The Great 2009 Movie Bum Rush

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Source: http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117980473.html?categoryid=13&cs=1

With the Writer's Guild strike lasting far longer than anyone could have predicted (most of them thought the writers would come back in from the cold when they got hungry), studios are now preparing themselves for a walkout of the Screen Actors.

The actors are scheduled to join their writing brethren on June 30, which presents a major problem for the studios. Films are already being halted because nobody is around to make the scripts not suck (Paul W.S. Anderson, I'm looking at you), and a walkout by the actors would be disastrous. For the studios. Who would be forced to give away a couple of bucks extra a week. Hmm.

Anyway, what this means is that studios are about to go apeshit crazy and make as many films as they possibly can between now and June 30 and many films in '09 have release dates already set in stone. (Except for Transformers 2, on which production halted because Michael Bay was having sex with a helicopter and got caught.)

Without further ado, here is the complete list of films currently shooting or about to shoot. Not including animated films, or films in post production.

DISNEY

Confessions of a Shopaholic -- filming
A Christmas Carol -- next week (Jim Carrey; 11/6/09 release)More than one option(Film) Christmas Carol: the Movie
Bedtime Stories -- February (Adam Sandler; 12/25/08 release)
Witch Mountain -- late March (Dwayne "the Rock" Johnson)
The Proposal -- late March (Ryan Reynolds-Sandra Bullock; 2/13/09 release)
When in Rome -- mid-April
Hannah Montana Movie -- mid-April
High School Musical: Senior Year -- mid-April (Oh, you gotta be shittin' me! How many more are on the way?!)
Surrogates -- late April (Bruce Willis)
Prince of Persia -- late July (7/10/09 release)

DREAMWORKS

The Lovely Bones -- Peter Jackson directing (3/13/09 release)
The Soloist -- filming
I Love You Man -- March (1/16/09 release)
She's Out of My League -- March or April.

PARAMOUNT

Star Trek -- J.J. Abrams directing (12/25/08 release)
G.I. Joe -- mid-February (8/7/09 release)
Shutter Island -- early March (Martin Scorsese directing, Leonardo DiCaprio-Michelle Williams)

SONY

Year One -- filming (Jack Black-Michael Sera; 6/19/09 release)
Seven Pounds -- March (Will Smith; 12/12/08 release)
Julie & Julia -- March (Amy Adams-Meryl Streep)
Taking of Pelham One Two Three -- March (Denzel Washington-John Travolta; 7/31/09 release)

FOX

The Day the Earth Stood Still -- started shooting. (Keanu Reeves; 12/12/08 release)
They Came From Upstairs -- started shooting (1/16/09 release)
X-Men Origins: Wolverine -- started shooting (Hugh Jackman; 5/1/09 release)
Max Payne -- late February (Mark Wahlberg)
Marley and Me -- March (Jennifer Aniston-Owen Wilson; 12/19/08 release)
Bride Wars -- March.
Night at the Museum 2: Escape From the Smithsonian -- May (Ben Stiller; 5/22/09 release)

UNIVERSAL

Cirque de Freak -- Feb. 19
Fast and Furious 4 -- Feb. 20 (Paul Walker-Van Diesel; 6/5/09 release)
The Wolfman -- early March (Benicio Del Toro; 2/13/09 release)
Land of the Lost -- early March (Will Ferrell; 7/17/09 release)
The Boat That Rocked -- March 3
Duplicity -- March 10
Public Enemies -- March 10 (Johnny Depp-Christian Bale-Marion Cotillard)