Blindness (2008)

A city is ravaged by an epidemic of instant "white blindness". Those first afflicted are quarantined by the authorities in an abandoned mental hospital where the newly created "society of the blind" quickly breaks down.

Criminals and the physically powerful prey upon the weak, hording the meager food rations and committing horrific acts. There is however one eyewitness to the nightmare. A woman whose sight is unaffected by the plague follows her afflicted husband to quarantine.

There, keeping her sight a secret, she guides seven strangers who have become, in essence, a family. She leads them out of quarantine and onto the ravaged streets of the city, which has seen all vestiges of civilization crumble. Their voyage is fraught with danger, yet their survival and ultimate redemption reflect the tenacity and depth of the human spirit.

Production Status: In Production/Awaiting Release
Logline: An epidemic of blindness sweeps through an unnamed contemporary city and pushes society to the brink of breakdown.
Genres: Art/Foreign, Drama, Thriller and Adaptation
Running Time: 2 hrs.
Release Date: September 19th, 2008 (wide)
MPAA Rating: R for violence including sexual assaults, language and sexuality/nudity.
Distributors: Miramax Films
Production Co.: O2 Filmes, Potboiler Productions, Bee Vine Pictures
Studios: Focus Features
Filming Locations: Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Sao Paolo, Brazil
Produced in: Brazil
Cast: Julianne Moore, Mark Ruffalo, and Alice Braga

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The Spirit (2008)

Adapted from the Will Eisner's graphic novels, "The Spirit" tells the story of a man who fakes his own death and fights crime from the shadows of Central City. The Octopus who kills anyone unfortunate enough to see his face has other plans. He's going to wipe out the entire city.

The Spirit tracks this cold hearted killer from the city's rundown warehouses, to the damp catacombs, to the windswept waterfront all the while facing a bevy of beautiful women who either want to seduce, love or kill the masked crusader

Production Status: In Production/Awaiting Release
Genres: Action/Adventure, Science Fiction/Fantasy, Thriller, Crime/Gangster and Adaptation
Release Date: December 25th, 2008 (wide)
Distributors: Lionsgate
Production Co.: Batfilm Productions, Odd Lot Entertainment
Filming Locations: Albuquerque, New Mexico USA
Produced in: United States
Cast: Gabriel Macht, Scarlett Johansson, Samuel L. Jackson, Eva Mendes, Jaime King

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