Well today is Friday and you know what that means – another installment of Screen Rant’s Movie Poster Roundup! We’ve searched far and wide to bring you the very best assortment of movie posters the Internet (and Hollywood) has to offer and have consolidated them all in one place to maximize your viewing enjoyment.
In today’s roundup we have 36 posters from 23 films and, as always, they span a multitude of genres including but not limited to – comedy, horror, action, suspense, drama, family, indie and grind house explotation. You will find posters for the following films listed below in order of their release dates:
The Lincoln Lawyer, Source Code, Hop, Super, Mother’s Day, Your Highness, Hanna, Troll Hunter, Game of Thrones, African Cats, Dylan Dog: Dead of Night, Fast Five, Daydream Nation, Midnight in Paris, Hobo with a Shotgun, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, Super 8, Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, The Haunted Mansion, The Divide, Natural Selection and [REC]: Genesis.
Enjoy them all, tells us your favorites in the comments section and be sure to check back next Friday for a whole new set of posters.
As a last minute special treat Marvel has released two brand new, thunderous posters for their upcoming tentpole film Thor, and we’ll kick off the poster roundup with those.
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Thor
Synopsis: This epic adventure spans the Marvel Universe; from present day Earth to the realm of Asgard. At the center of the story is The Mighty Thor (Chris Hemsworth), a powerful but arrogant warrior whose reckless actions reignite an ancient war. Thor is cast down to Earth and forced to live among humans as punishment. Once here, Thor learns what it takes to be a true hero when the most dangerous villain of his world sends the darkest forces of Asgard to invade Earth.
Thor opens May 6th, 2011.
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The Lincoln Lawyer
Synopsis: Michael “Mick” Haller (Matthew McConaughey), a slick, charismatic Los Angeles criminal defense attorney who operates out of the back of his Lincoln Continental sedan. Having spent most of his career defending petty, gutter-variety criminals, Mick unexpectedly lands the case of a lifetime: defending a rich Beverly Hills playboy (Ryan Phillippe) who is accused of attempted murder. However, what initially appears to be a straightforward case with a big money pay-off swiftly develops into a deadly match between two masters of manipulation and a crisis of conscience for Haller.
The Lincoln Lawyer opens March 18th, 2011.
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Source Code
Synopsis: When decorated soldier Captain Colter Stevens (Jake Gyllenhaal) wakes up in the body of an unknown man, he discovers he’s part of a mission to find the bomber of a Chicago commuter train. In an assignment unlike any he’s ever known, he learns he’s part of a government experiment called the “Source Code,” a program that enables him to cross over into another man’s identity in the last 8 minutes of his life. With a second, much larger target threatening to kill millions in downtown Chicago, Colter re-lives the incident over and over again, gathering clues each time, until he can solve the mystery of who is behind the bombs and prevent the next attack.
Source Code opens April 1st, 2011.
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Hop
Synopsis: The live-action/CGI family comedy revolves around an out-of-work slacker who runs over the Easter Bunny (Russell Brand) while driving home late. Since the bunny can’t hop with a broken leg, the slacker is pressed into duty to save Easter. The film becomes a two-hander between the iconic holiday critter and the slacker, each of whom is running from adulthood.
Hop opens April 1st, 2011.
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Continue to see posters for Super, Mother’s Day and Your Highness…
Super
Synopsis: When sad-sack loser Frank (Rainn Wilson) sees his ex-addict wife (Liv Tyler) willingly snatched by a seductive drug dealer (Kevin Bacon), he finds himself bereft and wholly unable to cope. But soon he decides to fight back under the guise of a DIY superhero called Crimson Bolt.
With a hand-made suit, a wrench, and a crazed sidekick named Boltie (Ellen Page), the Crimson Bolt beats his way through the mean streets of crime in hopes of saving his wife. The rules were written a long time ago: You are not supposed to molest children, cut lines or key cars; if you do, prepare to face the wrath of the Crimson Bolt!
Super opens April 1st, 2011.
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Mother’s Day
Synopsis: After a bank robbery gone wrong, three brothers head for home, hoping their MOTHER (Rebecca De Mornay) can provide them with a getaway. The youngest brother, JOHNNY (Matt O’Leary), has been shot, and their back-stabbing former partner has gotten away with all the cash. But when the brothers get home, they find that all their stuff is gone and Mother is nowhere to be found: She lost the house months ago in a foreclosure. The new owners, BETH and DANIEL SOHAPI (Jaime King and Frank Grillo), and their guests, gathered for an ill-timed birthday party, become the brothers’ unwitting hostages.
Not long after, Mother arrives, along with the boys’ sister LYDIA (Deborah Ann Woll), and it soon becomes clear that Mother will do absolutely anything to protect her children. In one terrifying evening she brilliantly takes control of the situation and masterminds her sons’ escape from the law.
Mother’s Day opens April 1st, 2011.
