The celebration of films coming up in 2009 continues with the second part in the 2009 release review by Filmstalker, and I'm now looking at April to June.
Now we're still looking at some more intelligent releases during this period, but we're also into blockbuster and sequel territory too. While this isn't as big as last year, it's still looking to have some good films lined up for us, and the CGI epics aren't backing down.
Once again, just to set the scene, this list isn't every film released in every country, nor is it just the films I'd recommend, it's a mixture of what I recommend, want to see, and what you'll be clamouring to get tickets for.
The Thaw stars Val Kilmer as a climate change expert, who uncovers a secret in a polar ice cap. A secret which could threaten the human race, if it's allowed to escape.
You may remember Chris Morris from the controversial Channel 4 satirical investigative show Brass Eye and The Day Today, and probably more so for the incredibly close to the bone show that saw him investigate the state of paedophilia, a show that resulted in enough complaints to put an end to the series.
Next up in our Stalker's Top Tens is Jordan Raup of The Film Stage who is about to give us his top ten of his favourite comedies in 2008.
I know there are casting rumours galore, and they can often turn out to be false, but to be honest I'm more than excited about Sylvester Stallone's new film The Expendables, I won't start going on about the choice of cast of Jet Li, Jason Statham, Dolph Lundgren and Stallone himself, as well as word that Forest Whitaker is in talks, but I will harp on about the rumour of this latest name.
You know when you hear "a reliable source" from a site or a media outlet and instantly groan as you read the latest rumour about someone appearing as Catwoman or some other rubbish? Well this is really is a reliable source. From the writer of Shazam! comes the news that the film in it's current incarnation is dead.
It seems that there's rather an unlikely pair of actors being picked for the Thompson twin characters, no not the eighties pop group but the twin comic detectives in the story. Although this is very much a rumour at this time and could well turn out to be completely untrue, there's also something that seems rather spot on in the casting choice.
The Courier is a new action film that carries some exciting names behind it. The writers are Michael Brandt and Derek Haas who wrote Wanted (Filmstalker review) and 3:10 to Yuma. The director is Russell Mulcahy, the man who directed Highlander, the hugely underrated The Shadow and Resident Evil: Extinction.
Hairspray 2 is still in development, but the director has given a few more details about what you'll be seeing.
Well before the Terminator Salvation trailer showed John Connor screaming at Sam Worthington and people started putting two and two together, 
The news is confirmed that Forest Whitaker is in negotiatons for a role in Sylvester Stallone's The Expendables, but with that news comes the calming of the rumour that Sandra Bullock was to join the team as well.
The news that John Curran is set to direct The Beautiful and the Damned starring Keira Knightley is just that, news, and something I'd usually rather leave to the news outlet channels or just drop into a Stalked article. However when I read this blurb I instantly thought, "hasn't she just made this?".
Bollywood is set to remake a classic Hollywood film series, of course there have been a few in the past, but this one looks set to be the most ambitious so far. The remake is of Back to the Future and will be called Action Replay starring two big stars, Akshay Kumar and Aishwarya Rai.
