip-hop and wafting with the sweet aroma of marijuana--but change is in the air. The newly-inaugurated mayor, Rudy Giuliani, is beginning to implement his anti-fun initiatives against "crimes" like noisy portable radios, graffiti and public drunkenness. Set against this backdrop, Luke Shapiro (Josh Peck) spends his last summer before college selling dope throughout New York City, trading it with his shrink (Ben Kingsley) for therapy, while crushing on his step-daughter (Olivia Thirlby). Famke Janssen, Mary Kate Olsen,and Method Man round out the cast in this edgy, bittersweet, and funny coming of age story.

With Eddie Murphy • Elizabeth Banks • Gabrielle Union • Ed Helms • David Friendly • Rob Greenberg • Brian Robbins • Jon Berg • Marc Turtletaub • Todd Komarnicki • Bill Corbett

A massive fireball from space hits New York's Central Park and an ordinary man emerges unscathed. The man turns out to be a spaceship operated by 100 human-looking aliens who are one-quarter inch tall and seeking a way to save their planet; complications ensue when their captain falls in love with an Earth woman who's always picked losers for previous romances.

With Tom Hanks • Amanda Seyfried • Meryl Streep • Stellan Skarsgard • Colin Firth • Pierce Brosnan • Rita Wilson • Catherine Johnson • Bjorn Ulvaeus • Judy Craymer • Benny Andersson • Christine Baranski • Phyllida Lloyd • Gary Goetzman

Raised on a Greek island by a formerly rebellious mom who never disclosed the identity of her father, a bride-to-be locates three men who might be her father and invites them to her wedding. The resulting conflict triggers 22 Abba hits like "Dancing Queen," "Take a Chance on Me" and "The Winner Takes It All."

With Andy Samberg • Jeff Daniels • Patrick Warburton • Stanley Tucci • Cheryl Hines • Kenan Thompson • John H. Williams • Dave Goetsch • Donovan Cook • Norton Virgien • Curtis Augspurger • Tom Jacomb • Andreas Grosch • Ross Venokur • Kirk DeMicco • Jason Venokur • Eric M. Bennett • Neil Braun • Louise Goodsill • Ralph Kamp

When a $5 billion NASA probe disappears into an intergalactic wormhole, the agency recruits Ham III, grandson of the first chimpanzee in space, to help retrieve the wayward craft. But Ham is a free-spirited circus performer more interested in zero gravity high jinks than living up to his illustrious heritage. The simian slacker becomes a reluctant hero and learns the true meaning of courage as he and his crewmates, the fearless Lt. Luna and their uptight commander, Titan, risk everything in an effort to save the peaceful inhabitants of a distant planet from an evil dictator. A hilarious, out of this world adventure the whole family can enjoy, "Space Chimps" features cutting edge CGI animation and the voice talent of Andy Samberg ("Saturday Night Live"), Cheryl Hines ("Curb Your Enthusiasm"), Patrick Warburton ("Rules of Engagement"), Kristin Chenoweth ("The West Wing") and Stanley Tucci ("Robots").

With Will Ferrell • Adam Scott • Mary Steenburgen • Kathryn Hahn • John C. Reilly • Adam McKay • David Householter

Brennan Huff, a sporadically employed thirty-nine-year-old, lives with his mother, Nancy. Dale Doback, a terminally unemployed forty-year-old lives with his father, Robert. When Robert and Nancy marry and move in together, Brennan and Dale are forced to live with each other as step brothers. As their narcissism and downright aggressive laziness threaten to tear the family apart, these two middle-aged, immature, overgrown boys will orchestrate an insane, elaborate plan to bring their parents back together. To pull it off, they must form an unlikely bond that maybe, just maybe, will finally get them out of the house.

With Kevin Costner • Kelsey Grammer • Stanley Tucci • George Lopez • Jim Wilson • Nathan Lane • Dennis Hopper • Madeline Carroll • Joshua Michael Stern • Jason Richman

Bud Johnson, an apathetic, beer-slinging, lovable loser, is coasting through a life that has passed him by. The one bright spot is his precocious, over-achieving twelve year-old daughter Molly. She takes care of both of them, until one mischievous moment on Election Day, when she accidentally sets off a chain of events which culminates in the election coming down to one vote... her dad's.

