Synopsis: A romantic comedy by Nancy Meyers about two women plagued by trouble with men who decide to switch homes and lives for the Christmas holiday. Love interests played by Jude Law and Jack Black.

Directed and written by Nancy Meyers.

Release Date: December 8, 2006 (USA)

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Synopsis: Little Children centers on a group of young marrieds, whose lives intersect on the playgrounds, town pools and streets of their small community in surprising and potentially dangerous ways.

Directed by Todd Fields and co-starring Jennifer Connelly and Patrick Wilson.

Based on the book by Tom Perrotta.

Release Date: 2006 (USA)

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Synopsis: Brought to life by Aardman Animations’, the creators of award-winning films ‘Chicken Run’ and ‘The Wallace and Gromit Movie’. The tale centres around Kate’s character, Rita, who befriends an upper-class society rat, played by Jackman, after he is flushed out of his swanky London flat and into the sewer city of Ratropolis.

While he tries to survive without life’s luxuries, Rita tries to help him find his way home. Meanwhile, the pair are forced to try and save the city from an evil toad, played by Ian McKellen.

Release Date: November 3, 2006 (USA)

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Synopsis: An idealistic southern politician, “Boss” Willie Stark (Sean Penn), loosely based on Governor Huey Long of Louisiana, appeals to the common man whilst effectively playing dirty politics, slowly becomes corrupted by the system. Jude Law, James Gandolfini, Anthony Hopkins, Mark Ruffalo, and Patricia Clarkson co-star.

Release Date: September 22, 2006 (USA)

Synopsis: A musical being described as ‘Pennies from Heaven’ meets ‘The Honeymooners’, James Gandolfini plays a man who must choose between his lover, Kate Winslet, and his wife, Susan Sarandon. Written and directed by John Torturro and co-starring Mandy Moore, Steven Buscemi, and Christopher Walken.

Release Dates: March 17, 2006 (UK) & TBA (USA)

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Synopsis: Finding Neverland is a fictional tale of author JM Barrie and how he came to write his famous tale, Peter Pan, after befriending a woman with four fatherless boys in 19th century London. Director Marc Forster says: “it’s not a re-telling of Peter Pan, but a look at how it might have come to be written.”

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Synopsis: Jim Carrey receives a notice that his ex, Kate Winslet, has had him erased from her memory. Angry and upset he goes to have the same procedure done during which we see their relationship in backwards motion until Jim decides he no longer wants her erased.

Release: December 2004

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Synopsis: Dr. David Gale (played by Kevin Spacey), a Texas professor and advocate for the elimination of the death penalty, sits on death row for the rape and murder of another activist, Constance Harraway (played by Laura Linney). David Gale tells his story from death row to reporter, Bitsey Bloom, played by Kate Winslet, in a series of flashbacks.

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Synopsis: In March 1943 the code breakers at Bletchley Park are facing their worst nightmare: Nazi U boats have unexpectedly changed the code by which they communicate. An Allied merchant shipping convoy crossing the Atlantic with 10,000 passengers and vital supplies is in danger of attack. The authorities turn for help to Tom Jericho.

Unknown to his colleagues, Jericho has another equally baffling enigma of his own to unravel: Claire, the woman he loves, has disappeared from Bletchley in the precise moment that a spy is suspected. Tom turns to Hester, Claire’s best friend, to help him to unravel the mysteries.

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Synopsis: The film is being based on the life of Iris Murdoch (1919-1999), a British author and lecturist, who later struggled with Alzheimer’s disease. She has written many books and her works focus on “ethical or moral issues, sometimes in the light of myths”. She was born in Dublin and schooled in England. The story starts when Iris meets her future husband John Bayley. It is based on the biographical work by John Bayley.

Release: December 2001

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Synopsis: This adaptation, of Charles Dickens’ ‘A Christmas Carol’, is framed by Dickens recounting the story to an excited New York theatre audience. It combines live action sequences with animation and is set to music. It has been ‘updated’ to appeal to more audiences. Voice talents include, Kate Winslet, Simon Callow, Nicolas Cage, and Juliet Stevenson.

