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Columbus Short (“Whiteout”), Skeet Ulrich (TV’s “Jericho”) and Amaury Nolasco (TV’s “Prison Break”) star as young armored truck guards who, in cahoots with the veteran guards, execute a meticulously planned robbery of their own security firm, in Columbia Pictures’ new action-thriller “Armored.”  But when their seemingly foolproof plan unravels, the men turn against each other as they desperately try to save themselves.
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Sony Pictures Animation’s acclaimed comedy “Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs” began life in 1978 as a children’s book written by Judi Barrett and illustrated by Ron Barrett, which now has over a million copies in print.   With its charming, visually inventive style, absurdist sense of humor, and fantastic premise – a town where food falls from the sky! – it seemed a foregone conclusion that the book would be adapted into an animated movie.  But no one was quite able to do it until writer-directors Phil Lord and Christopher Miller came along and found inspiration from a seemingly obvious source – the book itself.
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Angelina Jolie takes on the CIA.  Denzel Washington is on a redemption journey.  Gerard Butler sweeps Jennifer Aniston off her feet.  Meatballs fall from the sky, zombies take over the world, and Archangel Michael tries to prevent the Apocalypse.  Film scenarios have never been this exhilarating, and Columbia Pictures brings them all, and then some, to Philippines cinemas in 2010.  Let the buzz begin!

“Salt.” Before becoming a CIA officer, Evelyn Salt (Angelina Jolie) swore an oath to duty, honor, and country. She will prove loyal to these when a defector accuses her of being a Russian sleeper spy. Salt goes on the run, using all her skills and years of experience as a covert operative to elude capture, protect her husband, and stay one step ahead of her colleagues at the CIA.
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Columbia Pictures to handle Philippine distribution
Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions Group has signed a three-year marketing and distribution deal with CBS Films, under which Sony Pictures will handle international theatrical distribution of CBS Films productions (including the Philippines), it was announced Nov. 17 by Peter Schlessel, president, Worldwide Affairs for Sony Pictures, and Jeff Blake, chairman, Sony Pictures Worldwide Marketing & Distribution. The deal also includes worldwide distribution of the unit’s films in the home entertainment marketplace.
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Columbia Pictures presents the U.S. No. 1 hit “Zombieland,” an action-comedy that focuses on two men who have found a way to survive a world overrun by zombies.

Columbus (Jesse Eisenberg) is a big wuss – but when you’re afraid of being eaten by zombies, fear can keep you alive.  Tallahassee (Woody Harrelson) is an AK-totin’, zombie-slayin’ badass whose single determination is to get the last Twinkie on earth.  As they join forces with Wichita (Emma Stone) and Little Rock (Abigail Breslin), who have also found unique ways to survive the zombie mayhem, they will have to determine which is worse: relying on each other or succumbing to the zombies.

Helming the project is music video director Ruben Fleischer, who makes his feature film directorial debut.  “First and foremost, `Zombieland’ is a comedy, a road movie.  It’s obviously got a horror element to it, and there’s romance as well.  I was excited because of all the different aspects of the film, and my goal was to keep it grounded and strike just the right tone.”

Fleischer says that he was excited for the challenge of directing the film – after all, “as a first time director, every scene was something I’d never done before.  On my first day, we were killing zombies, and soon after, we were shooting in a giant mansion.  Every day was a new experience.  But the core is the same: you start with a script and you think about how you envision it, but it really comes to life when you get the actors and the crew – they make it look spectacular.”

Opening soon across the Philippines , “Zombieland” is distributed by Columbia Pictures, local office of Sony Pictures Releasing International.  Visit www.sonypictures.com.ph to see the latest trailers, get free downloads and play free movie games.

Centuries ago, the Mayans left us their calendar, with a clear end date and all that it implies.  Since then, astrologists have discovered it, numerologists have found patterns that depict it, geologists say the earth is overdue for it, and even government scientists cannot deny the cataclysm of epic proportions that awaits the earth in 2012.  A prophecy that began with the Mayans has now been well-chronicled, discussed, taken apart and examined.  By 2012, we’ll know – we were warned.
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Never before has a date in history been so significant to so many cultures, so many religions, scientists, and governments than 2012. Columbia Pictures’ new epic “2012” tells of a global cataclysm that brings an end to the world and the heroic struggle of the survivors.
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Columbia Pictures officially launched Sept. 9 the poster of “Michael Jackson’s This Is It,” the eagerly anticipated final film of the late King of Pop.

Capturing the vibrant energy of Michael Jackson himself, the poster shows the legendary singer’s full-figured silhouette in victory pose.   Inside the silhouette are various images from the film, and emblazoned below the title is the phrase, “Like You’ve Never Seen Him Before.”
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