The film went through a period of “development hell”; which included a prior film director and multiple writers that worked on the script. Producers for Knight and Day went through multiple other actors for the lead roles before eventually settling on Cruise and Diaz. Adam Sandler, Chris Tucker, and Gerard Butler were considered by the film’s producers for the male lead that later went to Cruise, and Eva Mendes was initially set for the role that Diaz later portrayed in the movie. The film’s investors offset funding costs by paying Cruise a lower advance fee and neglecting to provide him with a share of the revenue until the financiers earn back their initial investment in the production.[7] Filming took place in several locations, mainly in several cities located in Massachusetts, while other scenes were filmed in Spain and parts of Austria.

Knight and Day was released in the United States on June 24, 2010. The film received mixed reviews from film critics; it garnered a “rotten” rating on Rotten Tomatoes based upon aggregated reviews,[8] and a rating of “mixed or average reviews” at Metacritic.[9] Knight and Day performed poorly at the box office in its debut, proceeded to fall nine percent in ticket sales in its second day after being released, and took third place behind films Toy Story 3 and the comedy Grown Ups in its first Friday after release. At $20.5 million, the total U.S. weekend box office take for Knight and Day was the worst result for an action film starring Tom Cruise in 20 years.

Casting

The film changed lead cast members multiple times while the production was mired in a period known as “development hell”.[11] Prior to the finalization of actors Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz, comedian and actor Adam Sandler was offered to star in the film when it was titled Wichita, but declined explaining, “I just don’t see me with a gun.”[11] Wichita was developed under production at Revolution Studios; the film was later moved to Sony Pictures.[11] At Sony Pictures, actors Chris Tucker and Eva Mendes were slated to portray the two lead roles in the film; it was titled Trouble Man and intended as a romantic vehicle film for Tucker and Mendes.[10][11]

After Tucker and Mendes dropped out of the lead roles, Diaz signed on to the film with Sony Pictures, and actor Gerard Butler met with production staff regarding starring opposite Diaz.[11] Butler instead decided to take on the lead role in the film The Bounty Hunter, opposite actress Jennifer Aniston.[11] Tom Cruise considered accepting a role in the film; at the time he was auditioning for parts in five films including Salt, and The Tourist.[11] Cruise decided he wished to star in Knight and Day, and had a vision for the film which included modifying the male lead character with his own ideas.[11] Other actors cast in the film included Maggie Grace, Peter Sarsgaard, Marc Blucas, Paul Dano, Viola Davis, and Jordi Mollà.

Voice cast:
Main article: List of Toy Story characters
* Tom Hanks as Woody
* Tim Allen as Buzz Lightyear
* Joan Cusack as Jessie
* Ned Beatty as Lots-O’-Huggin’ Bear
* Don Rickles as Mr. Potato Head
* Michael Keaton as Ken
* Wallace Shawn as Rex
* John Ratzenberger as Hamm
* Estelle Harris as Mrs. Potato Head
* John Morris as Andy
* Jodi Benson as Barbie
* Emily Hahn as Bonnie
* Laurie Metcalf as Andy’s Mom
* Blake Clark as Slinky Dog
* Teddy Newton as Chatter Telephone
* Bud Luckey as Chuckles the Clown
* Beatrice Miller as Molly
* Javier Fernandez-Peña as Spanish Buzz
* Timothy Dalton as Mr. Pricklepants
* Lori Alan as Bonnie’s Mom
* Kristen Schaal as Trixie
* Jeff Garlin as Buttercup
* Bonnie Hunt as Dolly
* John Cygan as Twitch
* Jeff Pidgeon as Squeeze Toy Aliens
* Whoopi Goldberg as Stretch
* Jack Angel as Chunk
* R. Lee Ermey as Sarge
* Jan Rabson as Sparks
* Richard Kind as Bookworm
* Charlie Bright as Young Andy/Peaty
* Amber Kroner as Peatrice
* Brianna Maiwand as Peanelope
* Jack Willis as Frog

Non-speaking characters include Bullseye, Totoro, and the Monkey. Several other of Andy’s other toys, most notably Bo Peep, RC, Lenny, and Wheezy, were written out of the story by being either sold, put in the attic, or given away in years after Toy Story 2 (they only appear in this film via archive footage).