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Your Highness
Synopsis: Thadeous (Danny McBride) has always stood in the shadow of his older brother, Fabious (James Franco), a fearless knight who never met a Minotaur he couldn’t slay or a warlord he couldn’t defeat. Meanwhile, as Fabious embarked on incredible adventures and returned home to lavish celebrations, Thadeous puffed on wizard’s weed, and spent his nights in the company of loose maidens. But Thadeous’ life of luxury comes to an abrupt end when powerful wizard Leezar (Justin Theroux) shows up and abducts Fabious’ beautiful fiancée, Belladonna (Zooey Deschanel).
Now threatened with being cut off from the family fortune by his father, the king (Charles Dance), Thadeous reluctantly agrees to join Fabious on a treacherous quest to rescue the fair maiden, and defeat Leezar once and for all. Their voyage to rescue Belladonna will be marked by incredible adventure and unprecedented danger, but together with the help of a fearless warrior named Isabel (Natalie Portman) the two brothers will battle mythical beasts and villainous knights.
Your Highness opens April 8th, 2011.
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Continue to see posters for Hanna, Troll Hunter and Game of Thrones…
Hanna
Synopsis: Hanna (Saoirse Ronan) is 16 years old. She is bright, inquisitive, and a devoted daughter. Uniquely, she has the strength, the stamina, and the smarts of a solider; these come from being raised by her widowed father Erik (Eric Bana), an ex-CIA man, in the wilds of North Finland. Erik has taught Hanna to hunt, put her through extreme self-defense workouts, and home-schooled her with only an encyclopedia and a book of fairy tales. Hanna has been living a life unlike any other teenager; her upbringing and training have been one and the same, all geared to making her the perfect assassin. But out in the world there is unfinished business for Hanna’s family, and it is with a combination of pride and apprehension that Erik realizes his daughter can no longer be held back.
This turning point in Hanna’s adolescence is a sharp one; she is separated from Erik and embarks on the mission that she was always destined for. Before she and her father can reunite as planned in Berlin, Hanna is captured by agents dispatched by ruthless intelligence operative Marissa Wiegler (Cate Blanchett). Marissa, a career agent, has long been harboring secrets that tie her to Hanna and Erik.
Hanna opens April 8th, 2011.
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Troll Hunter
Synopsis: Shot in a vérité style, TROLLHUNTER is the story of a group of Norwegian film students that set out to capture real-life trolls on camera after learning their existence has been covered up for years by a government conspiracy. A thrilling and wildly entertaining film, THE TROLL HUNTER delivers truly fantastic images of giant trolls wreaking havoc on the countryside, with darkly funny adherence to the original Norwegian folklore.”
Troll Hunter opens in Germany April 17th, 2011. There is no wide US release yet.
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Game of Thrones
Synopsis: Seven noble families fight for control of the mythical land of Westeros. Political and sexual intrigue abound. The primary families are the Stark, Lannister, and Baratheon families. Robert Baratheon, King of Westeros, asks his old friend Eddard Stark to serve as his chief advisor. Eddard, suspecting that his predecessor had been murdered, accepts so that he can investigate further. It turns out more than one family is plotting to take the throne. The Queen’s family, the Lannisters, may be hatching a plot to take control.
Across the sea, the last surviving members of the previously deposed ruling family, the Targaryens, are also plotting a return to power. The conflict between these families and others, including the Greyjoys, the Tullys, the Arryns, and the Tyrells, leads to war. Meanwhile, in the north, an ancient evil awakens. Amidst war and the political confusion, a brotherhood of misfits, The Night’s Watch, is all that stands between the realms of men and the horrors beyond.
Game of Thrones airs on HBO April 17th, 2011.
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Continue to see posters for African Cats, Dylan Dog: Dead of Night and Fast Five…
African Cats
Synopsis: An epic true story set against the backdrop of one of the wildest places on Earth, African Cats captures the real-life love, humor and determination of the majestic kings of the savanna. Narrated by Oscar®-nominated actor Samuel L. Jackson, the story features Mara, an endearing lion cub who strives to grow up with her mother’s strength, spirit and wisdom; Sita, a fearless cheetah and single mother of five mischievous newborns; and Fang, a proud leader of the pride who must defend his family from a rival lion and his sons.
African Cats opens Earth Day April 22nd, 2011.
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Dylan Dog: Dead of Night
Synopsis: Dylan Dog (Brandon Roth) is the world’s only paranormal investigator. He hardly moved to New Olreans to escape a life made of nightmares. However, nightmares will find him again. A missing artifact, a beautiful heiress and a brutal murder conspire to drag him back into the dark world of the undead.
Dylan Dog: Dead of Night opens April 29th, 2011.