With James Franco • Amber Heard • Seth Rogen • James Remar • Judd Apatow • Evan Goldberg • Gary Cole • Rosie Perez • Danny R. McBride • David Gordon Green • Shauna Robertson

Lazy stoner Dale Denton (Seth Rogen) has only one reason to visit his equally lazy dealer Saul Silver (James Franco): to purchase weed, specifically, a rare new strain called Pineapple Express. But when Dale becomes the only witness to a murder by a crooked cop (Rosie Perez) and the city's most dangerous drug lord (Gary Cole), he panics and dumps his roach of Pineapple Express at the scene. Dale now has another reason to visit Saul: to find out if the weed is so rare that it can be traced back to him. And it is. As Dale and Saul run for their lives, they quickly discover that they're not suffering from weed-fueled paranoia; incredibly, the bad guys really are hot on their trail and trying to figure out the fastest way to kill them both. All aboard "The Pineapple Express".

With Blake Lively • America Ferrera • Alexis Bledel • Sanaa Hamri • Amber Tamblyn • Kira Davis

Lifelong friends embark on separate paths for their first year of college and the summer beyond, but remain in touch by sharing their experiences with each other as they always have--with honesty and humor. Discovering their individual strengths, fears, talents and capacity for love through the choices they make, they come to value more than ever the bond they share and the immeasurable power of their friendship.

With Robert Downey Jr. • Jack Black • Ben Stiller • Jay Baruchel • Bill Hader • Nick Nolte • Etan Cohen • Steve Coogan • Danny R. McBride • Stuart Cornfeld • Justin Thoreau

In the action-comedy "Tropic Thunder," Ben Stiller plays pampered action superstar Tugg Speedman, who is cast in the biggest, most expensive war movie ever produced. He sets out to Southeast Asia with a "Who's Who" of celebrity co-stars. They include Kirk Lazarus (Robert Downey Jr.), an intense, three-time Oscar-winning actor; Jeff Portnoy (Jack Black), star of the popular gross-out comedy franchise "The Fatties"; multi-platinum hip-hop-star-turned-entrepreneur-turned-actor Alpa Chino (Brandon T. Jackson); and first-timer Kevin Sandusky (Jay Baruchel). Soon after the production begins the actors are thrown into a real-life situation and are forced to become the fighting unit they're portraying, in order to find a way out of the jungle in one piece.

With Radha Mitchell • Luke Wilson • Adriana Barraza • Tom Rosenberg • Cheryl Hines • Gary Lucchesi • Mark Pellington • Albert Torres

When a man discovers that he has only six weeks to live, he leaves his job, his fiancee and his overbearing mother and tries to spend his remaining days in seclusion. But when a miracle transforms his life, his quirky neighbors disrupt his plan to live out his days in quiet desperation.

With Emma Stone • Anna Faris • Beverly D'Angelo • Rumer Willis • Colin Hanks • Sarah Wright • Fred Wolf • Kirsten Kiwi Smith • Katharine McPhee • Kat Dennings • Monet Mazur • Tyson Ritter • Dana Goodman • Kiely Williams • Heather Parry • Karen McCullah Lutz

In Columbia Pictures' comedy "The House Bunny", Anna Faris charms as Shelley Darlington, a Playboy Bunny who teaches an awkward sorority about the opposite sex -- only to learn that what boys really like is what's on the inside. Shelley is living a carefree life until a rival gets her tossed out of the Playboy Mansion. With nowhere to go, fate delivers her to the sorority girls from Zeta Alpha Zeta. Unless they can sign a new pledge class, the seven socially clueless women will lose their house to the scheming girls of Phi Iota Mu. In order to accomplish their goal, they need Shelley to teach them the ways of makeup and men; at the same time, Shelley needs some of what the Zetas have -- a sense of individuality. The combination leads all the girls to learn how to stop pretending and start being themselves.

With Christopher Lloyd • Ben Stassen • Robert Patrick • Domonic Paris • Edwin E. Aldrin Jr • Nicollette Sheridan • Tim Curry • Gina Gallo Paris

