Three…Two…One…and time. The fall movie season has begun! Well yes, I know we’re still technically in the summer months, but who wants to dwell on (what is soon to be) the past? Let’s look to the future, to the year 2009! Here are the 10 fall films to look forward to.

10. Gentlemen Broncos • October 3

It has the director of “Napoleon Dynamite,” and it stars one of the leads from “Flight of the Conchords.” Realistically speaking, “Gentlemen Broncos” could be the most awkward movie of all time. Jemaine Clement plays acclaimed sci-fi novelist Ronald Chevalier. But when Chevalier’s publisher is about to pull the plug on his latest book, he does the only thing he feels he can do—steal from his student. What follows is, understandably, chaos. But if anyone can keep the tone low-key, director Jared Hess can. So watch out. Because if you don’t pay attention, “Gentlemen Broncos’’ could be this fall’s…dark horse (oh, geez).View trailer

9. Nine • November 25

Rob Marshall reaches the nine-spot and returns to the director’s chair with “Nine,” a movie musical based on the 1982 stage musical of the same name. It’s not easy to take a stage musical and plop it on the screen—good thing Marshall is a pro. His first movie, “Chicago,” grossed over $300 million, won six Oscars, including Best Picture and single-handedly re-popularized the musical movie genre.

So expectations are understandably high. Here’s to hoping that Nicole Kidman and Penelope Cruz bring the goods. By the way, I didn’t know that Daniel Day-Lewis could sing. Well, actually, I still don’t know, but I want to find out.

8. Fantastic Mr. Fox • November 25

On the same day that “Nine” opens, Wes Anderson’s “Fantastic Mr. Fox” begins its run. The stop-motion animation is a great fit for the story and should play into the storybook quality of Roald Dahl’s classic children’s book. Anderson’s unique approach doesn’t stop there. He recorded his usual clan of actors (Bill Murray, Jason Schwartzman, Owen Wilson, etc.) not in typical recording studios, but in open spaces, giving the characters’ voices a richness not usually found in animation. Expect a fun, dry trip down memory lane.

7. Zombieland • October 2

I don’t like horror films. I want to say it’s because the plots are predictable or the characters are stupid, but I’d be lying. The truth is, I don’t like horror films because they scare me. They scare the crap out of me. But then, why do I want to see “Zombieland”? It’s simple. Imagine, for a second, that Zombies are Boggarts and that Director Ruben Fleischer is Neville Longbottom. By making “Zombieland,” Fleischer is casting a powerful Riddikulus Charm, and now all of the zombies are wearing dresses, and I’m laughing my head off instead of running scared. I think it goes something like that.View trailer

6. Jennifer’s Body• September 18

Diablo Cody, where have you been for two years? We’ve missed your hip-isms more than Christian Bale loves his “actor’s space” (yeah, that one still needs work). But here you are! And you’ve brought friends, too, like this story about a possessed high school cheerleader who isn’t a maneater, but a boyeater. A high school boyeater. Gotta love that Megan Fox finally landed a role where she is asked to do more than run and scream.View trailer

5. Capitalism: A Love Story • October 2

In the past, Michael Moore has stuck his critical eye and camera right in the noses of the Bush administration and the health care industry. And now, he’s seeing green. “Capitalism: A Love Story” looks to explain our current financial crisis from the beginning, from the inside-out, upside down and all around. Hopefully when the lights come up, the audience will be enlightened. Moore’s documentary style is often cocky and biased, but truth be told, those are the exact qualities he’ll need to dissect Wall Street.View trailer

4. The Road • October 16

Viggo Mortensen and Charlize Theron headline this film adaptation of Cormac McCarthy’s masterpiece. But will bringing it to the big screen make “The Road” lose its ambiguity? In some sense, I feel that by realizing the story in pictures, by giving The Man a face, the filmmakers are pinning down and forcing a specific interpretation, robbing our imaginations. Then again, director John Hillcoat’s and scribe Joe Penhall’s vision could very well hit the spot this October.View trailer

3. The Lovely Bones • December 11

“The Lovely Bones,” based on the novel by Alice Sebold, starts at the end of life. Susie Salmon is a young girl when she is murdered, but after her death, she takes on the responsibility of an ageless poltergeist-detective hybrid. From there, she looks to save her murderer’s next victim and let her family find closure. Peter Jackson (you’ve probably heard of him before) directs what is sure to be a movie filled with thrills and, from the looks of the previews, whimsical imagery.View trailer

2. The Informant! • September 18

“The Informant!” tells the true story of a real moron named Mark Whitacre (played by Matt Damon). By day, Whitacre is your typical Archer Daniels Midland executive, but by night, he is a secret informant(!), working with the FBI to help bring his company down. And the rest of the time, he pines for a promotion within that same company. Damon won’t apprehend any criminals with a rolled-up magazine in this one; he gained 20 to 30 pounds to play the pudgy Whitacre. Director Steven Soderbergh plans to embrace his source material and deliver a delicious dark comedy.View trailer

1. Where The Wild Things Are • October 16

From the second the trailer hit, you could tell this was going to be great. Trained on “Adaptation” and “Weezer” music videos, Spike Jonze was made to direct this. He brings a steady hand and an eye for the fantastical to “Where the Wild Things Are.” The film is built on imagination, but that doesn’t mean it will be devoid of human emotion. Quite the opposite, in fact. Jonze will infuse the film with joy, with sadness and, what I’m looking most forward to, cathartic howling.View trailer