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Fast Five
Synopsis: Since Brian and Mia Toretto (Jordana Brewster) broke Dom (Vin Diesel) out of custody, they’ve blown across many borders to elude authorities. Now backed into a corner in Rio de Janeiro, they must pull off one last job in order to gain their freedom. As they assemble their elite team of top racers, the unlikely allies know their only shot of getting out for good means confronting the corrupt businessman who wants them dead. But he’s not the only one on their tail.
Hard-nosed federal agent Luke Hobbs (Dwayne Johnson) never misses his target. When he is assigned to track down Dom and Brian (Paul Walker), he and his strike team launch an all-out assault to capture them. But as his men tear through Brazil, Hobbs learns he can’t separate the good guys from the bad. Now, he must rely on his instincts to corner his prey…before someone else runs them down first
Fast Five opens April 29th, 2011.
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Continue to see posters for Daydream Nation, Midnight in Paris and Hobo with a Shotgun…
Daydream Nation
Synopsis: Seventeen-year-old Caroline Wexler (KAT DENNINGS) is facing a teenager’s nightmare: her widowed father has moved them from the big city to a tiny town in the middle of nowhere. When Caroline realizes she has nothing in common with the burnout losers in her new school she pursues the one person with who excites her interest – her handsome young teacher, Mr. Anderson (JOSH LUCAS). A bizarre love triangle ensues between Caroline, Mr. Anderson, and a sweet, but troubled classmate (REECE THOMPSON).
Daydream Nation opens May 6th, 2011.
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Midnight in Paris
Synopsis: A romantic comedy that follows a family travelling to the city for business. The party includes a young engaged couple that has their lives transformed throughout the journey. The film celebrates a young man’s great love for Paris, and simultaneously explores the illusion people have that a life different from their own is better.
Midnight in Paris opens May 11th, 2011.
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Hobo with a Shotgun
Synopsis: A vigilante homeless man pulls into a new city and finds himself trapped in urban chaos, a city where crime rules and where the city’s crime boss reigns. Seeing an urban landscape filled with armed robbers, corrupt cops, abused prostitutes and even a pedophile Santa, the Hobo (Rutger Hauer) goes about bringing justice to the city the best way he knows how – with a 20-gauge shotgun. Mayhem ensues when he tries to make things better for the future generation. Street justice will indeed prevail.
Hobo with a Shotgun opens May 19th, 2011.
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Posters for Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, Super 8 and more…
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
Synopsis: Crossing paths with the enigmatic Angelica (Penelope Cruz),Captain Jack Sparrow’s (Johnny Depp) not sure if it’s love–or if she’s a ruthless con artist who’s using him to find the fabled Fountain of Youth. When she forces him aboard the “Queen Anne’s Revenge,” the ship of the legendary pirate Blackbeard (Ian McShane), Jack finds himself on an unexpected adventure in which he doesn’t know whom to fear more: Blackbeard or Angelica, with whom he shares a mysterious past.
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides opens May 20th, 2011.
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Super 8
Synopsis: In the summer of 1979, a group of friends in a small Ohio town witness a catastrophic train crash while making a super 8 movie and soon suspect that it was not an accident. Shortly after, unusual disappearances and inexplicable events begin to take place in town, and the local Deputy tries to uncover the truth – something more terrifying than any of them could have imagined.
Super 8 opens June 10th, 2011.
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Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
Synopsis: A story set in 19th century China and centered on the lifelong friendship between two girls who develop their own secret code as a way to contend with the rigid cultural norms imposed on women.
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan opens July 15th, 2011.
Posters for The Haunted Mansion, The Divide, Natural Selection and [REC]: Genesis…
The Haunted Mansion
Synopsis: A workaholic, his wife/business partner and their two kids are summoned to a mansion. When they discover that the place is haunted, the man discovers an important lesson about the family he’s neglected as they attempt to escape.
Haunted Mansion has no release date.
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The Divide
Synopsis: When a cataclysmic explosion devastates New York, eight strangers take refuge in the basement of their apartment building, a converted fallout shelter designed by their paranoid superintendent Mickey (Michael Biehn). With just three connecting rooms it’s barely big enough, but with stockpiles of food and water, the group are at least safe from the horrors outside, and they settle in and attempt to fathom the catastrophe that has ended the lives of so many of their loved ones.
The Divide has no release date.
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Natural Selection
Synopsis: When a dutiful, albeit barren Christian housewife discovers that her devout husband has suffered a stroke at a sperm bank where he’s been secretly donating his seed for the past 25 years, she leaves her sheltered world and starts off on a journey to find his eldest biological son – a mullet-headed, foul-mouthed ex-con with whom she develops an odd but meaningful relationship.
Natural Selection opens 2011.
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[REC] Genesis
Synopsis: The original REC crew are back ready to submit their ensemble cast to another fight for survival against the zombie infection. The action now takes place miles away from the original location and partly in broad daylight giving the film an entirely fresh yet disturbing new reality. The infection has left the building.
[REC] Genesis opens in 2011.
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