The character of Slinky Dog also was limbo after the death of Slinky Dog’s voice, Ernest P. Worrell actor Jim Varney, from lung cancer in 2000, shortly after Toy Story 2 came out. Veteran actor Blake Clark, best known as Farmer Fran in several Adam Sandler movies and also had recurring roles on Home Improvement and Boy Meets World in the 1990’s on Disney-owned ABC, was chosen for the part. After Clark was cast to play Slinky Dog, the producers later discovered by accident that Clark and Varney were close friends in real life, making the transition a lot easier.

Box office:
Toy Story 3 made a strong debut, grossing $41,148,961 on its opening day at the box office from 4,028 theaters and was set to be the biggest opening for a Pixar film, surpassing The Incredibles’s $70,467,623.In addition, Toy Story 3 had the single-highest opening day gross for an animated film on record, besting Shrek the Third’s $38 million.During its opening weekend, the film grossed $110,307,189, ranking it #1 for the weekend. The film had the second highest opening for an animated movie behind Shrek the Third’s $121,629,270 and also had the third best opening for a movie in 2010 behind Iron Man 2 and Alice in Wonderland, which grossed $128,122,480 and $116,101,023 respectively.With this, Toy Story 3 also became the highest opening weekend film in June at the box office.Toy Story 3 also became the biggest opening G-rated film, the tenth biggest opening weekend of all-time, and the eighth top summer opening weekend of all-time.As of June 24, 2010, Toy Story 3 grossed $167,551,682 in domestic with $43,400,000 in foreign countries which totals up to $210,951,682 worldwide

Release:
The film premiered on October 6, 2009 at Sitges Film Festival,where it won “Best Special Effects” and was in the running for “Best Film”, and was part of the 2010 Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah.After a bidding war with Apparition,The Weinstein Company,Newmarket Films, First Look Studios, and Samuel Goldwyn Films,Dark Castle Entertainment purchased the film in February 2010.The film received a wide release in the United States on June 4, 2010, with Warner Bros. as distributor.The trailer was attached to The Losers.

Box office:
The film opened on June 4, 2010 in wide release to a $7.4 million opening weekend in 2,450 theaters, averaging $3,014 per theater.

MacGruber goes to the Pentagon, and, eventually, finds Col. Faith. After a heated and violent conversation with Faith and Piper, MacGruber decides he will form his own team to pursue Cunth, and will not tolerate Piper on his team. MacGruber visits all his potential team members and is successful in recruiting all but Vicki St. Elmo, his long time friend. MacGruber and his team meet Faith and Piper on a tarmac. Upon being questioned where his team is, MacGruber responds that they are in the van (seen in the background) along with his homemade C-4 explosives. The van promptly explodes, killing the whole team.

The scene shifts to Faith’s office. MacGruber is distraught over the loss of the team and his removal from the Cunth case. In a one on one conversation, MacGruber repeatedly offers to perform sexual acts on, or with, him if he will join his team. Vicki also arrives, completing MacGruber’s team .The group then travels to Cunth’s nightclub in Las Vegas. MacGruber is cut off by a car with license plate KFBR392, which he vigorously tries to remember. MacGruber then enters the nightclub and announces who he is and his intentions, as well as where he can be found the next day. The team then tries to set up a sting operation, with Vicki pretending to be MacGruber. However, the van MacGruber and Piper are sitting in is attacked by Haas Bender, one of Cunth’s henchmen. Fortunately, MacGruber manages to hit the gas pedal of the truck, crushing Bender.

The team then breaks into a warehouse to stop von Cunth from getting the passcodes to operate the rocket. MacGruber distracts the guards by walking around naked with a piece of celery sticking out of his butt. Piper manages to kill most of the men inside, but is unable to stop the transfer of the passcodes.

MacGruber and the team then go to a charity event Cunth is holding. MacGruber breaks into a poker game between Cunth and an influential senator. MacGruber tells the senator Cunth is bluffing, which winds up being a very bad move, leading Cunth to win the game. After a heated conversation, MacGruber is thrown out by Cunth’s guards.

After the fiasco, MacGruber returns to the Pentagon where he is told he is a liability. The scene then shifts to MacGruber and Piper drinking and hanging out. However, the two men are suddenly attacked. MacGruber uses Piper as a human shield to survive, and Vicki and MacGruber escape in the Miata. Piper survives due to the fact that he was wearing a bullet proof vest, but is disgusted that MacGruber used him as protection, and leaves him. Vicki and MacGruber then return to Vicki’s house where the two have sex. MacGruber then goes to his wife’s grave in shame, but he sees her ghost, who gives her blessing to allow MacGruber to pursue Vicki. They have sex immediately afterwards.

