Trailer Stockyard: 1911, MAN ON A LEDGE, THE GREY, THE SITTER (Red Band) and THE THING (Red Band)

Trailer Stockyard: 1911, MAN ON A LEDGE, THE GREY, THE SITTER (Red Band) and THE THING (Red Band)

Occasionally, we here at Bigfanboy miss some trailers, but Trailer Stockyard is here to catch you up on some of those missed trailers out there. Check out the trailers and synopsis below 1911, MAN ON A LEDGE, THE GREY, THE SITTER (Red Band) and THE THING (Red Band):

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1911:

1911 is directed by Zhang Li and Jackie Chan and stars Jackie Chan, Joan Chen, Lee Bing Bing, Jaycee Chan and Winston Chao.

Synopsis: At the beginning of the 20th century, China is in a state of crisis. The country is split into warring factions, the citizens are starving, and recent political reforms have made matters worse, not better. The ruling Qing Dynasty, led by a seven-year-old emperor and his ruthless mother, Empress Dowager Longyu (Joan Chen), is completely out of touch after 250 years of unquestioned power.

With ordinary citizens beginning to revolt openly, the Qing Dynasty has created a powerful, modern army (the “New Army”) to quash any rebellion. But weapons are expensive, and desperate for cash, the Qing leaders are trading anything they can get their hands on with foreign countries… and selling China’s future in the process. Huang Xing (Jackie Chan) has recently returned from Japan, where he has studied the art of modern warfare. When he finds his country falling apart, he feels he has no choice but to pick up the sword, leading an increasingly desperate series of violent rebellions against the powerful Qing Dynasty and the New Army- several with tragic consequences. From the walls of the Forbidden City to the battlefields of China, with no expense spared in production and no detail ignored in its quest for historical accuracy, 1911 is a true epic in every sense of the word.

1911 is set to hit theaters in a limited release on October 7, 2011.

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MAN ON A LEDGE:

MAN ON A LEDGE is directed by Asger Leth and stars Sam Worthington, Elizabeth Banks, Jamie Bell, Anthony Mackie, Ed Harris, Edward Burns, Titus Welliver, Genesis Rodriguez and Kyra Sedgwick.

Synopsis: An ex-cop and now wanted fugitive (Sam Worthington) stands on the ledge of a high-rise building while a hard-living New York Police Department hostage negotiator (Elizabeth Banks) tries to talk him down. The longer they are on the ledge, the more she realizes that he might have an ulterior objective.

Worthington (“Avatar”) and Banks (“The Next Three Days”) star among an ensemble cast including Anthony Mackie (“The Hurt Locker”), who portrays Worthington’s best friend and ally and Jamie Bell (“Billy Elliot”) who is Worthington’s younger brother and ardent supporter. Also along for the ride is four-time Oscar nominee Ed Harris (“Pollock”) who plays a powerful businessman, while Edward Burns (“27 Dresses”) is a rival negotiator who tries to swoop in when he believes Banks has a conflict of interest. Newcomer Genesis Rodriguez (“Casa di me Padre”) plays Bell’s girlfriend who along with Bell, tries to prove Worthington’s innocence.

MAN ON A LEDGE is set to hit theaters on January 13, 2012.

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THE GREY:

THE GREY is directed by Joe Carnahan and stars Liam Neeson, Frank Grillo, Dermot Mulroney, Dallas Roberts, Joe Anderson, James Badge Dale and Nonso Anozie.

Synopsis: In “The Grey,” Liam Neeson leads an unruly group of oil-rig roughnecks when their plane crashes into the remote Alaskan wilderness. Battling mortal injuries and merciless weather, the survivors have only a few days to escape the icy elements, and a vicious pack of rogue wolves on the hunt, before their time runs out.

THE GREY is set to hit theaters on January 27, 2012.

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THE SITTER:

THE SITTER is directed by David Gordon Green and stars Jonah Hill, Sam Rockwell, Max Records, Kevin Hernandez, Landry Bender, J.B. Smoove and Method Man.

Synopsis: The irreverent comedy will harken back to 1987’s “Adventures in Babysitting.” It follows a college student, suspended for the semester and living back at home with his single mom, who has a night to remember when he gets talked into baby-sitting the eccentric kids next door — two boys and a wild 8-year-old girl.

THE SITTER hits theaters on December 9, 2011.

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The Thing:

The Thing is directed by Matthijs van Heijningen Jr. and stars Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Joel Edgerton, Jonathan Lloyd Walker and Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje.

Synopsis: Antarctica: an extraordinary continent of awesome beauty. It is also home to an isolated outpost where a discovery full of scientific possibility becomes a mission of survival when an alien is unearthed by a crew of international scientists. The shape-shifting creature, accidentally unleashed at this marooned colony, has the ability to turn itself into a perfect replica of any living being. It can look just like you or me, but inside, it remains inhuman. In the thriller “The Thing,” paranoia spreads like an epidemic among a group of researchers as they’re infected, one by one, by a mystery from another planet.

Paleontologist Kate Lloyd (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) has traveled to the desolate region for the expedition of her lifetime. Joining a Norwegian scientific team that has stumbled across an extraterrestrial ship buried in the ice, she discovers an organism that seems to have died in the crash eons ago. But it is about to wake up.

When a simple experiment frees the alien from its frozen prison, Kate must join the crew’s pilot, Carter (Joel Edgerton), to keep it from killing them off one at a time. And in this vast, intense land, a parasite that can mimic anything it touches will pit human against human as it tries to survive and flourish.

“The Thing” serves as a prelude to John Carpenter’s classic 1982 film of the same name.

The Thing is set to hit theaters on October 14, 2011.

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