Bruno
Having squeezed out all of the comedy potential from his Borat and Ali G characters, Sacha Baron-Cohen is now working on a new movie based on his uber-gay Austrian TV-journalist ‘Bruno’ due for release in May 2009. Just like Borat and Ali G, the big laughs come from Bruno interviewing unsuspecting targets who usually have less than tolerant attitudes towards gayness and are generally too stupid to realise that they’re being publicly mocked. If you’ve never seen Bruno in action, check out this clip:

Terminator Salvation
Expanding on the theme of bad-ass robots going mental with heavy weaponry that worked so well for the first three movies, Terminator Salvation will be set in a post-apocalyptic 2018 where John Connor and the human resistance are busy giving SkyNet the mother of all bitch-slapping. Obviously there’s huge potential for this film to suck donkey balls, but we’re confident that it will, in fact, rule. The reason we’re optimistic about Terminator Salvation is that Christian Bale will play John Connor, and Bale seems to be pretty good at picking shit-hot projects to work on these days. Due for release in June 2009.

Fanboys
Fanboys is a story about a group of Star Wars geeks who take a road trip to George Lucas’ Skywalker Ranch so they can break in and steal a preview copy of The Phantom Menace. Expect lots of geeky in-jokes and knowing movie industry references. Due for release in February 2009.

Watchmen
Widely regarded (amongst comic book nerds, at least) as the most sophisticated and intelligent super-hero story ever created, Watchmen has achieved cult status over the past twenty years and the movie adaptation is highly anticipated. It’s being directed by Zack Snyder, who also directed 300 and 1994 remake of Dawn of the Dead, so we’re expecting it to be pretty awesome. Due for release March 2009

Star Trek
More geeky-goodness as Lost creator, JJ Abrams, brings us his reboot of Star Trek - based on characters from the original series being played by new actors (including Simon Pegg as Scotty). Abrams is definitely in our good books after giving us Cloverfield early in 2008, and even those of us who weren’t particularly excited by Trek in the first place are looking forward to seeing his take on the franchise. Due for release in May 2009.

Inglourious Basterds
Quentin Tarantino does WWII - what else do you need to know? There’s a 99% chance of this film being fan-fucking-tastic. There are no trailers or pictures yet, but the Wikipedia page has some plot details. No release date yet, other than 2009.

Kick Ass
Kick Ass is an awesomely violent comic book about an ordinary teenage who decides to become a costumed hero - we’ve never read it but it sounds pretty cool, and we’ve got high hopes for the upcoming film adaptation. Check out the MySpace page, which features a teaser clip for the film.