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Synopsis: The story covers the life of the Marquis de Sade. The Marquis is in an asylum when the movie takes place and Ms. Winslet’s character is a laundress who work in the asylum. She helps to get de Sade’s writings out to the people. Joaquin Phoenix, and Michael Caine also star. Geofrey Rush will be starring as de Sade. There is a sort of love triangle between de Sade (Rush), Madeline le Clerc (Winslet), and de Coulemer (Phoenix). Kate has said that the film is much more funny than you would think. The film is considered dark as well. The film is currently on post-production. Filming finished the last week of October 1999.

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Synopsis: The movie hasn’t been released yet, but the basic story is known. It a story of a young Austrailian girl, Ruth Barron, who goes backpacking in India and discover a cult. She decides to join and wants to marry the cult leader, Baba. She writes to her family excited about the event and they call her home under false pretenses to have her “deprogrammed”. The programmer is played by Harvey Keitel.

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Synopsis: The story is based on the auto-biographical novel by Esther Freud, great grand-daughter of Sigmund. The story tells the tale of a mother who takes her two daughters to Marakesch in the ’70’s. She is seeking an escape from England and a failed relationship.

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Synopsis: It is almost unecessary to write the synopsis of the story of the movie Titanic. It is the story of a young America woman, Rose Dewitt Bukater, who sails on the Titanic with her fiancé to return to America to wed. She feels trapped by her surroundings and her life. The story of the movie follows her life as she embraces the true meaning of living.

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Synopsis: This is a hard story to explain if you haven’t read Shakespeare’s Hamlet. The story is about the monarchy in Denmark. The movie starts with the King, Hamlet father, Hamlet dead and a wedding celebration. The wedding is that of young Hamlet’s Uncle and his mother. Things just get more complicated from there as Hamlet seeks to understand his father’s untimely death.

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Synopsis: Jude is based on the book “Jude The Obscure” by Thomas Hardy. The premise of the story is a boy named Jude who dreams of more than his life offers. He makes a mistake early and his life gets even harder than before. He meets Sue and begins to realize himself.

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Synopsis: S&S is based on the Jane Austen novel by the same name. It is a story of two sisters who use sense and sensibility as a guiding precept in their lives. The story follows their lives and their loves.

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Synopsis: A Kid in King Arthur’s Court is Disney’s interpretation of Mark Twain’s “A Connecticut Yankee In King Arthur’s Court”. The premise is a modern teenager who is stuggling with believing in himself who ends up being back in Arthur’s England. His job is to put the kingdom back together.

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Synopsis: Heavenly Creatures is the story of two school girls who form an intense friendship which ends in a murder. It is based on the true story of a crime that shocked New Zealand in the 1950’s.

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Plunge

Synopsis: Plunge is a story set out to be like the cult classic Trainspotting about four “nowhere men of the Nineties . . . fighting unemployment, boredom and depression” whose fates change when one finds a surfboard in a dustbin. This inspires the men to travel to the Cornish Coast where they meet Claire, Kate Winslet, a roadsweeper.

Status: Kate’s scenes were filmed in October of 1997 and the last information on it’s release indicated a 2002 date, which has since proved to be false. The film now has an official website at PlungetheMovie.com.

The Widdow Claire

Synopsis: During WWII a widdow has to choose between the town playboy and a young soldier getting ready to go to war.

Status: Anounced. Robert Altman was quoted in an interview saying that Kate Winslet will be starring in his next film. No information on shooting schedules or Variety confirmation.

The Marvelous Mabel Stark

Synopsis: The Marvelous Mabel Stark is a film to be based on the fiction book about the real person Mabel Stark. The Robert Hough book kind of takes liberties with certain events and goes by facts when possible. Mabel was the most famous female tiger tamer in the grand days of the circus in the 1920’s. Her acts are the basis of many tiger tamers techniques today.

Status: Kate Winslet was quoted on this role before the script was written. The official site says this will film in Summer 2005 and that Kate Winslet is still attached.

The Magician’s Wife

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Status: According to the producers of this film it is currently shelved. Originally they had hoped to secure Kate Winslet and a new male actor for the film to be made in 2003. It has since, however, lost hopes of being made. They tell us that they do not know when/if the film will be realized.

Thérèse Raquin

“This is a tale of true passion. A married woman is in love with another man and together they plot to kill the husband. It’s passion that drives them to it.”

Status: Currently unknown. Ms. Winslet mentioned an end of year production for the film in 2002. There is now a production of Therese Raquin listed at Hollywood Stock Exchange and the IMDB starring Franke Potente and Joseph Fiennes. It is unknown if it is the same production, as the director has also changed.