Release Day Round-Up is a new, ongoing feature here at Bigfanboy that will be posted every Thursday to showcase the important information and marketing material for the new movies being released that day (special editions will be posted for movies with mid-week openings). This way you can make an informed decision on what movie (or movies) you will see on opening weekend. As always, let us know what you think in the comments, if you would like anything added and if you plan on seeing the particular movie being highlighted on opening weekend, sometime down the road, wait for it on home release or passing all together. Here’s all you could want to know about 50/50:
50/50
Official Website http://www.50-50themovie.com
Release Date: September 30, 2011
MPAA: R for language throughout, sexual content and some drug use.
Presentation: 2D
Studio: Summit Entertainment
Screenwriters: Will Reiser
Directed By: Jonathan Levine
Starring: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Seth Rogen, Anna Kendrick, Bryce Dallas Howard, Anjelica Huston and Philip Baker Hall.
Synopsis: Inspired by a true story, “50/50” is an original story about friendship, love, survival and finding humor in unlikely places. Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Seth Rogen star as best friends whose lives are changed by a cancer diagnosis in this new comedy directed by Jonathan Levine from a script by Will Reiser. “50/50” is the story of a guy’s transformative and, yes, sometimes funny journey to health – drawing its emotional core from Will Reiser’s own experience with cancer and reminding us that friendship and love, no matter what bizarre turns they take, are the greatest healers.
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