These Promising Movies Are Coming Out in November of 2007: November 2007 Movie Preview

I've recently written a few preview articles on upcoming released films; such as, Michael Clayton, and The Seeker: The Dark is Rising. This is a list of more new films you should look for or watch out for. Find out all you need to about these films, and see what I have to say.

American Gangster

Directed by Ridley Scott
Written by Steven Zaillian
Release date: November 2, 2007

It's the 1970s, Frank Lucas (Denzel Washington), a kingpin in Manhattan is smuggling drugs into the country inside the coffins of dead Vietnam War soldiers. It's up to one detective, Richie Roberts (Russell Crowe) to stop him. This looks like a comeback for Russell Crowe and Ridley Scott. I still can't figure out what either of them need to come back from. I thought that their last effort, A Good Year was actually pretty entertaining. All in all, I'm looking forward to this effort by the two - no, three great talents.

More of the principal cast

Cuba Gooding Jr. as Nicky Barnes
Josh Brolin as Detective Trupo
RZA as Jones
John Ortiz as Javy Rivera

Bee Movie

Directed by Simon J. Smith and Steve Hickner
Written by Jerry Seinfeld, Andy Robin, Barry Marder, and Spike Feresten
Release date: November 2, 2007

Let's take A Bug's Life, replace every insect with bees, use Jerry Seinfeld, and you've got Bee Movie. The idea doesn't seem so fresh. A flourist by the name of Vanessa (Renee Zellweger) can actually understand what a bee, Barry Bee Benson (Seinfeld) says. From then on, the two are almost inseperable. She keeps him safe while he tries to better understand the human world. There is also this bizarre plot of suing humanity and taking back the world's honey. I'm hopeful that this is at least entertaining. It might not be a Ratatoille or even a Toy Story, but it's certainly going to be funny.

More of the principal cast

Chris Rock as Mooseblood the Mosquito
Matthew Broderick as Adam
Kathy Bates as Janet Benson
John Goodman as Layton T. Montgomery

Hitman

Directed by Xavier Gens
Written by Skip Woods
Release date: November 21, 2007

Based on the Hitman video game series, a man is pretty much born and raised for killing. He is called Agent 47 (Timothy Olyphant). He is a professional assassin with a barcode tattooed on the back of his head. Suddenly, Agent 47 turns from hunter to prey. There's political upheaval. Both Interpol and the Russian military are after 47. This movie could be thrilling, but it could be another game-based stinker. The Resident Evil series has been pretty good. I've got my fingers crossed that filmmakers won't screw up Hitman too much.

More of the principal cast

Dougray Scott as Mike
Olga Kurylenko as Nika
Robert Knepper as Yuri
Ulrich Thomsen as Mikhail Belicoff

Martian Child

Directed by Menno Meyjes
Written by Seth Bass and Jonathan Tolins
Release date: November 2, 2007

Writer (John Cusack) loses his fiance. He finds a little boy, Dennis (Bobby Coleman) who thinks he's from Mars and lives in a box. Cusack's character tries to adopt the boy in an attempt to create a family. This tale may be a little too small to grab everyone's attention, but I hope it does grab the attention of some viewers. Cusack is a favorite actor of mine. After 1408, I think he has turned into one of the most versatile actors in Hollywood today.

More of the principal cast

Joan Cusack as the sister of Cusack's character
Amanda Peet as Harlee
Sophie Okonedo as Sophie
Oliver Platt as Jeff

Fred Claus

Directed by David Dobkin
Written by Dan Fogelman

Growing up at the North Pole wasn't easy for Fred (Vince Vaughn), as he was constantly compared to his virtuous kid brother. As much as he tried, he could never measure up to Nicholas Claus (Paul Giamatti), who was the perfect saint. Fred gets in trouble. Nicholas must bail him out. But there is a catch. Fred must come back to the North Pole, and repay his debt by making toys. The trouble though is that he is not exactly elf material, and with Christmas quickly approaching, Fred's antics could not only jeopardize the merriest time of the year at the North Pole, but also for millions of people around the world. I'm sort of looking forward to this, because of how much I enjoyed the director, David Dobkin's previous film, Wedding Crashers. I've got my fingers crossed that this will be just as funny, but I don't want to get my hopes up.

More of the principal cast

Miranda Richardson as Mrs. Claus
Kevin Spacey as Clyde
Rachel Weisz as Wanda
Kathy Bates as Santa and Fred's Mom

More November releases to look for

Stephen King's The Mist

Directed by Frank Darabont (The Shawshank Redemption, Green Mile)
Written by Frank Darabont from the Stephen King novel
Release date: November 23, 2007

Starring Thomas Jane as David Drayton, Alexa Davalos as Sally, Marcia Gay Harden as Mrs. Carmody, Laurie Holden as Amanda Dumfries, and Chris Owen as Norm

Enchanted

Directed by Kevin Lima
Written by Bill Kelly
Release date: November 21, 2007

Starring Amy Adams as Giselle, Patrick Dempsey as Robert, James Marsden as Prince Edward, Timothy Spall as Nathaniel, and Susan Surandon as Queen Narissa

Lions for Lambs

Directed by Robert Redford
Written by Matthew Michael Carnahan
Release date: November 9, 2007

Starring Robert Redford as Dr. Stephen Malley, Meryl Streep as Janine Roth, Tom Cruise as Senator Jasper Irving, Peter Berg as Wirey Pink, and Michael Pena as ErnestRelease date: November 9, 2007

Other 2007 releases

Michael Clayton

Directed by Tony Gilroy; written by Tony Gilroy; released October 5, 2007; starring George Clooney, Sean Cullen, Tom Wilkinson, Tilda Swinton, and Sydney Pollack

The Seeker: The Dark is Rising

Directed by David L. Cunningham; written by John Hodge; released October 5, 2007; starring Alexander Ludwig, Christopher Eccleston, Ian McShane, Jonathon Jackson, and Amelia Warner

Sleuth

Directed by Kenneth Branagh; written by Harold Pinter; released November 9, 2007; starring Michael Caine and Jude Law

30 Days of Night

Directed by David Slade; written by Stuart Beattle and Brian Nelson; released October 19, 2007; starring Josh Hartnett, Melissa George, Ben Foster, Danny Huston, and Craig Hall

We Own the Night

Directed by James Gray
Written by James Gray

Starring Joaquin Phoenix as Bobby Green, Mark Wahlberg as Joseph Grusinsky, Robert Duvall as Burt Grusinsky, Eva Mendes as Amada Juarez

Gone Baby Gone

Directed by Ben Affleck
Written by Ben Affleck and Aaron Stockard

Starring Morgan Freeman as Jack Doyle, Casey Affleck as Patrick Kenzie, Michelle Monaghan as Angela "Angie" Gennaro, Ed Harris as Detective Remy Broussard, and Robert Wahlberg as Detective O'Malley

Good Luck Chuck

Directed by Mark Helfrich
Written by Josh Stolberg

Starring Dane Cook and Jessica Alba

Resident Evil: Extinction

Directed by Russell Mulcahy
Written by Paul W. S. Anderson, Jeremy Bolt, Robert Kulzer, Bernd Eichinger, and Samuel Hadida

Starring Milla Jovovich, and Ali Larter

Across The Universe

Directed by Julie Taymor
Written by Julie Taymor, Dick Clement, and Ian La Frenais

Starring Evan Rachel Wood and Jim Sturgess

The Invasion

Directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel
Written by Dave Kajganich
Release date: August 17, 2007

Starring Nicole Kidman and Daniel Craig