What the heck is with the number nine this year? (Oh, I get it. It's 2009.) But that's no excuse to give two movies the same name. (Producers hope audiences will be able to tell the difference between aliens and Italian movie stars.)
This trailer wars seems like a no-brainer (A cheesy CGI flick up against a musical starring Daniel Day Lewis.) But is it? Maybe I shouldn't judge a movie by its poster. "9" is a futuristic full-length expansion of the Academy Award-nominated 2004 short film of the same name and is produced by Tim Burton and Timur Bekmambetov ("Wanted"). After the world's machines turn on mankind, a group of small gizmos armed with the spark of life attempts to save humanity. (Elijah Wood, Christopher Plummer, Crispin Glover, John C. Reilly and Jennifer Connelly do the voice-overs.) It hits theaters (more nines) on Sept. 9.
"Nine" is a musical that follows director Guido Contini (Daniel Day Lewis) as he heads for a breakdown. The women in his life (Marion Cotillard, Nicole Kidman, Kate Hudson, Penélope Cruz, Judi Dench, Sophia Loren and Stacy Ferguson, aka Fergie) are poised to steal his thunder in the sparkly spectacular. (Pause to wrap your head around the fabulosity.) The film, due in November, is directed by Rob Marshall ("Chicago") and its music's from the original 1982 Broadway show, which a Tony Award for Best Musical. Bellissima!
