Industrial Light and Magic special-effects wizard Stefen Fangmeier makes the leap into the director's chair with this coming-of-age fantasy concerning a young boy whose discovery of a mysterious dragon egg leads him on a predestined journey to become a Dragon Rider and defend his peaceful world against an evil king. Based on the best-selling novel by Christopher Paolini, Eragon tells the tale of the titular character (Ed Speleers), a humble farm boy living in the land of Alaga?sia, whose life is forever changed when he discovers that he has been chosen to fight the most powerful enemy his world has ever known. Jeremy Irons, John Malkovich, and Djimon Hounsou co-star in a film produced by Davis Entertainment and adapted from the novel by screenwriters Peter Buchman, Larry Konner, and Mark Rosenthal. Jason Buchanan, Rovi
The eccentric owner of a magical toy store surprises the shop's manager by turning over ownership to her in a warm-hearted comedy fantasy directed by Zach Helm and starring Jason Bateman, Dustin Hoffman, and Natalie Portman. Portman plays the manager of the store that seems to be a reflection of the people who run it, and Bateman stars as the detail-oriented accountant assigned the task of assessing the establishment's monetary value. Jason Buchanan, Rovi
The new night watchman at New York's Museum of Natural History finds that the job comes with more responsibility than he ever dreamed in this wild fantasy comedy directed by Shawn Levy and starring Ben Stiller, Robin Williams, Mickey Rooney, and Dick Van Dyke. Larry Daley (Stiller) is a kind-hearted dreamer who always knew that he was destined for greatness, he just never quite knew how. None of his ideas or inventions has panned out, so with a heavy heart, he takes a regular job as a lowly graveyard-shift security guard at the Museum of Natural History in order to provide a more stable life for himself and his ten-year-old son. His first night on the job, however, he finds that guardianship of the museum is far from stable -- at nightfall, an Egyptian spell brings the artifacts and wax figures to life With Attila the Hun charging to war through the hallways, the diorama miniatures embroiled in a deadly feud, and a two-ton Tyrannosaurus Rex nagging to play fetch, Larry has half a mind to turn tail and run. On top of cleaning up after two million years of historical chaos every night, he also has to make sure that not a single museum piece leaves the building -- from the bratty Capuchin monkey in the African exhibit, to the life-sized Neanderthal in the prehistoric display -- because if morning light falls on an escaped artifact, it will turn to dust. Larry turns to a wax replica of President Roosevelt (Williams) for a little advice on keeping things in tact, but Teddy seems to think that a man of Larry's greatness needs little help. Larry isn't sure if the former commander in chief is right; this is hardly what he signed up for, but he can't pass up the chance to care for a museum where history really does come to life. Jason Buchanan, Rovi
- Genre: Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Kids and Family, Comedy, Action/Adventure
- Category Fantasy Comedy, Fantasy Adventure, Adventure Comedy
- Theme: Wizards and Magicians, Stop the Wrecking Ball, Priceless Artifacts and Prized Objects, Mythical Creatures, Opposites Attract, Fathers and Sons, Chosen One, Fantasy Lands
- Studio: 20th Century Fox
- Language: English
- Release Date: November 18, 2008
- Lead Actor: Ed Speleers, Michael A. Mehlmann, Dustin Hoffman, Carla Gugino, Ben Stiller
- Supporting Actor: Marcia Bennett, Liam Powley-Webster, Patrick Gallagher, Alun Armstrong, Spencer Wilding, Steve Whitmire, John Malkovich, Kim Raver, Mike Realba, Robin Williams, Rachel Weisz, Ricky Gervais, Paula Boudreau, Agnes Banfalvy, Jake Cherry, Garrett Hedlund, Madalena Brancatella, Caroline Chikezie, Andrea Fazekas, Ted Ludzik, Bill Cobbs, Djimon Hounsou, Mickey Rooney, Robert Carlyle, Zach Mills, Mate Haumann, Matt Devere, Jason Bateman, Sienna Guillory, Dick Van Dyke, Natalie Portman, Jeremy Irons, Adam Bryant, Blaise Corrigan, Brent Woolsey, Jason Glass, Brad Garrett, Cory Martin, Cade Wagar, Jason Vaisvila, Jonathan Lee, Jason McKinnon, Matthew Walker, Meshach Peters, Milo Gladstein, Nico McEown, Michael Costa-Parke, David Collins, Pat Kiernan, Teagle F. Bougere, Kiele Sanchez, David Rendall, Paul Chih-Ping Cheng, Matthew Peart, Gerald Wong, Darryl Quon, Jonathan Potts, Matt Baram, Randy Lee, Quancetia Hamilton, Martin Sims, Martin Christopher, Gan Zhen, Anne Meara, He Wen, Lin Lin Feng, Paul Rudd, Jody Racicot, Aidan Koper, Matthew Harrison, Dylan Authors, Dan Rizzuto, Dash Grundy, Rebecca Northan, Owen Wilson, Kerry Van Der Griend, Daniel Gordon, Isaac Durnford, Mizuo Peck, Jesse Bostick, Steve Coogan, Samantha Harvey, Steven Speirs, Charlie Murphy, Gary Lewis, Oliver Masuda, Richard Rifkin, Pierfrancesco Favino, Chris Egan, Rami Malek, Tamás Deák, Pál Makrai, Gábor Tobágyi
- Director: Zach Helm, Stefen Fangmeier, Shawn Levy
