Movie Stars in Hollywood Movies This Fall

Early results for 2014 show about a 20% decline in movie ticket sales this year.  As we move into fall every studio is looking for the next Transformers movie type hit.  I thought we might look at what movie actors are starring in upcoming movies for this fall.  If you are like me there are certain actors and directors who make must see movies.  For example, Clint Eastwood makes great movies.  I would watch him in any movie he has directed or acted in.  Other actors I like are Amy Adams, Zoe Saldana, and Denzel Washington.  So you have some of my favorites.  What actors do you like?

So let’s take a look at some actors and movies for this fall.

In August, former James Bond stars from different periods, Pierce Brosnan and Olga Kurylenko, team up in the action, drama The November Man.  Perhaps the biggest blockbuster of the entire year might be Guardians of the Galaxy in part because Bradley Cooper, Vin Diesel, and Zoe Saldana are the stars.  It comes out in August and it will be a big hit.  Another Bond girl, Eva Green, teams up with Jessica Alba and Mickey Rourke in Sin City.  Taylor Swift comes to the big screen in The Giver along side Meryl Streep and Jeff Bridges.  And of course Sylvester Stallone gives us another Expendables movie.

September looks like a month of drama and action movies featuring Morgan Freeman in Dolphin Tale 2, Denzel in The Equalizer, and Simon Pegg in Hector and the Search For Happiness.

October movies include Channing Tatum and Zoe Saldana in the animated Book of Life.  Mellissa McCarthy and Bill Murray provide the laughs in St. Vincent.  Alexander and the Horrible, Terrible Day looks like another winner with Jennifer Garner and Steve Carell.  In fact the October movies all look like great hits.  Reese Witherspoon, Robert Downey Jr., and Robert Duval all look to have big movie rolls this fall.  Even Mark Hamill returns to Hollywood with Samuel L. Jackson in Kingsman: The Secret Service.

Finally November as usual has the biggest possible hits.  Jennifer Lawrence in Hunger Games returns to finish the rebellion.  Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels come back after 20 years for Dumber and Dumber To.  Do not miss Brad Pitt in Fury, Jennifer Aniston and Chris Pine (Captain Kirk) in Horrible Bosses 2, or the all star cast Interstellar with Michael Caine, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Chastain, and Matthew McConaughey.

The dates below are approximate dates as the studios frequently change the dates to improve their ticket sales.  In any event, this fall has plenty of stars.  Many of these should be Blue Ray releases for Christmas gifts.  I also include a list of popular directors with fall movies.

Movie Releases For August 2014

Jessica Alba            August 22       Action       Sin City: A Dame To Kill For
Will Arnett              August 1          Action       Guardians of the Galaxy
Antonio Banderas August 15        Action       The Expendables 3
Jeff Bridges            August 15        Drama       The Giver
Pierce Brosnan      August 29       Action        The November Man
Jim Caviezel           August 22       Sports        When the Game Stands Tall
Michael Chiklis      August 22       Sports        When the Game Stands Tall
Bradley Cooper      August 1          Sci-Fi         Guardians of the Galaxy
Rosario Dawson    August 22       Action        Sin City: A Dame To Kill For
Laura Dern             August 22       Sports        When the Game Stands Tall
Vin Diesel                August 1          Sci-Fi         Guardians of the Galaxy
Megan Fox              August 1          Action        Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Paul Giamatti         August 29       Sci-Fi          The Congress
Eva Green               August 22        Action        Sin City: A Dame To Kill For
Harvey Keitel         August 29       Sci-Fi          The Congress
Olga Kurylenko      August 29       Action        The November Man
Jet Li                        August 15        Action        The Expendables 3
John Lithgow         August 22       Drama        Love is Strange
Helen Mirren          August 1          Drama       The Hundred-Foot Journey
Chris Pratt               August 1          Sci-Fi         Guardians of the Galaxy
Mickey Rourke       August 22       Action        Sin City: A Dame To Kill For
Zoe Saldana            August 1          Sci-Fi          Guardians of the Galaxy
Sylvester Stallone  August 15        Action        The Expendables 3
Jason Stratham      August 15        Action        The Expendables 3
Meryl Streep           August 15        Drama        The Giver
Taylor Swift            August 15        Drama        The Giver
Marisa Tomei         August 22       Drama        Love is Strange
Robin Wright         August 29       Sci-Fi          The Congress