In this groundbreaking 3-D animated adventure, three young flies set off on a courageous mission to become the first insects on the moon by hitching a ride on the historic Apollo 11 space flight. Based on the actual transcripts and the original blueprints from NASA, the film's stunning visuals and meticulous attention to detail introduce a whole new generation to the awe-inspiring achievements of the space program's most momentous mission. The year is 1969 and like everyone else in the world, Nat (Trevor Gagnon) and his pals IQ (Philip Daniel Bolden) and Scooter (David Gore) are abuzz over the upcoming launch of the first manned mission to the moon. Inspired by his Grandpa's (Christopher Lloyd) oft-told tale of hiding aboard Amelia Earhart's plane during her famed solo cross-Atlantic flight, Nat hatches a secret plan for the three young flies to stow away on the Apollo 11 rocket. Thinking the trip will be over in a matter of minutes, the fly boys—and their earthbound families—are shocked to learn they will be in space for closer to a week. When a N.A.S.A. Ground Control official catches sight of the three winged stowaways, he instructs the astronauts to store them in a test tube for later study. But after an electrical short causes the ship's engine to malfunction, the three intrepid insects manage to escape from their glass mini-brig just in time to discover the wiring problem and fix it. After a difficult lunar landing, Nat tags along with Neil Armstrong on his legendary moon walk. Although the flies face a few more close calls, the mission appears to be a success. At least until Grandpa's old flame Nadia (Nicolette Sheridan) arrives from Russia to warn him that her government, angry over losing the space race, has dispatched fly-spy Yegor (Tim Curry) to Cape Canaveral to sabotage the computer flight plans. With the Apollo hurtling toward Earth, it falls to Nat's family to save the mission—and the trio of brave flies—from disaster.

With Amy Poehler • David Arquette • Andrew Fleming • Steve Coogan • Catherine Keener

A world premiere at – and the comedy smash of – the 2008 Sundance Film Festival. In the irreverent comedy, a failed actor-turned-worse-high-school-drama teacher (Steve Coogan) rallies his Tucson, AZ students as he conceives and stages a politically incorrect musical sequel to Shakespeare's Hamlet.

With Scarlett Johansson • Javier Bardem • Penelope Cruz • Rebecca Hall • Woody Allen • Chris Messina • Patricia Clarkson • Kevin Dunn

The story follows the tale of Vicky and Christina (Scarlett Johansson and Rebecca Hall), two Americans vacationing in the title's Spanish city, who become part of a chain of romances involving an artist (Javier Bardem) and his nutty ex-wife (Penelope Cruz).

With Haley Bennett • Dan Callahan • Andrew Caldwell • Sam Nazarian • Drake Bell • Kevin Covais • Katie Knighten • Deb Hagan • Adam Ellison

After Kevin (Drake Bell), a high school senior, gets dumped by his girlfriend for being too boring, he doesn't want to go to the freshman orientation weekend at Fairmont University, where they had planned to go together. But his best friends Cater (Andrew Caldwell) and Morris (Kevin Covais) convince him that the weekend away will help get his mind off her. Once there, one of the rowdiest fraternities on campus decides to recruit them as "pledges" in return for granting them access to the college party scene. Though forced to put up with the disgusting antics of fraternity brothers Teague (Nick Zano), Bearcat (Gary Owen), and Cooper (Zach Cregger), the guys meet sorority girls Kendall (Haley Bennett), Heather (Camille Mana), and Amy (Nathalie Walker), and sparks fly all around. But once Teague feels threatened by Kevin's new relationship with Kendall, he takes the pre-frosh humiliation to a greater level, and the guys decides to fight back, pulling a huge prank that lands them on top.

With Kim Kardashian • Carmen Electra • Ike Barinholtz • Matt Lanter • Vanessa Minnillo • G-Thang • Nicole Parker • Crista Flanagan • Jason Friedberg • Aaron Seltzer

In "Disaster Movie," the filmmaking team behind the hits "Scary Movie," "Date Movie," "Epic Movie" and "Meet the Spartans" this time puts its unique, inimitable stamp on one of the biggest and most bloated movie genres of all time – the disaster film.

"Disaster Movie" follows the comic misadventures of a group of ridiculously attractive twenty-somethings during one fateful night as they try to make their way to safety while every known natural disaster and catastrophic event - asteroids, twisters, earthquakes, the works – hits the city and their path as they try to solve a series of mysteries to end the rampant destruction.

Taking aim at everything and everyone, from "Indiana Jones" and "Iron Man" to Amy Winehouse and "High School Musical," "Disaster Movie" lampoons the blockbuster movie, pop culture icons and public figures along the way as Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer satirize everything as only they can.

With Jiri Menzel • Julia Jentsch • Oldrich Kaiser • Milan Lasica • Marian Labuda • Josef Abrham • Robert Schaffer

Dreaming of becoming a millionaire, a short but ambitious Czech works his way into a posh pre-war luxury spa, where his marriage to a Hitler-loving fräulein provides him with a golden opportunity to make his fondest wish come true.