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first up is katie holmes’ the romantics, hitting theaters september 10th. while i’ve never been a big fan of katie’s, this movie is looking really interesting.

co-starring anna paquin, josh duhamel and malin akerman, the romantics is about seven close friends who reunite for a bride and groom’s big day. but with a tagline like “nothing complicates friendship like love,” you know there’s trouble brewing. watch the trailer below. doesn’t it have a sort of rachel getting married feel?

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set for a thanksgiving release date is anne hathaway and jake gyllenhaal in love and other drugs.

“hathaway portrays maggie, an alluring free spirit who won’t let anyone – or anything – tie her down. but she meets her match in jamie (gyllenhaal), whose relentless and nearly infallible charm serve him well with the ladies and in the cutthroat world of pharmaceutical sales. maggie and jamie’s evolving relationship takes them both by surprise, as they find themselves under the influence of the ultimate drug: love.”

sort of your typical rom-com. but these two are dynamite together. don’t wanna miss this one!

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and lastly is how do you know with an all-star cast of reese witherspoon, paul rudd and owen wilson. looks like we got a bit of a love triangle on our hands!

due out this Christmas, we’ll see reese ponder the age-old dilemma – how do you really know if he’s the ONE? the flick also starts jack nicholson, so you know it’ll be good.

i’ve been aching for some of ben stiller’s self-deprecating humor. and it’s coming! the third installment of everyone’s favorite ‘focker’ series is maturing quickly at universal pictures, with a tentative release time of summer 2010.

the film is set to be titled ‘little fockers’ and, you guessed it, it will be all about the kiddos of greg focker & his wife pam. a casting call even reveals that producers are looking to cast boy & girl twins! bobby deniro, ben stiller & owen wilson are all set to reprise their hysterical roles as well.

the first two ‘focker’ films have grossed over $800 million worldwide for universal, so it is no surprise that they are hittin’ the piggy bank one more time. there’s no doubt that the movie will be hysterical – john hamburg, the same screenwriter that penned ‘meet the parents’ & ‘meet the fockers’ – has been brought on to write the next hit. looking forward to it!