Movie Releases For September 2014

Jessica Chastain    September 26  Drama       The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby
Toni Collette           September 19  Drama       Hector and the Search for Happiness
Harry Connick Jr   September 12  Drama        Dolphin Tale 2
Kristen Dunst         September 26  Thriller      The Two Faces of January
Morgan Freeman    September 12  Drama        Dolphin Tale 2
Ashley Judd             September 12  Drama        Dolphin Tale 2
K. Kristofferson      September 12  Drama         Dolphin Tale 2
Viggo Mortensen    September 26  Thriller      The Two Faces of January
Liam Neeson           September 19  Action         A Walk Among the Tombstones
Simon Pegg             September 19   Drama       Hector and the Search for Happiness
Rosamund Pike      September 19  Drama        Hector and the Search for Happiness
Bill Pullman            September 26  Crime         The Equalizer
Stellan Skarsgard   September 19  Drama        Hector and the Search for Happiness
Denzel Washington Sept 26            Crime          The Equalizer

Movie Releases For October 2014

Ben Affleck                October 3         Drama        Gone Girl
Steve Carell              October 10      Comedy       Alexander and the Terrible Day
Ice Cube                    October 17       Animation  Book of Life
Robert Downey Jr   October 10      Drama         The Judge
Robert Duval            October 10      Drama         The Judge
Luke Evans               October 17      Horror         Dracula Untold
James Franco           October 3        Comedy       The Interview
Martina Garcia        October 31      Horror         ABC’s of Death 2
Jennifer Garner       October 10      Comedy       Alexander and the Terrible Day
Eva Green                 October 24      Drama        White Bird in a Blizzard
Jake Gyllenhaal       October 17       Crime          Nightcrawler
Mark Hamill             October 24      Action         Kingsman: The Secret Service
Neil Patrick Harris  October 3         Drama        Gone Girl
Samuel L. Jackson  October 24      Action         Kingsman: The Secret Service
Michael Keaton       October 17        Comedy      Birdman
Melissa McCarthy   October 24       Comedy     St. Vincent
Christopher Meloni October 24      Drama        White Bird in a Blizzard
Bill Murray               October 24       Comedy      St. Vincent
Edward Norton        October 17       Comedy      Birdman
Bill Paxton                October 17        Crime         Nightcrawler
Rosamund Pike        October 3         Drama        Gone Girl
Jeremy Renner         October 10      Crime          Kill the Messenger
Seth Rogen                October 3        Comedy       The Interview
Rene Russo               October 17       Crime          Nightcrawler
Zoe Saldana              October 17      Animation  Book of Life
Channing Tatum      October 17     Animation   Book of Life
Dick Van Dyke          October 10     Comedy       Alexander and the Terrible Day
Naomi Watts             October 24     Comedy       St. Vincent
Reese Witherspoon  October 3       Drama         The Good Lie

Movie Releases for November 2014

Jennifer Aniston       November 28 Comedy     Horrible Bosses 2
Michael Caine            November 7  Sci-Fi           Interstellar
Steve Carell                November 14 Drama        Foxcatcher
Jim Carrey                  November 14 Comedy     Dumb and Dumber To
Jessica Chastain        November 7  Sci-Fi           Interstellar
Kevin Costner            November 21 Sports         McFarland
Jeff Daniels                November 14 Comedy      Dumb and Dumber To
Anne Hathaway         November 7  Sci-Fi           Interstellar
Jennifer Lawrence    November 21 Action         The Hunger Games: Mockingjay
Shia LeBeouf              November 14 War             Fury
Matthew McConaughey  Nov. 7      Sci-Fi           Interstellar
Chris Pine                    November 28 Comedy     Horrible Bosses 2
Brad Pitt                      November 14 War             Fury
Mark Ruffalo              November 14 Drama        Foxcatcher
Kevin Spacey              November 28 Comedy     Horrible Bosses 2
Channing Tatum        November 14 Drama        Foxcatcher

Directors of This Fall’s Movies

Sean Anders                      Horrible Bosses 2
Gregg Araki                       White Bird in a Blizzard
Miguel Arteta                     Alexander and the Terrible Day
David Ayer                         Fury
Ned Benson                       The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby
Thomas Carter                  When the Game Stands Tall
Peter Chelsom                   Hector and the Search for Happiness
David Dobkin                    The Judge
Roger Donaldson              The November Man
Philippe Falardeau           The Good Lie
David Fincher                    Gone Girl
Ari Folman                         The Congress
Scott Frank                         A Walk Among the Tombstones
Antonie Fuqua                   The Equalizer
Dan Gilroy                          Nightcrawler
James Gunn                       Guardians of the Galaxy
Lasse Hallstrom                The Hundred-Foot Journey
Patrick Hughes                  The Expendables 3
Alejandro Inarritu             Birdman
Jonathan Liebesman        Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Theodore Melfi                   St. Vincent
Bennett Miller                    Foxcatcher
Frank Miller                        Sin City: A Dame To Kill For
Christopher Nolan             Interstellar
Phillip Noyce                      The Giver
Robert Rodriguez               Sin City: A Dame To Kill For
Seth Rogen                          The Interview
Ira Sachs                              Love is Strange
Gary Shore                           Dracula Untold
Charles Martin Smith        Dolphin Tale 2
Matthew Vaughn                Kingsman: The Secret Service