Upon returning to Vicki’s house (and destroying the car with license plate KFBR392), MacGruber discovers that Vicki has been kidnapped, and realizes what Cunth’s plan is: to bomb the State of the Union address. Cunth calls MacGruber to gloat, but MacGruber is able to trace the call. MacGruber then meets up with Piper to save Vicki. The two men make their way into Cunth’s compound, in large part due to MacGruber’s propensity for ripping throats. The two are captured and are taken to where Vicki and the missile are located. The group manages to prevent the missile from launching and escape.

The scene then shifts to MacGruber and Vicki’s wedding. Out of the corner of his eye, MacGruber spies a disfigured Cunth (who was believed to have died in the explosion) with an RPG. MacGruber saves Vicki, and then throws Cunth off the cliff behind the altar, shooting him with a machine gun all the way to the bottom.

Cast:
* Will Forte as MacGruber
* Kristen Wiig as Vicki St. Elmo
* Ryan Phillippe as Lt. Dixon Piper
* Val Kilmer as Dieter Von Cunth
* Maya Rudolph as Casey Sullivan
* Powers Boothe as Col. Jim Faith

Cameo appearances

* Chris Jericho as Frank Korver
* M.V.P. as Vernon Freedom
* The Great Khali as Tug Phelps
* The Big Show as Brick Hughes
* Mark Henry as Tut Beemer
* Kane as Tanker Lutz
* Amar’e Stoudemire as Himself
* Derek Mears as Large Henchman

Box office:
The film grossed $1.5 million on its opening night,[11] and an estimated $4.1 million for its opening weekend.

Cast:
* Mike Myers as Shrek
* Eddie Murphy as Donkey
* Cameron Diaz as Princess Fiona
* Antonio Banderas as Puss in Boots
* Walt Dohrn as Rumpelstiltskin
* Julie Andrews as Queen Lillian
* Conrad Vernon as Gingerbread Man
* Aron Warner as Big Bad Wolf
* Christopher Knights as Three Blind Mice
* Cody Cameron as Pinocchio, Three Little Pigs
* Chris Miller as Magic Mirror, Mr. Geppetto
* John Cleese as King Harold
* Jon Hamm as Brogan the Ogre
* Craig Robinson as Cookie the Ogre
* Jane Lynch as Gretched the Ogre
* Kristen Schaal as Pumpkin Witch, Palace Witch
* Mary Kay Place as Guard Witch
* Meredith Vieira as Broomsy Witch
* Kathy Griffin as Dancing Witch, Wagon Witch #1
* Lake Bell as Patrol Witch, Wagon Witch #2
* Larry King as Doris the Ugly Stepsister
* Mike Mitchell as Butter Pants, Baba Witch, Melty Witch, Camp Ogre, Ogre Naysayer, Witch Gaurd #2, Tour Guide
* Ryan Seacrest as Butter Pants’ father

Box office:
Having it as the widest release for an animated film playing in 4,359 theaters on May 21, 2010, on opening day in the US, the film took #1, grossing an estimated $20,750,000. This was far less auspicious than the opening days of the last two Shrek films. The film then opened in three days with $70,838,207, lower than the two previous films, Shrek 2, which opened with $108 million back in 2004 and Shrek the Third, which opened with $121 million back in 2007. However, it’s far bigger than the original Shrek, which opened with $42 million back in 2001. Anne Globe, head of worldwide marketing for DreamWorks Animation, said they were happy with the movie’s opening since it debuted at #1 and also had the fourth best opening for an animated movie behind Shrek the Third, Shrek 2, and The Simpsons Movie.[20]

As of May 27, 2010 Shrek Forever After has earned $89,750,351 at the domestic box office, and an additional $25,798,120 overseas giving the film a worldwide gross of $115,548,471.

Plot:
When Sophie (Amanda Seyfried) travels to the city of Verona, Italy, the setting of William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, she finds one of thousands of unanswered letters to Juliet left at the fictional lover’s Verona courtyard. She inspires its author, Claire (Vanessa Redgrave) to search for her long-lost love which sets off a chain of events that will bring a love into both their lives unlike anything they have ever imagined.

Cast:
* Amanda Seyfried as Sophie
* Chris Egan as Charlie Wyman
* Vanessa Redgrave as Claire
* Franco Nero as Lorenzo Bartolini
* Gael García Bernal as Victor
* Lidia Biondi as Donatella
* Daniel Baldock as Lorenzo
* Milena Vukotic as Maria
* Luisa Ranieri as Secretary
* Marina Massironi as Francesca