Check out what Dimension Films and The Weinstein Company have in store for us this holiday season! A pretty nice line-up from Dimension with the highly anticipated THE ROAD and the new indie comedy starring Michael Cera, YOUTH IN REVOLT. The Weinstein Company also has some solid fare with former fashion designer turn director Tom Ford’s directorial debut A SINGLE MAN and Rob Marshall’s return to musicals with NINE. Check out information about each film, complete with official synopsis, release date and trailer, after the jump!

THE ROAD
Starring: Viggo Mortensen, Charlize Theron, Robert Duvall, Kodi Smit-McPhee
Director: Director John Hillcoat (THE PROPOSITION)
Release Date: November 25, 2009
Studio: Dimension

Official Synopsis: Based on Cormac McCarthy’s beloved, best-selling and Pulitzer Prize winning novel, Academy Award nominee Viggo Mortensen leads an all star cast in the big screen adaptation of The Road – the epic post apocalyptic tale of a journey taken by a father (Mortensen) and his young son (newcomer Kodi Smit-McPhee) across a barren landscape that was blasted by an unnamed cataclysm that destroyed civilization and most life on earth.

Rating: ‘R’ for some violence, disturbing images and language

YOUTH IN REVOLT
Starring: Michael Cera, Steve Buscemi, Ray Liotta, Justin Long, Jean Smart
Director: Miguel Arteta
Studio: Dimension
Release Date: January 8, 2010

Official Synopsis: A coming-of-age comedy that puts a fresh and outrageous stamp on a tale of adolescent obsession and rebellion. Starring Michael Cera (also of the Oscar® winning film, Juno, and Superbad) and based on the acclaimed novel by C.D. Payne, YOUTH IN REVOLT is the story of Nick Twisp – a unique, but affable teen with a taste for the finer things in life like Sinatra and Fellini – who falls hopelessly in love with the beautiful, free-spirited Sheeni Saunders (Portia Doubleday) while on a family vacation. But family, geography and jealous ex-lovers conspire to keep these two apart. With Sheeni’s encouragement, Nick abandons his dull, predictable life and develops a rebellious alter ego: Francois. With his ascot, his moustache and his cigarette, Francois will stop at nothing to be with Sheeni, and leads Nick Twisp on a path of destruction with unpredictable and uproarious consequences.

Rating: R for sexual content, language & drug use

A SINGLE MAN
Starring: Colin Firth, Julianne Moore, Matthew Goode, Nicholas Hoult
Director: Fashion designer Tom Ford
Studio: The Weinstein Company
Release Date: December 11 (New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco) Limited on December 25, Expanded on January 8

Official Synopsis: It is the story of George Falconer (Colin Firth), a 52 year old British college professor, who is struggling to find meaning to his life after the death of his long time partner, Jim (Matthew Goode). George dwells on the past and cannot see his future as we follow him through a single day, where a series of events and encounters, ultimately leads him to decide if there is a meaning to life after Jim. George is consoled by his closest friend, Charley (Julianne Moore), a 48 year old beauty who is
wrestling with her own questions about the future.

Rating: TBD

NINE
Starring: Daniel Day-Lewis, Marion Cotillard, Penelope Cruz, Nicole Kidman, Judi Dench, Kate Hudson, Stacy Ferguson, Sophia Loren
Director: Rob Marshall (CHICAGO)
Studio: The Weinstein Company
Release: December 18 (NY/LA) / December 25 (wide)

Official Synopsis: Nine is a vibrant and provocative musical that follows the life of world famous film director Guido Contini (Daniel Day-Lewis) as he reaches a creative and personal crisis of epic proportion, while balancing the numerous women in his life including his wife (Marion Cotillard), his mistress (Penelope Cruz), his film star muse (Nicole Kidman), his confidant and costume designer (Judi Dench), a young American fashion journalist (Kate Hudson), the whore from his youth (Stacy “Fergie” Ferguson) and his mother (Sophia Loren). The original 1982 Broadway production of “NINE,” nominated for twelve Tony Awards and winning five, including Best Musical, was directed by Tommy Tune, choreographed by Thommie Walsh, starred Raúl Juliá with music and lyrics by Maury Yeston and book by Arthur Kopit. The 2003 Broadway revival of “NINE” received eight Tony Award nominations and won two, including Best Revival of a Musical.

Rating: ‘PG-13′ on behalf of NINE for “sexual content and smoking.”