Touchstone Pictures thrilled audiences in 2005 with Flightplan, starring Academy Award^®-winning actress Jodie Foster. In December, director Lasse Hallstrom (Chocolat, Cider House Rules) showed us another side of the legendary lover in Casanova, with Heath Ledger starring in this rousing, critically acclaimed romantic comedy about the notorious heartthrob's efforts to win over a woman who refuses his advances.

Among the exciting films on Touchstone's 2006 release schedule are three projects from the industry's top filmmakers:

Academy Award winner Mel Gibson made motion picture history in 2004 when he directed The Passion of the Christ, and he again steps behind the camera to create Apocalypto. Gibson's original story takes place during the height of the Mayan civilization and follows the daring tale of a man who escapes certain death in order to return home to save his wife and family.

Director Andrew Davis (The Fugitive, Holes) takes moviegoers inside the exciting world of Coast Guard rescue missions with The Guardian. This exhilarating action-adventure movie stars Ashton Kutcher and Oscar^®-winner Kevin Costner.

Rounding out 2006, producer Jerry Bruckheimer and Academy Award-winning actor Denzel Washington team up for Déjà Vu, a new edge-of-the-seat thriller that finds an FBI special agent using a unique "time window" device to try to solve a crime.